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Hi all,

I am looking to find a way to extract the detailed operating system information using powercli (Windows and Linux)

When I run get-vmguest - vm vmname | fl , I only get the select OS.  Is there a way to get the WIndows SP level, patches, etc.  Also, can the same be done for Linux VMs?

Is there a way to get the installed applications also? (I know this one is a long shot, but shooting it out there)

Thanks for the help,

Mike

That kind of information is not available through the Get-VMGuest cmdet I'm afraid.

You can use the Invoke-VMScript cmdlet to start a script inside the guest OS, and query the required information from there.

For Windows boxes you can use WMI to get the Service Pack

Or the following cmdlet to get the patches.

For *nix boxes it depends on the *niox flavour what to use. For a SLES box you could for example use

For an application list it is similar.

On Windows boxes you can do

On *nix boxes you can consider doing a

Thanks LucD....

I will try these and see what else I can use with some other tools we have.

Your answers are always helpful!