Script to disable VM logging

[bolsen]

Can someone help me write a PS script to disable the VM logging check box.

To be clear, if I did this manually the option to uncheck is in VM settings -> Options -> Advanced -> General -> Enable Logging.

TIA

[LucD]

Sure, try this

$vmName = <vm-name>

$vm = Get-VM $vmName | Get-View
$spec = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineConfigSpec
$spec.flags = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineFlagInfo
$spec.flags.enableLogging = $false
$vm.ReconfigVM($spec)

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[bolsen]

Thanks for the quick reply!

If I want to apply this script to all VMs within a folder, what syntax do I need to change?

[LucD · Accepted solution]

You build a look that runs over all the VMs in the folder and you place the code above in the loop.

Something like this

$folderName = <folder-name>
Get-Folder $folderName | Get-VM | %{
	$vm = Get-VM $_.Name | Get-View
	$spec = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineConfigSpec
	$spec.flags = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineFlagInfo
	$spec.flags.enableLogging = $false
	$vm.ReconfigVM($spec)
}

And you can save some CPU cycles and some memory by placing the constant part outside the loop.

Like this

$spec = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineConfigSpec
$spec.flags = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineFlagInfo
$spec.flags.enableLogging = $false

$folderName = "PCs"
Get-Folder $folderName | Get-VM | %{
	$vm = Get-VM $_.Name | Get-View
	$vm.ReconfigVM($spec)
}

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