Start all vms in and exclude a folder

[bvi1006]

Hi,

I would like to start up all of our vms with the exception of those residing in a particular folder. In addition, I would like to stagger the power ups so as not to overwhelm the environment. Has anyone already written a script for one or both of these and is willing to share?

Thanks!

[LucD · Accepted solution]

You could use the following trick

$excludedVM = Get-Folder -Name MyFolder | Get-VM | Select -ExpandProperty Name

Get-VM | Where {$excludedVM -notcontains $_.Name} | Start-VM

If you want to stagger the powerons of the VMs, you could use a Start-Sleep cmdlet

$excludedVM = Get-Folder -Name MyFolder | Get-VM | Select -ExpandProperty Name

Get-VM | Where {$excludedVM -notcontains $_.Name} | %{

   Start-Sleep -Seconds 5

   Start-VM -VM $_

}

[bvi1006]

Thanks Luc!