get vCenter name for VM

[carterrg]

Hi,

Is there a way to get the name of the vCenter that a VM is managed by, if I start with the VM name?

I have 2 vCenters joined in linked mode, and connect to them both at the same time when I run scripts. I would like to add a field in my output such as VMname, vCenter, VMhost, etc

I had an idea to track the parent folders; but seem to stop at datacenter.

thanks.

[RvdNieuwendijk · Accepted solution]

You can retrieve the vCenter Server name from the Uid property of the virtual machine object. Like this:

(Get-VM YourVMName).Uid.Split(":")[0].Split("@")[1]

In PowerCLI 4.1 you can extend the virtual machine object with a vCenterServer property. Like this:

New-VIProperty -Name vCenterServer -ObjectType VirtualMachine -Value {$Args[0].Uid.Split(":")[0].Split("@")[1]}
Get-vm YourVMName | Select-Object -Property Name,vCenterServer

Regards, Robert

[LucD]

Note that this will only work in PowerCLI 4.1 which introduced the Uid property.

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