To avoid unexpected timeouts, you can run Set-PowerCLIConfiguration to modify the PowerCLI settings for long-running Web tasks.

Prerequisites

Verify that you are connected to a vCenter Server system.

Procedure
1

(Optional) Learn more about what settings you can configure with Set-PowerCLIConfiguration. 

Get-Help Set-PowerCLIConfiguration
2

Store the value of the timeout setting for the current session in the $initialTimeout variable. 

$initialTimeout = (Get-PowerCLIConfiguration -Scope Session).WebOperationTimeoutSeconds
3

Set the timeout setting for the current session to 30 minutes. 

Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -Scope Session -WebOperationTimeoutSeconds 1800
4

Run your Web task.

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You can run an esxcli command to install a software profile. 

$vmHost = Get-VMHost "vmHostIp"
$esxcli = Get-EsxCli -VMHost $vmHost -V2
$arguments = $esxcli.software.profile.install.CreateArgs()
$arguments.depot = "http://mysite.com/publish/proj/index.xml"
$arguments.profile = "proj-version"
$esxcli.software.profile.install.Invoke($arguments)
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Alternatively, you can directly specify the arguments hash table in-line. 

$vmHost = Get-VMHost "vmHostIp"
$esxcli = Get-EsxCli -VMHost $vmHost -V2
$esxcli.software.profile.install.Invoke(@{depot="http://mysite.com/publish/proj/index.xml"; profile="proj-version"})
Note

The two examples use the ESXCLI V2 interface of PowerCLI.

5

Revert the timeout setting for the current session to the initial value. 

Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -Scope Session -WebOperationTimeoutSeconds $initialTimeout