download PowerCLI 5.0.1

[allencrawford]

Looks like some of the myVMware changes have broken the ability to download PowerCLI 5.0.1 (or maybe I'm just blind).  If I start by going to vmware.com/go/powercli and then clicking the "download" link like normal (which points to http://downloads.vmware.com/downloads/download.do?downloadGroup=PCLI501) it just takes you to the generic download page.  If you are logged into your VMware account, it actually redirects you to https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/downloads?downloadGroup=PCLI501 which is also a generic download page.

If I click on the "All SDKs and APIs" link at the bottom, and then "vSphere PowerCLI" on the right side, then it just takes me back to where I started.  The only other way I've been able to find the download is by selecting "VMware vSphere" from the generic downloads page and then selecting the "Drivers & Tools" tab followed by expanding the "Automation Tools and SDKs" menu and scrolling down to "VMware vSphere PowerCLI 5.0" but unfortunately that's the 5.0.0 version, not 5.0.1.

I have the installer downloaded at work already, but was setting up a different PC not at work and noticed this.  Hopefully someone that works at VMware can get this fixed soon.

[LucD]

I can confirm what you are seeing, the new My VMware seems to have lost PowerCLI 5.0.1 somewhere

[alanrenouf · Accepted solution]

Im looking into the issue, please us this link to download PowerCLI 5.0.1 in the meantime:

https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/get-download?downloadGroup=PCLI501

Sorry for the inconvenience.

[LucD]

Thanks for the link Alan.

Btw, great to have you on the West-Coast, you can answer 'early' questions

[alanrenouf]

So your pretending you sleep now Luc ?

We all know the laptop wakes you up when a question is added to the community !

[LucD]

Damn, busted.

Wait till my auto-reply script is finished

[Pujan14]

Link you provided does not work sends me to

https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/home

and page does not open

[nielse]

Did you login ?

[Pujan14]

Ya I did login and now it's taking me to All Downlaod page

I think that page is user specific

[Randidly]

Still Not Working??

[RvdNieuwendijk]

The correct URL for the PowerCLI download page in My VMware is:

http://www.vmware.com/downloads/download.do?downloadGroup=PCLI501

Regards, Robert

[allencrawford]

I saw you and Jake asking about the PowerCLI Twitter bot.  Surely that's not really a bot, but just Luc tweeting in his "sleep," right?

Also, your URL worked fine for me.

[allencrawford]

This seems to work as well as the one Alan provided (at least for me at this time).

[aerodevil]

I am still not wholly convinced that Luc isn't a robot/cyborg/android etc.

[alanrenouf]

The link should now be fixed and working fine again.  Josh, I am also convinced he is the T5000 come back in time to help PowerShell self evolve.

[allencrawford]

Looks good here, thanks for the quick help/fix.

[kujeter]

and I was starting to think I'd lost it. I went as far as checking the version I had installed, Yup PowerCLI 5.0.1 build 581491, back to the site, WHAT THE HECK, google search, welcome to the answer.

[VMGenie02]

Hi guys,

The link "https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/get-download?downloadGroup=PCLI501" is correct and working.  I am busy downloading from it