PowerCLI on vCenter

[ricky73]

It's recommended to install Power CLI inside vCenter server (6.0.0 - 3634793) or it's better to exclude it and install Power CLI into another server?

[vijayrana968]

Yes you can install either on vCenter itself or any other Windows system. Make sure pre-requisites are met such as .Net, powershell etc.

[ricky73]

What version can I install with vCenter 6.0.0 ?

[vijayrana968]

You can install up to date version of PowerCli to work with vCenter 6.0.0 or either any of below ones

10.1.0

10.0.0

6.5.4

6.5.3

6.5.2

6.5.1

6.5.0

6.3.0 - vSphere PowerCLI

6.0.0 - vSphere PowerCLI

VMware PowerCLI 6.3 - VMware {code}

[ricky73]

Ok, but what advantage to install latest version if I have 6.0.0 vCenter? Perhaps I'll get new functions/features which I will m not able to use them because my vCenter is not updated?

I thought to install 6.3 or 6.0.0 latest version, what do you think?

[vijayrana968]

That's true. However the latest version of PowerCli would have all the cmdlets which are in version 6.3 so you complete control over whatever you will have in latest. I would prefer to install latest version when I wan't to explore new features and soon I am ready to upgrade vCenter version, else equivalent version is enough

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