ESXi host installation date via Power CLI scripts .

ESXi host installation date :

<# 
.NOTES
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Created by: Rajiv Pandey
Web URL: www.vthesis.wordpress.com
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.DESCRIPTION
It will display the installation date of an ESXi host .

#>

Function Get-ESXInstallDate {
param(
[Parameter(
Mandatory=$true,
ValueFromPipeline=$true,
ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true)
]
[VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Impl.V1.Inventory.InventoryItemImpl]$Vmhost
)

if($Vmhost.Version -eq "6.5.0") {
$imageManager = Get-View ($Vmhost.ExtensionData.ConfigManager.ImageConfigManager)
$installDate = $imageManager.installDate()

Write-Host "$Vmhost was installed on $installDate"
} else {
Write-Host "ESXi must be running 6.5"
}
}

Thanks hope you like it.

Rajiv Pandey.