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I'll keep this short.  Using Java 7 (1.7) seems to cause this issue: Error occurred during initialization of VM Could not reserve enough space for object heap Upgrading/Installing Java 1.8 "JDK" seems to fix the above issue.  Adding -Xmx<#>m would not fix the issue either. Anyway, figured I'd post this since I really couldn't find an answer to this bizarre issue.

[Update: Come to find out LucD wrote a Get-VIEventPlus function that I did not find before making mine.  He adds some other switches that might be useful, same idea though.  Just tells me I really should keep up on his blog more often.] I wrote this function so I could replace the Get-VIEvent cmdlet in my scripts.  The great part is that the output ends up being roughly the same as the cmdlet so just changing my calls to this custom function speeds everything up like 100-fold.  That might be an exaggeration, but yeah, it's WAY faster. It's written so that most get-vievent common switches are included.  Syntax is 'slightly' different, but usable so you don't have to modify any get-vievent calls too heavily.  I added a 'type' switch which will help shave off even MORE time.  Anyway, feel free to give it a try or let me know if you have any feedback. Finally, It's written like a cmdlet so you can import it as a module or dot source it.  I've ...