The script from AureusStone will work, but if you want the shutdown procedure a bit more advanced, you could do something like this.
The script will read the VM names from a CSV file that has this format
"vmName"
"vm1"
"vm2"
"vm3"
The script will find all powered on guests that are in the CSV file.
First it will try a guest shutdown, provided the VMware Tools are running.
The script will wait $maxWaitTime seconds for the completion.
If the guest is still powered on, the script will try a power off.
Again, the script will wait for $maxWaitTime seconds.
If the VM is still running, the script will try to kill it.
When all guests are done, the script will send an email
$sleepTime = 5
$maxWaitTime = 45
$report = @()
$vmNames = Import-Csv "C:\emergency-shutdown.csv" -UseCulture | %{$_.vmName}
Get-VM -Name $vmNames | where {$_.PowerState -eq "PoweredOn"} | %{
# Guest shutdown
if($_.Extensiondata.Guest.ToolsRunningStatus -ne "guestToolsNotRunning"){
Shutdown-VMGuest -VM $_ -Confirm:$false
$waitTime = 0
while((Get-VM $_.Name).PowerState -ne "PoweredOff" -and $waitTime -lt $maxWaitTime){
sleep $sleepTime
$waitTime += $sleepTime
}
$line = $_.Name + " guest shutdown"
}
# Power off
if((Get-VM $_.Name).PowerState -ne "PoweredOff"){
Stop-VM -VM $_ -Confirm:$false
$waitTime = 0
while((Get-VM $_.Name).PowerState -ne "PoweredOff" -and $waitTime -lt $maxWaitTime){
sleep $sleepTime
$waitTime += $sleepTime
}
$line = $_.Name + " powered off"
}
# Kill
if((Get-VM $_.Name).PowerState -ne "PoweredOff"){
Stop-VM -VM $_ -Kill -Confirm:$false -RunAsync
$line = $_.Name + " killed"
sleep $sleepTime
}
# Problem guest
if((Get-VM $_.Name).PowerState -ne "PoweredOff"){
$line = $_.Name + " problematic shutdown"
}
$report += $line
}
$from = "user@yourdomain.com"
$to = "user@yourdomain.com"
$subject = "Emergency shutdown report " + (Get-Date -Format "yyyy/MM/dd hh:mm")
$body = $report
$smtpServer = "your smtp server"
$smtp = new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($smtpServer)
$smtp.Send($from, $to, $subject, $body)
