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    <title>topic Re: Shutdown/poweroff VM from a txt list in VMware PowerCLI Discussions</title>
    <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Shutdown-poweroff-VM-from-a-txt-list/m-p/926897#M27279</link>
    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Yes, see below...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;PowerCLI C:\temp&amp;gt; get-vm -name testfailover&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Name&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; PowerState Num CPUs MemoryGB&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;----&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ---------- -------- --------&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;testfailover&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; PoweredOn&amp;nbsp; 4&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 6.000&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;PowerCLI C:\temp&amp;gt; get-content -path c:\temp\vm.txt&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;testfailover&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;PowerCLI C:\temp&amp;gt; Get-VM -Name (Get-Content -Path c:\temp\vm.txt)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Name&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; PowerState Num CPUs MemoryGB&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;----&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ---------- -------- --------&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;testfailover&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; PoweredOn&amp;nbsp; 4&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 6.000&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 17:34:20 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>BGONZALES_ASH</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2018-03-23T17:34:20Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Shutdown/poweroff VM from a txt list</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Shutdown-poweroff-VM-from-a-txt-list/m-p/926889#M27271</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hello,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I would like to ask if someone can share a powershell script where I can choose to shutdown guest and/or poweroff VM from a txt list, and get result output in a csv or txt file.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks &lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2017 18:53:24 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Shutdown-poweroff-VM-from-a-txt-list/m-p/926889#M27271</guid>
      <dc:creator>antoniogemelli</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2017-11-02T18:53:24Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Shutdown/poweroff VM from a txt list</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Shutdown-poweroff-VM-from-a-txt-list/m-p/926890#M27272</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;What would define if it should be a guest shutdown or a power off?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The presence of VMware Tools?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Something like this?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;DIV style="text-align: Left; font-family: Segoe UI; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12; color: #000000;"&gt;&lt;P style="font-family: Lucida Console; margin: 0 0 0 0; background-color: #ffffff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 16;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #00008b;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;foreach&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #ff4500;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;$vmName&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #00008b;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;in&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; (&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Get-Content&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; 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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2017 19:19:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Shutdown-poweroff-VM-from-a-txt-list/m-p/926890#M27272</guid>
      <dc:creator>LucD</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2017-11-02T19:19:49Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Shutdown/poweroff VM from a txt list</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Shutdown-poweroff-VM-from-a-txt-list/m-p/926891#M27273</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi LucD,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I think this is fine, I will test.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;About your question relate vmtools, there are some VMs with 3rd party software,&amp;nbsp; where different vendor will manage, in this case, script will do only poweroff right? &lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2017 13:45:04 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Shutdown-poweroff-VM-from-a-txt-list/m-p/926891#M27273</guid>
      <dc:creator>antoniogemelli</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2017-11-03T13:45:04Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Shutdown/poweroff VM from a txt list</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Shutdown-poweroff-VM-from-a-txt-list/m-p/926892#M27274</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;If you are referring to VMware Tools that are displayed as "Guest Managed', they will also run the Shutdown-VMGuest cmdlet.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2017 13:48:22 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Shutdown-poweroff-VM-from-a-txt-list/m-p/926892#M27274</guid>
      <dc:creator>LucD</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2017-11-03T13:48:22Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Shutdown/poweroff VM from a txt list</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Shutdown-poweroff-VM-from-a-txt-list/m-p/926893#M27275</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hello.. can someone please help me out on the below error or post the script for the Shutdown Power Off VM from a text file so I can see where my mistakes may be.. I have the below, but the VM is not being found.. Thank you!! &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;ERROR&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Get-VM : 3/23/2018 9:08:44 AM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Get-VM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; VM with name ''testfailover'' was not found using the specified filter(s).&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;At C:\temp\new_test.ps1:3 char:11&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;+&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; $vm = Get-VM -Name $vmName&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;+&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; + CategoryInfo&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; : ObjectNotFound: (:) [Get-VM], VimException&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_OutputHelper_WriteNotFoundError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.GetVM&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Stop-VM : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'VM'. The argument is null or empty. Provide an argument that is not null or empty, and then try the command again.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;At C:\temp\new_test.ps1:7 char:21&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;+&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Stop-VM -VM $vm -confirm:$false&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;+&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ~~~&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; + CategoryInfo&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; : InvalidData: (:) [Stop-VM], ParameterBindingValidationException&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.StopVM&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;SCRIPT&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #303030;"&gt;foreach($vmName in (Get-Content -Path c:\temp\vm.txt)){&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #303030;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; $vm = Get-VM -Name $vmName&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #303030;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; if($vm.Guest.State -eq "Running"){&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #303030;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; Shutdown-VMGuest -VM $vm -Confirm:$false}&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #303030;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; else{&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #303030;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Stop-VM -VM $vm -confirm:$false&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #303030;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; write-host "Powering Down VM..."