Example of using vSphere GuestOps API via PowerCLI
| $guestOpsMgr = (Get-View $global:DefaultVIServer.ExtensionData.Content.guestOperationsManager) | |
| $authMgr = (Get-View $guestOpsMgr.AuthManager) | |
| $vm = (Get-VM -Name MacOSX-10.11).ExtensionData.MoRef | |
| $credential = New-Object VMware.Vim.NamePasswordAuthentication | |
| $credential.InteractiveSession = $false | |
| $credential.Username = "lamw" | |
| $credential.Password = "vmware123" | |
| $authMgr.ValidateCredentialsInGuest($vm,$credential) | |
| $processMgr = (Get-View $guestOpsMgr.ProcessManager) | |
| $commandSpec = New-Object VMware.Vim.GuestProgramSpec | |
| $commandSpec.WorkingDirectory = "/Users/lamw" | |
| $commandSpec.ProgramPath = "/usr/sbin/system_profiler" | |
| $commandSpec.Arguments = "SPSoftwareDataType > /tmp/output" | |
| $processMgr.StartProgramInGuest($vm,$credential,$commandSpec) |
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