That is exactly what Get-InventoryPlus is doing.
And in fact, the function only needs a small change to only return VMs.
Which allows you to do something like this
function Get-InventoryPlus {
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Retrieve the objects available on a vSphere Server.
.DESCRIPTION
This function will retrieve all objects available on a
vSphere Server, including all storage and network objects.
.NOTES
Author: Luc Dekens
.PARAMETER Server
The vSphere Server (vCenter or ESXi) from which to retrieve
the objects.
The default is $Global:DefaultVIServer
.PARAMETER NoValue
Properties that are not set are returned as an empty string.
The value on this parameter will be used instead of the empty
string.
.EXAMPLE
PS> Get-InventoryPlus
.EXAMPLE
PS> Get-InventoryPlus -Server $vCenter
.EXAMPLE
PS> Get-InventoryPlus -NoValue 'na'
#>
[cmdletbinding()]
param(
[VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.VIServer]$Server = $Global:DefaultVIServer,
[String]$NoValue = ''
)
function Get-ViBlueFolderPath {
[cmdletbinding()]
param(
[VMware.Vim.ManagedEntity]$Item
)
$hidden = 'Datacenters', 'vm'
if ($Item -is [VMware.Vim.VirtualMachine]) {
$Item.UpdateViewData('Parent')
$parent = $Item.Parent
} elseif ($Item -is [VMware.Vim.VirtualApp]) {
$Item.UpdateViewData('ParentFolder')
$parent = $Item.ParentFolder
}
if ($parent) {
$path = @($Item.Name)
while ($parent) {
$object = Get-View -Id $parent -Property Name, Parent
if ($hidden -notcontains $object.Name) {
$path += $object.Name
}
if ($object -is [VMware.Vim.VirtualApp]) {
$object.UpdateViewData('ParentFolder')
if ($object.ParentFolder) {
$parent = $object.ParentFolder
} else {
$object.UpdateViewData('ParentVapp')
if ($object.ParentVapp) {
$parent = $object.ParentVapp
}
}
} else {
$parent = $object.Parent
}
}
[array]::Reverse($path)
return "/$($path -join '/')"
} else {
return $NoValue
}
}
function Get-ObjectInfo {
[cmdletbinding()]
param(
[parameter(ValueFromPipeline)]
[VMware.Vim.ManagedEntity]$Object
)
Begin {
$hidden = 'Datacenters', 'vm', 'host', 'network', 'datastore', 'Resources'
}
Process {
if ($hidden -notcontains $Object.Name) {
$props = [ordered]@{
Name = $Object.Name
Type = $Object.GetType().Name
BluePath = $NoValue
}
$blueFolder = $false
$isTemplate = $false
if ($object -is [VMware.Vim.Folder]) {
$object.UpdateViewData('ChildType')
if ($Object.ChildType -contains 'VirtualMachine') {
$blueFolder = $true
}
}
$path = @($Object.Name)
$parent = $Object.Parent
if ($object -is [VMware.Vim.VirtualMachine] -or $object -is [VMware.Vim.VirtualApp]) {
$props['BluePath'] = Get-VIBlueFolderPath -Item $Object
if ($Object -is [VMware.Vim.VirtualMachine]) {
$Object.UpdateViewData('ResourcePool', 'Config.Template')
if ($Object.Config.Template) {
$parent = $Object.Parent
$props['Type'] = 'Template'
$isTemplate = $true
} else {
$parent = $Object.ResourcePool
}
}
}
while ($parent) {
$Object = Get-View -Id $Parent -Property Name, Parent
$parent = $Object.Parent
if ($hidden -notcontains $Object.Name) {
$path += $Object.Name
}
}
[array]::Reverse($path)
$path = "/$($path -join '/')"
$props.Add('Path', $path)
if ($blueFolder) {
$props['BluePath'] = $props['Path']
$props['Path'] = $NoValue
}
if ($isTemplate) {
$props['Path'] = $NoValue
}
New-Object PSObject -Property $props
}
}
}
$sView = @{
Id = 'ServiceInstance'
Server = $Server
Property = 'Content.ViewManager', 'Content.RootFolder'
}
$si = Get-View @sview
$viewMgr = Get-View -Id $si.Content.ViewManager
$contView = $viewMgr.CreateContainerView($si.Content.RootFolder, @('VirtualMachine'), $true)
$contViewObj = Get-View -Id $contView
Get-View -Id $contViewObj.View -Property Name, Parent |
where { $hidden -notcontains $_.Name } |
Get-ObjectInfo
}
Get-InventoryPlus | select Name, BluePath, Path