&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #303030;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; Count 20&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #303030;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; write-host "Adjusting Compute..." &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #303030;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; set-vm -numCPU 2 -memorygb 4 -confirm:$false&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #303030;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; start-vm -confirm:$false&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #303030;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; Count 120&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #303030;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; write-host "Powering On Server..."&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #303030;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; export "c:\temp\results.csv"}&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #303030;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; }&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 16:18:37 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>BGONZALES_ASH</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-03-23T16:18:37Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Shutdown/poweroff VM from a txt list</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Shutdown-poweroff-VM-from-a-txt-list/m-p/926894#M27276</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;It looks as if the VM with displayname '&lt;SPAN style="color: #666666; font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;testfailover&lt;/SPAN&gt;' was not found.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Does &lt;STRONG&gt;Get-VM -Name &lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #666666; font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;testfailover&lt;/STRONG&gt; return anything?&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 17:18:14 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>LucD</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-03-23T17:18:14Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Shutdown/poweroff VM from a txt list</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Shutdown-poweroff-VM-from-a-txt-list/m-p/926895#M27277</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi Luc.. Thanks for the reply. I was able to grab without an issue..&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;PowerCLI C:\temp&amp;gt; get-vm testfailover&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Name&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; PowerState Num CPUs MemoryGB&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;----&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ---------- -------- --------&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;testfailover&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; PoweredOn&amp;nbsp; 4&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 6.000&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;PowerCLI C:\temp&amp;gt; get-vm -name testfailover&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Name&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; PowerState Num CPUs MemoryGB&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;----&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ---------- -------- --------&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;testfailover&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; PoweredOn&amp;nbsp; 4&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 6.000&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 17:21:41 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>BGONZALES_ASH</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-03-23T17:21:41Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Shutdown/poweroff VM from a txt list</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Shutdown-poweroff-VM-from-a-txt-list/m-p/926896#M27278</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;How did you construct your text file?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Does &lt;SPAN style="color: #303030; font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Get-Content -Path c:\temp\vm.txt&lt;/STRONG&gt; return a line with &lt;STRONG&gt;testfailover&lt;/STRONG&gt; on there?&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #303030; font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;As another test do a &lt;STRONG&gt;Get-VM -Name (&lt;SPAN style="color: #303030; font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;Get-Content -Path c:\temp\vm.txt&lt;/SPAN&gt;)&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 17:24:46 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Shutdown-poweroff-VM-from-a-txt-list/m-p/926896#M27278</guid>
      <dc:creator>LucD</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-03-23T17:24:46Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Shutdown/poweroff VM from a txt list</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Shutdown-poweroff-VM-from-a-txt-list/m-p/926897#M27279</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Yes, see below...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;PowerCLI C:\temp&amp;gt; get-vm -name testfailover&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Name&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; PowerState Num CPUs MemoryGB&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;----&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ---------- -------- --------&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;testfailover&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; PoweredOn&amp;nbsp; 4&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 6.000&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;PowerCLI C:\temp&amp;gt; get-content -path c:\temp\vm.txt&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;testfailover&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;PowerCLI C:\temp&amp;gt; Get-VM -Name (Get-Content -Path c:\temp\vm.txt)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Name&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; PowerState Num CPUs MemoryGB&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;----&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ---------- -------- --------&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;testfailover&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; PoweredOn&amp;nbsp; 4&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 6.000&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 17:34:20 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Shutdown-poweroff-VM-from-a-txt-list/m-p/926897#M27279</guid>
      <dc:creator>BGONZALES_ASH</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-03-23T17:34:20Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Shutdown/poweroff VM from a txt list</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Shutdown-poweroff-VM-from-a-txt-list/m-p/926898#M27280</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;That's strange.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Can you attach the script (.ps1) as you are running it?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 17:36:07 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Shutdown-poweroff-VM-from-a-txt-list/m-p/926898#M27280</guid>
      <dc:creator>LucD</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-03-23T17:36:07Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Shutdown/poweroff VM from a txt list</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Shutdown-poweroff-VM-from-a-txt-list/m-p/926899#M27281</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Adjusted a couple lines and this is what comes up now.. Thanks Luc!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;PowerCLI C:\temp&amp;gt; .\test_323.ps1&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;At C:\temp\test_323.ps1:3 char:28&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;+ foreach($vmName in $VMList)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;+&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ~&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Missing statement body in foreach loop.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;At C:\temp\test_323.ps1:17 char:5&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;+&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; }&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;+&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ~&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Unexpected token '}' in expression or statement.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; + CategoryInfo&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; : ParserError: (:) [], ParseException&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; + FullyQualifiedErrorId : MissingForeachStatement&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 17:48:18 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>BGONZALES_ASH</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-03-23T17:48:18Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Shutdown/poweroff VM from a txt list</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Shutdown-poweroff-VM-from-a-txt-list/m-p/926900#M27282</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;You were missing the code-block for the ForEach.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Not sure what the purpose of the 'export' at the end is, but I removed it for now.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 17:56:40 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Shutdown-poweroff-VM-from-a-txt-list/m-p/926900#M27282</guid>
