Get a list of VMs but exclude templates

[eaphilipp]

I am looking for some guidance, I am not sure how to tackle this, I want to get a list of all my VMs in one of my vCenters but I want to exclude the templates from that list. Can anyone help point me in the right direction?

[LucD]

The Get-VM cmdlet does not return Templates.

If you are using Get-View, you can use the Filter parameter

Get-View -ViewType VirtualMachine -Filter @{'Config.Template' = 'false'} |
Select Name

[eaphilipp]

Duh... Yes you're right and I am an idiot. To that line can I add, get powered off VMs only?

[LucD]

Sure, you can multiple conditions to the filter.
Just note that it is an AND between all these conditions.

Get-View -ViewType VirtualMachine -Filter @{'Config.Template' = 'false';'Runtime.PowerState' = 'poweredOff'} |
Select Name