Hi as900w,

Try the following (all standard disclaimers and warranty excemptions apply):

# Creates a variable that contains VMs which are in the PoweredOn state 

$VMList = Get-VM | Where { $_.PowerState -eq "PoweredOn" } 

# Loops through the variable an object at a time  

Foreach ( $VM in $VMList ) { 

     # Retrieve the status of the VMware Tools 

     $ToolsStatus = ($VM | Get-View).Guest.ToolsStatus 

     # Check status of tools and if not installed then issue Stop to VM otherwise Shutdown VM 

     If ( $ToolsStatus -eq "toolsNotInstalled" ) { 

          Stop-VMGuest $VM  

     } Else { 

          Shutdown-VMGuest $VM 

     }

}

NOTE: Test to confirm it does as you expect before unleashing in production

Kind regards.

Hi there,

Perhaps try something like this:

# Creates a variable that contains VMs which are in the PoweredOn state 

$VMList = Get-VM | Where { $_.PowerState -eq "PoweredOn" }

# Names of VMs that will not be shutdown or powered off

$VMExclusionList = "vm1","vm2","vm3"

# Loops through the variable an object at a time 

Foreach ( $VM in $VMList ) { 

     # Checks if the name of the current VM is in the ExclusionList and skips if it is

       If ( $VMExclusionList -notcontains $VM.Name ) {

          # Retrieve the status of the VMware Tools 

          $ToolsStatus = ($VM | Get-View).Guest.ToolsStatus 

          # Check status of tools and if not installed then issue Stop to VM otherwise Shutdown VM 

          If ( $ToolsStatus -eq "toolsNotInstalled" ) { 

               Stop-VM $VM

          } Else {

               Shutdown-VMGuest $VM

          } 

     }

}

Just update the $VMExclusionList variable with names of the VMs you don't want to shutdown or poweroff.

Kind regards.

Was this for all VMs that don’t have the tools or just a couple?

Hi as900w,

I'll test in a LAB and revert when I can.

Kind regards.