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How to determine build number for vSphere CLI (aka) VMware Remote CLI and SDK for Perl (aka) VI Perl Toolkit

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This document provides steps to determine the build number of vsphere CLI (aka) VMware Remote CLI.

In vSphere 4.0, SDK for Perl and vCLI are shipped as a single installable package.

Solution

Launch command shell (if installed in Windows platform) or Open a terminal session (if installed in Linux)
Under Windows Platform, cd to the vsphere CLI (aka) VMware Remote CLI install directory
Under Linux Platform, please make sure that the PATH variable includes the vsphere CLI (aka) VMware Remote CLI install path
Run the following command to retreive the build number/version (highlighted in the example below)
vicfg-advcfg --version

Example:

C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware VI Remote CLI\bin>vicfg-advcfg.pl --version
VI Perl Toolkit version: 1.6
Script 'vicfg-advcfg.pl' version: 3.5 Update 2

C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware VI Remote CLI\bin>

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