I am using the following script to determine the power state of VMs. Regardless of the real state, the result from this script is powerOn. Thanks.
Script:
$VIServer = $Args[0]
$Image = $Args[1]
$User = $Args[2]
$Password = $Args[3]
$FilePath = "C:\Vmware_Healthcheck\Status_$Image.txt"
Add-PSsnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core
Initialize-VIToolkitEnvironment.ps1
connect-viserver -server $VIServer -user $User -password $Password
$vm = Get-View -ViewType VirtualMachine -Filter @{"Name" = "$Image"}
$hostView = Get-View -ID $vm.Runtime.Host
$hostView.Summary.Runtime | Out-File -FilePath $FilePath
Disconnect-VIServer -Confirm:$False
Result:
ConnectionState : connected
PowerState : poweredOn
InMaintenanceMode : False
BootTime : 4/30/2009 15:05:19
HealthSystemRuntime : VMware.Vim.HealthSystemRuntime
DynamicType :
DynamicProperty :
