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Using PowerCli to add PowerPath/VE 5.7 to vSphere Auto Deploy images
Now that PowerPath/VE 5.7 for ESXi 5.0 supports vSphere's Auto Deploy feature, users need to install PowerPath in an ESXi 5.0 image for deployment.
The PowerCli command Add-EsxSoftwarePackage can be used. The following example shows the steps to add PowerPath VIBs to an image…
Run Add-EsxSoftwareDepot to attach the software depot that contains the image profile to the PowerCLI session.
Add-EsxSoftwareDepot C:\file_path\VMware-ESXi-5.0.0-469512-depot.zip
Bind the image profile you want to use
$img = Get-EsxImageProfile
You can display the varous image profiles using
$img[4]
Clone the base ESXi image
$newimg=New-EsxImageProfile -CloneProfile $img[1] -Name "PPProfile1"
Include PowerPath offline bundle in the image profile
Add-EsxSoftwareDepot c:\vmware\powerpath\EMCPower.VMWARE.5.7.b173.zip
$pkg = Get-EsxSoftwarePackage -Vendor "EMC*"
Add-EsxSoftwarePackage -ImageProfile $newimg -SoftwarePackage "powerpath.lib.esx"
Add-EsxSoftwarePackage -ImageProfile $newimg -SoftwarePackage "powerpath.cim.esx"
Add-EsxSoftwarePackage -ImageProfile $newimg -SoftwarePackage "powerpath.plugin.esx"
Alternately
Add-EsxSoftwarePackage -ImageProfile $newimg -SoftwarePackage $pkg[0]
Hope this helps. We can find these steps in VMware's image builder guide.
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November 22nd, 2011 06:00
great post! just helped me a lot!
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November 28th, 2011 14:00
Note when adding the packages, you must add them in the following order: lib, cim & plugin.
If using the array notation, this equates to:
Add-EsxSoftwarePackage -ImageProfile $newimg -SoftwarePackage $pkg[1]
Add-EsxSoftwarePackage -ImageProfile $newimg -SoftwarePackage $pkg[0]
Add-EsxSoftwarePackage -ImageProfile $newimg -SoftwarePackage $pkg[2]
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November 29th, 2011 07:00
I added them using something like:
Add-esxsoftwarepackage –depoturl pp5.7.zip
$vib = get-esxsoftwarepackage
Add-esxsoftwarepackage –depoturl D:\images\VMware-ESXi-5.0.0-469512-depot.zip
Add-EsxSoftwarePackage -ImageProfile $newimg -SoftwarePackage $vib
Then I export the new image as a zip file, exit the current power cli session, and add the custom image as a depot. No errors are thrown and the new image contains the three vibs (lib, cim, and plugin)needed for powerpath.
Brian, can you explain the issue you had when not adding the vibs individually and in order as you described in your previous post. Thanks for your help!