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tekhie
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‎10-13-2009 03:04 AM

Get info for all registered vm's

i have a script that tells me a list of VM's created between 30 and 50 days ago. What i would like to know is how to add code so that it only lists the registered vm's at the time the script is run. It is possible that a vm was created in the specified window but has subsequently been deleted. What would be the best way to achieve this ?

tks

chris

VMolder than30days_new.ps1
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LucD
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‎10-13-2009 04:15 AM

In this thread I included a code snippet that shows how this cna be done.

In short, if you have the VM name you can test with the Get-Vm cmdlet like this

....
# Check if guest $vmName is already registered 
      if((Get-VM $vmName -ea SilentlyContinue) -ne $null){
# The VM is still registered.
         ....
      }
}


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prudhviraj
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‎10-13-2009 04:23 AM

hey tekhie i dont knw much abt the script language u used but i can suggest from wat you have said...

since your script list the VMs so why dont you redirect the output to a file and check if the VM is registered in any of your hosts. From shell scripting view i would say collect the VMs list then ssh to each server and check if the VM is registerd there using " vmware-cmd -l | grep <VM name> " command. Write a condition to say Y/N based on command output you should be able to get your list of registered VMs.

I might sound simple but this could be bit complex wen you write a script.... Smiley Wink but hey logic works thats for sure.

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tekhie
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‎10-14-2009 12:25 AM

Hi Luc

tks for the info

the problem im having is incorporating this into the existing script. If i specify a vm name that is not registered then it doesnt return any data - as you would expect.

If i specify a vmname that does exist, it still returns the information for all vm's whether registered or not

I guess the correct process is for the script to take all registered vms and then match their names against a vm creation date entry and then return that value if a match - but i cant get it working

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