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4 Use -Newest to find the latest package.
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Get-EsxSoftwarePackage -Vendor "V*" -Newest
Returns the newest package for the vendors with a name that starts with the letter V, and displays
the information as a table.
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Get-EsxSoftwarePackage -Vendor "V*" -Newest | format-list
Returns detailed information about each software package by using a pipeline to link the output of
the request for software packages to the PowerShell format-list cmdlet.
5 View the list of VIBs in the image profile.
(Get-EsxImageProfile -Name "Robin's Profile").VibList
VibList is a property of the ImageProfile object.
6 Retrieve software packages released before or after a certain date by using the CreatedBefore or
CreatedAfter parameter.
Get-EsxSoftwarePackage -CreatedAfter 7/1/2010
Example: Depot Content Examination Using Variables
This workflow example examines depot contents by passing in parameters as objects accessed by
position in a variable, instead of passing in parameters by name. You can run the following commands in
sequence from the PowerCLI prompt. Replace names with names that are appropriate in your installation.
Get-EsxSoftwarePackage -Vendor "V*"
Get-EsxSoftwarePackage -Vendor "V*" -Name "r*"
Get-EsxSoftwarePackage -Version "2.0*"
$ip1 = Get-EsxImageProfile -name ESX-5.0.0-123456-full
$ip1.VibList
Get-EsxSoftwarePackage -CreatedAfter 7/1/2010
Create Image Profiles by Cloning Workflow
You can use vSphere ESXi Image Builder cmdlets to check which depots are available, to add a depot, to
view image profile information, and to create a new image profile by cloning one of the available image
profiles.
Published profiles are usually read-only and cannot be modified. Even if a published profile is not read-
only, cloning instead of modifying the profile is a best practice, because modifying the original profile
erases the original. You cannot revert to the original, unmodified profile except by reconnecting to a
depot.
A profile cloning workflow might include checking the current state of the system, adding a software
depot, and cloning the profile.
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