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Code snippet – Report VMs with an open snapshot

Andreas Lesslhumer 15. July 2012 0 PowerCli Snippets open snapshot, powercli, report, script, VMs

This script will report all VMs with an open snapshot. Just fill in the name of your vCenter Server in the first line: Connect-VIServer vCenter-Server foreach($vm in Get-VM){ foreach($ss in ($vm | Get-Snapshot)){ $ss | Select @{N=”VM-Name”;E={$vm.Name}}, @{N=”Snapshot”;E={$ss.Name}} } }

Code snippet – Report VMs with independent discs

Andreas Lesslhumer 15. July 2012 0 PowerCli Snippets disc, independent, powercli, report, script, VMs

This script will report all VMs with a connected independent disc: Just fill in the name of your vCenter Server name in the first line: Connect-VIServer vcenter_server $report = @() Get-VM | where {$_ | Get-HardDisk | where {$_.Persistence -like…
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Code snippet – report VMs with CD-ROM/floppy and the device status

Andreas Lesslhumer 15. July 2012 0 PowerCli Snippets CDROM, connect, device, floppy, powercli, report, script, status

This script will report all VMs with a connected CD-ROM/floppy device (incl. information about the device status – eg. connected, connect at power on, client device,…) Just fill in the name of your vCenter Server in the first line: Connect-VIServer…
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