POWERCLI: How to find dvswitches not used for management (VM only)

[MattGGS]

I have a script that checks dvswitch properties.  Currently I exclude management dvSwitches by name.   I am trying to figure out how to exclude management dvSwitches (no VM dvPortgroups) from my object via code.   For example:

• dvswith1
  • dvportgroup-mgmt - vmk0
  • dvportgroup-vmotion - vmk1
• dvswitch2
  • dvportgroup-vm
  • dvportgroup-vm2

In this example only want it to return dvswitch2

[LucD · Accepted solution]

Something like this?

$tab = @{}

Get-VDSwitch | ForEach-Object -Process {

    $tab.Add($_.Name,'')

}

Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter -VMKernel |

ForEach-Object -Process {

    Get-VDPortgroup -Name $_.PortGroupName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |

    Get-VDSwitch | ForEach-Object -Process {

        $tab.Remove($_.Name)

    }

}

$tab.GetEnumerator()

[MattGGS]

Luc,

As always thanks SO MUCH!