Get-VM list Tools version/state help

[G0nz0UK]

Hello,

Does anyone have a simple script to share that lists the VMs and their tools version/state, but also based on a tag?

We only look after a a group of VMs based on a tag called 'dev' for example.

Thanks

[mmcgill1]

Hi @G0nz0UK ,

Take a look at @LucD 's post on Get VMs with Tag...

You can add the VMTools Version to that code very easily.

Get-VM | Get-TagAssignment |

    where{$_.Tag -like 'dev'} |

    Select @{N='VM';E={$_.Entity.Name}}, @{N='ToolsVersion';E={$vm.ExtensionData.Config.Tools.ToolsVersion}}

You can pipe that output to a csv like LucD does in his example, or just echo it to the command line doing the above

[mmcgill1]

@G0nz0UK , I'm going to correct one mistake I had and switch the code slightly.  Try this:

$tag = "dev"

Get-VM | Get-TagAssignment -Tag $tag | Select @{N='VM';E={$_.Entity.Name}}, @{N='ToolsVersion';E={$_.Entity.ExtensionData.Config.Tools.ToolsVersion}}

This will return the VM Name and the Tools Version.  

[LucD]

Instead of using the costly (in execution time) Get-TagAssignment, you can use the Tag parameter on the Get-VM cmdlet.

Get-VM -Tag (Get-Tag -Name 'dev' ) |
Select Name,
    @{N='VMware Tools State';E={$_.ExtensionData.Guest.ToolsStatus}},
    @{N='VMware Tools Version';E={$_.ExtensionData.Guest.ToolsVersion}} |
Export-Csv -Path .\report.csv -NoTypeInformation -UseCulture