PowerCLI: New cmdlets for Update Manager
VMware have this morning / last night released some PowerCLI cmdlets for VMware Update Manager (VUM). A short description can be found of them below:
| Cmdlet Name | Cmdlet Description |
| Attach-Baseline | Attaches baselines to the specified Template, VirtualMachine, VMHost, Cluster, Datacenter, Folder, and VApp objects.
Attaching a baseline to a container object such as a folder or datacenter transitively attaches the baseline to all objects in the container. |
| Detach-Baseline | Detaches baselines from the specified inventory objects. |
| Download-Patch | Downloads new patches into the Update Manager patch repository from the enabled patch download sources. |
| Get-Baseline | Retrieves the baselines specified by the provided cmdlet
parameters. |
| Get-Compliance | Retrieve baseline compliance data for the specified object of type Template, VirtualMachine, VMHost, Cluster, Datacenter, Folder, and VApp. |
| Get-Patch | Retrieves all available patches or those specified by the provided cmdlet parameters. |
| Get-PatchBaseline | Retrieves all patch baselines or those specified by the provided cmdlet parameters. |
| New-PatchBaseline | Creates a new patch baseline. Patch baselines can be applied to either hosts or virtual machines. Depending on the patch criteria you select, patch baselines can be either dynamic or static (fixed). |
| Remediate-Inventory | Remediates an inventory object against the specified baselines. |
| Remove-Baseline | Deletes the specified baselines from their servers. Before the
removal, the baselines are detached from all entities they have been attached to. |
| Scan-Inventory | Scans inventory objects for baselines attached to them. |
| Set-PatchBaseline | Modifies the properties of a patch baseline. You can specify explicitly the patches you want to include in the baseline through the IncludePatch parameter. |
| Stage-Patch | Initializes staging of patches. Staging allows you to download
patches from the Update Manager server to the ESX/ESXi hosts, without applying the patches immediately. |
The cmdlets can be downloaded from VMware's website as a PowerShell Snapin and require PowerCLI 4.0 U1.
I look forward to seeing a few scripts pop out in the next few days that make use of these.