Function to list supported VM VirtualHW & Config

Author: William Lam

powershell/vmDefaultHardwareConfig.ps1

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+
+Function Get-VMHardwareVersion {
+    param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][String]$ClusterName
+    )
+
+    $cluster = Get-Cluster $ClusterName
+    $envBrowser = Get-View $cluster.ExtensionData.EnvironmentBrowser
+
+    $envBrowser.QueryConfigOptionDescriptor().key
+}
+
+Function Get-VMHardwareConfig {
+    param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][String]$ClusterName,
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][String]$VMHardwareVersion
+    )
+
+    $cluster = Get-Cluster $ClusterName
+    $vmhost = $cluster | Get-VMHost | select -First 1
+    $envBrowser = Get-View $cluster.ExtensionData.EnvironmentBrowser
+
+    $vmHardwareConfigs = $envBrowser.QueryConfigOption($VMHardwareVersion,$vmhost.ExtensionData.MoRef)
+    $vmHardwareConfigs.GuestOSDescriptor
+}