Powercli in Powershll

[NeenaJim]

Hello,

I am new to scripting world.

Is there anyway I can use the powercli commands in powershell?

I was trying to add welcome note for an ESXi host via powershell by the below commands. And I am struggling for that. Can someone please help me how to do it via powershell (not via putty)

$esxcli = Get-EsxCli -VMhost <ESXi host name> -V2

$esxcli.system.settings.advanced.welcomemsg.get()

$esxcli.system.settings.advanced.welcomemsg.set('Hi')

This is what I am getting:

[LucD · Accepted solution]

When you use the V2 switch, you have to use the Invoke() method
The parameters are passed in a hash table (for which you can get a template with the CreateArgs() method)

$esxcli = Get-EsxCli -VMhost <ESXi host name> -V2
$esxcli.system.welcomemsg.get.Invoke()
$esxcli.system.welcomemsg.set.Invoke(@{message='Hi'})

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[NeenaJim]

That works. Thank you very much. You the BEST!