Shutdown vSAN Cluster with Horizon Instant Clones

In previous versions of vSphere it has been necessary to run CLI commands or edit host config to remove parent VMs (for instant clones) before shutting down a cluster. This is not required in ESXi 6.7 so the process has become a little easier. Here is a bare bones process that I use to cleanly shut down then startup a vSAN cluster running instant clones (tested with Horizon 7.7/ESXi 6.7 u1). In this instance, the vCenter appliance is also running on the cluster so this will add some extra steps to the process. **I have also included a few powercli...