Use Powershell?

Darren Woollard has compiled a PDF to provide standard requirements for installing and being able to use Powershell in angst, this is based on using a number of great free tools available to interrogate using the VC SDK.

Powershell is extremely powerful and can be all downloaded for Zero, this is great if you are a small shop or a roaming consultant and don't have the opportunity to use extended management tools to interogate Virtualised Infrastructure.

Enjoy

http://www.vmote.net/documents/vmote-Creating_PS_VM.pdf