
Quest is currently working on updates for vSphere 5, but most of the functionality was there with the PowerCLI vSphere 5 beta I had been testing. The PowerPack is the secret sauce that brings added functionality to every vSphere admin. PowerGUI is the interface that enables anyone from a beginner to advanced user to become proficient. PowerCLI is the framework that makes it all possible. Yes, I just used a Voltron reference! These three products bring with them a set of tools that can’t be found in anything else. When you combine these three products together it becomes Voltron. This set of free tools ranked number 1 on last years free tool list and it’s not going anywhere anytime soon. PowerCLI, PowerGUI, and the vSphere Community PowerPack See the Top 10 Free VMware vSphere Tools and Utilities for 2011 lists here, and let me quote the PowerGUI entry for you:ġ.

This one is a little more tricky to find:

UPDATE: Looks like Dell took the community site down but direct download link still works. ĭell Software is still maintaining the product – as I am writing this the latest version is 3.8 released in April 2014. The community itself also got moved from to. The download is freely available from Dell’s PowerGUI community. So here are the links that work today (January 30, 2015): With Dell’s acquisition of Quest and all the IT reorganization that followed, it is actually not that easy to find these two popular free PowerShell tools any longer.
