WINtoESXi.ps1

<#
.SYNOPSIS
    Run any ssh commands via powershell, powercli

.DESCRIPTION
    This will run any scripts on the target vmware host with ssh enabled in it.
    find the below line
    C:\plink.exe -ssh -v -noagent $VMHost -l $user -pw $pass 'command1'
    and replace command1 with your actuall command to run on the x server. If you are willing to modify it a bit
    it can be used against any nix (linux/unix like) hosts to.

.EXAMPLE
   C:\plink.exe -ssh -v -noagent $VMHost -l $user -pw $pass 'echo "something" >> /etc/hosts'
   the above will add the word something to /etc/hosts
   C:\plink.exe -ssh -v -noagent $VMHost -l $user -pw $pass 'reboot'
   the above will reboot the target server
   you can put multiple such lines one below the other. as many as you want.

.NOTES
    File Name      : WINtoESXi.ps1
    Author         : gajendra d ambi
    Prerequisite   : PowerShell V3, powercli 5.x over Vista and upper.
    Copyright      - None

.LINK
    Script posted over:
    http://www.virtu-al.net/2013/01/07/ssh-powershell-tricks-with-plink-exe/
    https://github.com/gajuambi/vmware
#>

#Get Plink
#Start of function
function GetPlink 
{
<#
.SYNOPSIS
    Gets the plink
.DESCRIPTION
    This will make sure plink is either downloaded from the internet if it is not present and if it cannot download
    then it will pause the script till you copy it manually.
.NOTES
    File Name      : GetPlink.ps1
    Author         : gajendra d ambi
    Date           : Audust 2016
    Prerequisite   : PowerShell v4+, powercli 6+ over win7 and upper.
    Copyright      - None
.LINK
    Script posted over: 
    github.com/mrambig
    [source] http://www.virtu-al.net/2013/01/07/ssh-powershell-tricks-with-plink-exe/

#>
$PlinkLocation = $PSScriptRoot + "\Plink.exe"
$presence = Test-Path $PlinkLocation
if (-not $presence) 
    {
    Write-Host "Missing Plink.exe, trying to download...(10 seconds)" -BackgroundColor White -ForegroundColor Black
    Invoke-RestMethod "http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/plink.exe" -TimeoutSec 10 -OutFile "plink.exe"
    if (-not $presence)
        {
            do
            {
            Write-Host "Unable to download plink.exe, please download and add it to the same folder as this script" -BackgroundColor Yellow -ForegroundColor Black
            Read-host "Hit Enter/Return once plink is present"
            $presence = Test-Path $PlinkLocation
            } while (-not $presence)
        }
    }

if ($presence) { Write-Host "Detected Plink.exe" -BackgroundColor White -ForegroundColor Black }
} #End of function
GetPlink

#If using in powershell then add snapins below for VMware ESXi.
Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

#Disconnect from already connected viservers if any
Disconnect-VIServer * -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

#Connect to the vcenter server
connect-viserver

#X server's credentials
$user = Read-Host "Host's username?"
$pass = Read-Host "Host's password?"

#copy plink to c:\ for now
Copy-Item $PSScriptRoot\plink.exe C:\

#variables
#put the name of the cluster between quotes (replacing star). Enter multiple cluster names & separate them by a comma (no space in between)
$cluster = "*"
$VMHosts = get-cluster $cluster | Get-VMHost | sort

ForEach ($VMHost in $VMHosts)
{
#Enable SSH on all hosts
get-cluster $cluster | Get-VMHost $VMHost | Get-VMHostService | where {$_.Key -eq "TSM-SSH"} | Start-VMHostService

echo y | C:\plink.exe -ssh $user@$VMHost -pw $pass "exit"

#replace the "someline" with the value that you want.
#To add multiple lines repeat the below command multiple times with the respective values instead of someline (enclose entries within "")
C:\plink.exe -ssh -v -noagent $VMHost -l $user -pw $pass 'command1'

#do not modify the below line
C:\plink.exe -ssh -v -noagent $VMHost -l $user -pw $pass "hostname"

#Disable SSH on all hosts
get-cluster $cluster | Get-VMHost $VMHost | Get-VMHostService | where {$_.Key -eq "TSM-SSH"} | Stop-VMHostService -confirm:$false
}

#delete plink from c:\
Remove-Item C:\plink.exe

#End of Script