      <dc:creator>LucD</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-03-23T17:56:40Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Shutdown/poweroff VM from a txt list</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Shutdown-poweroff-VM-from-a-txt-list/m-p/926901#M27283</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thank you Sir! Ill give it a try&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 18:35:22 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Shutdown-poweroff-VM-from-a-txt-list/m-p/926901#M27283</guid>
      <dc:creator>BGONZALES_ASH</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-03-23T18:35:22Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Shutdown/poweroff VM from a txt list</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Shutdown-poweroff-VM-from-a-txt-list/m-p/926902#M27284</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;I wanted to export the results after they run, we will be running this late at night and would like to have an output file to share to the server owners...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 18:36:08 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Shutdown-poweroff-VM-from-a-txt-list/m-p/926902#M27284</guid>
      <dc:creator>BGONZALES_ASH</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-03-23T18:36:08Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Shutdown/poweroff VM from a txt list</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Shutdown-poweroff-VM-from-a-txt-list/m-p/926903#M27285</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Okay, the VM shutdown pretty quickly which is great. Doesnt look like the compute was adjusted nor did the VM did not power back on&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 18:42:14 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Shutdown-poweroff-VM-from-a-txt-list/m-p/926903#M27285</guid>
      <dc:creator>BGONZALES_ASH</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-03-23T18:42:14Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Shutdown/poweroff VM from a txt list</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Shutdown-poweroff-VM-from-a-txt-list/m-p/926904#M27286</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Ok, I updated your code to perform the Set-VM in any case.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Try this one&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 18:49:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Shutdown-poweroff-VM-from-a-txt-list/m-p/926904#M27286</guid>
      <dc:creator>LucD</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-03-23T18:49:27Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Shutdown/poweroff VM from a txt list</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Shutdown-poweroff-VM-from-a-txt-list/m-p/926905#M27287</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks Luc.. That seems to have worked. Didnt export but thats fine, I can tweak it..&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 22:17:54 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>BGONZALES_ASH</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-03-23T22:17:54Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Shutdown/poweroff VM from a txt list</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Shutdown-poweroff-VM-from-a-txt-list/m-p/926906#M27288</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Luc, any quick one liner help to point me in the right direction that will help export the results of the VM that was edited? We are not set on strategy, and the more verification the better for getting these 200 or so VM's right-sized automatically.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The export I have only exports the VM name.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;After the VM's are powered back on, Id like to export the VM Name, Timestamp, and current Compute allocation. If it isnt too much re-writing that is..&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2018 20:59:37 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>BGONZALES_ASH</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-03-26T20:59:37Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Shutdown/poweroff VM from a txt list</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Shutdown-poweroff-VM-from-a-txt-list/m-p/926907#M27289</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Try the attached.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2018 04:42:31 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>LucD</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-03-27T04:42:31Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Shutdown/poweroff VM from a txt list</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Shutdown-poweroff-VM-from-a-txt-list/m-p/926908#M27290</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks Luc! I was able to do what I needed, I get an error on -Name when it runs on the first VM only, but it still works..&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I'm need try and incorporate a VMtools version and Status check, then a reboot where needed..&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Is there a way to pass along or link the Guest.State with the following objects in the If/and statement below? Appreciate your help Luc! &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'Lucida Console'; color: #000000;"&gt;Guest&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'Lucida Console'; color: #a9a9a9;"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'Lucida Console'; color: #000000;"&gt;ToolsVersion&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'Lucida Console'; color: #000000;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'Lucida Console'; color: #000000;"&gt;Guest&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'Lucida Console'; color: #a9a9a9;"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'Lucida Console'; color: #000000;"&gt;ToolsStatus&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #c586c0;"&gt;if&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #569cd6;"&gt;($&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #9cdcfe;"&gt;vm&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #dcdcaa;"&gt;.Guest.State&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN style="color: #d4d4d4;"&gt;-eq&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN style="color: #ce9178;"&gt;"Running"&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN style="color: #d4d4d4;"&gt;-And&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN style="color: #569cd6;"&gt;$&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #9cdcfe;"&gt;vm&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #dcdcaa;"&gt;.NumCpu&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN style="color: #d4d4d4;"&gt;-ne&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN style="color: #ce9178;"&gt;'2'&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN style="color: #d4d4d4;"&gt;-And&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN style="color: #569cd6;"&gt;$&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #9cdcfe;"&gt;vm&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #dcdcaa;"&gt;.MemoryGB&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN style="color: #d4d4d4;"&gt;-ne&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN style="color: #ce9178;"&gt;'4'&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #569cd6;"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;{&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp; Shutdown&lt;SPAN style="color: #d4d4d4;"&gt;-&lt;/SPAN&gt;VMGuest &lt;SPAN style="color: #d4d4d4;"&gt;-&lt;/SPAN&gt;VM &lt;SPAN style="color: #569cd6;"&gt;$&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #9cdcfe;"&gt;vm&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN style="color: #d4d4d4;"&gt;-&lt;/SPAN&gt;Confirm:&lt;SPAN style="color: #569cd6;"&gt;$false&lt;/SPAN&gt;}&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2018 20:57:31 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>BGONZALES_ASH</dc:creator>
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