Network Device Status

[munizaba]

Hi All,

At the moment I’m having a problem with my Virtual network. I have run-out of the ports on Virtual switch

and now some of the VM network cards are disconnected.

Could you please help me with script to show all VM(s) where network is not connected

as per attached image?

Thanks

[halr9000 · Accepted solution]

$ConnectedExp = @{ Name = "Connected"; Expr = { ($_ | Get-NetworkAdapter).ConnectionState.Connected } }
get-vm | select name, $ConnectedExp

Or, just to get the disconnected ones:

get-vm | select name, $ConnectedExp | where-object { !$_.Connected }

Added bonus:

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[munizaba]

Yep is working fine. How are you going with your book?

Only problem with script below, it is showing me all VM(s) with two or more network cards but I can filter them by using (findstr False)

get-vm | select name, $ConnectedExp | where-object { !$_.Connected }

Thanks,

[AS80]

Hi,

I am getting this error message when i try to tun these scripts

C:\> get-vm | select name, $ConnectedExp | where-object { !$_

.Connected }

Select-Object : Null parameter. Expecting one of the following types: {System.S

tring, System.Management.Automation.ScriptBlock}.

At line:1 char:16

+ get-vm | select <<<< name, $ConnectedExp | where-object { !$_.Connected }

+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: ( , NotSupport

edException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DictionaryKeyUnknownType,Microsoft.PowerShell.Co

mmands.SelectObjectCommand

[AS80]

C:\> get-vm | select name, $ConnectedExp | where-object { !$_

.Connected }

Select-Object : Null parameter. Expecting one of the following types: {System.S

tring, System.Management.Automation.ScriptBlock}.

At line:1 char:16

+ get-vm | select <<<< name, $ConnectedExp | where-object { !$_.Connected }

+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: ( , NotSupport

edException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DictionaryKeyUnknownType,Microsoft.PowerShell.Co

mmands.SelectObjectCommand

[LucD]

It looks as if you didn't execute the line

$ConnectedExp = @{ Name = "Connected"; Expr = { ($_ | Get-NetworkAdapter).ConnectionState.Connected } }

first. In that line you state how $ConnectedExp is obtained.

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[AS80]

Hi Luc,

Can you please tell how can I find out.. how can i find out the disconnected network adapters for VM's??.. the below script doesn't show me any thing.

Can you please tell me how can i find out which VM's are diconnected..

$ConnectedExp = @{ Name = "Connected"; Expr = { ($_ | Get-NetworkAdapter).ConnectionState.Connected } }

Thanks for your help

[LucD]

The two lines Hal gave are ok, but you have to execute them both.

First you store in the $ConnectedExp variable how the property is calculated.

Then you use it in the Select cmdlet.

$ConnectedExp = @{ Name = "Connected"; Expr = { ($_ | Get-NetworkAdapter).ConnectionState.Connected } }
get-vm | select name, $ConnectedExp | where-object { !$_.Connected }

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[AS80]

Thanks work great.. appreciate your help always