cpu stats

[SithL0rd]

I am looking to pull cpu average, cpu min, cpu max in mhz for all of the vms in managed by vcenter. I would like to get one weeks worth of these numbers. I am using get-vm | get-stattype cpu.usage.average... though i am getting an error that says get-stattype cannot be used in a pipeline. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[LucD]

To retrieve the metrics you'll need the Get-Stat cmdlet.

Have a look at my PowerCLI & vSphere statistics – Part 1 – The basics to see how the Get-Stat cmdlet works.

The following is a simple example how this could be done

$start = (Get-Date).AddDays(-7)
$metrics = "cpu.usagemhz.average","cpu.usagemhz.maximum","cpu.usagemhz.minimum"

Get-VM | Get-Stat -Start $start -Stat $metrics | 
Select TimeStamp,@{N="VM";E={$_.entity.Name}},MetricId,Value 

[SithL0rd]

Thanks LucD. I'll review your page. if i have any questions on putting the script together should i post them here or on your site?

[LucD]

Whatever you prefer, I read posts on both