PowerCLI and SCOM2007 - same snapin name -> get-task

[magalhpa]

Both PowerCLI 4.0U1 and Microsoft System Operations Manager 2007 Powershell snapins have a command with the same name, get-task. Is it possible to get a workaround so we can use the features from both snapins?

Any chance the PowerCLI command could be changed to something like Get-VITask? Thank You.

[LucD · Accepted solution]

As a workaround you can do

VMware.VimAutomation.Core\Get-Task

or

$PCLI = "VMware.VimAutomation.Core"
....
& "$PCLI\Get-Task"

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[LucD]

For this problem have a look at Richard's post Cmdlet name clashes.

And perhaps vote for the enhancement request Dimitri has raised.

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[admin]

Hi there,

You can also use alias:

PS> New-Alias Get-VITask VMware.VimAutomation.Core\Get-Task

PS> Get-VITask

Vitali

PowerCLI team

[LucD]

An alias would indeed be another solution, but I have to agree with what Richard said about aliases.

"It would be possible to create separate aliases for the clashing cmdlets but the issue with that is portability and remembering to use the alias especially if its something that is used infrequently."

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