runing script in guest OS

[dhanu2k7]

Hello

I have powershell script to get the list of application installed on the servers through get-itemproperty,, now i want to run this on all virtual machine through powerCLI, can you please help me?

Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\* |  Select DisplayName, DisplayVersion, InstallDate,PSComputerName  |?{$_.DisplayName -like "VMware Tools" -or $_.DisplayName -like "IBM Tivoli Monitoring" -or $_.DisplayName -like "Symantec Endpoint Protection" -or $_.DisplayName -like "ILMT-TAD4D Agent" -or $_.DisplayName -like "IBM BigFix Client" -or $_.DisplayName -like "IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client" | select -ExcludeProperty RunspaceId }} | ForEach-Object { $D += $_ }

Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*  | Select  DisplayName, DisplayVersion,InstallDate,PSComputerName| ?{$_.DisplayName -like "VMware Tools" -or $_.DisplayName -like "IBM Tivoli Monitoring" -or $_.DisplayName -like "Symantec Endpoint Protection" -or $_.DisplayName -like "ILMT-TAD4D Agent" -or $_.DisplayName -like "IBM BigFix Client" -or $_.DisplayName -like "IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client"

[LucD]

You can use the Invoke-VMScript cmdlet to run a PowerShell script inside the guest OS (use the -ScriptType PowerShell parameter)

The VM needs to have VMware Tools installed.

[dhanu2k7]

if I use invoke-vmscript, does it cause any issue on VM?  cause its running very slow if I run it on all the server

[LucD]

Not sure what you mean by "issue on VM".

What is slow, the VM globally, or the script running inside the guest OS of the VM?

Note that there is a bit of overhead for running a script inside the guest OS.

The results might not return as fast as if you run them locally.

[dhanu2k7]

$Sinfo=@()

$user= Get-Credential supplier.coop\in05750m

Get-VM gb02qdc412cpkwm| ForEach-Object {

    $VM = $_

$Report = "" | Select-Object VMname,displayname1,displayname2,displayversion1,displayversion2

$Report.VMName = $VM.name

$Report.displayname1=Invoke-VMScript -VM $VM -GuestCredential $user -scripttype Powershell -scripttext {Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\* |  Select-object DisplayName |?{$_.DisplayName -like "VMware Tools" -or $_.DisplayName -like "IBM Tivoli Monitoring" -or $_.DisplayName -like "Symantec Endpoint Protection" -or $_.DisplayName -like "ILMT-TAD4D Agent" -or $_.DisplayName -like "IBM BigFix Client" -or $_.DisplayName -like "IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client" }}

$Report.displayname2=Invoke-VMScript -VM $VM -GuestCredential $user -scripttype Powershell -scripttext {Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*  | Select-object  DisplayName| ?{$_.DisplayName -like "VMware Tools" -or $_.DisplayName -like "IBM Tivoli Monitoring" -or $_.DisplayName -like "Symantec Endpoint Protection" -or $_.DisplayName -like "ILMT-TAD4D Agent" -or $_.DisplayName -like "IBM BigFix Client" -or $_.DisplayName -like "IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client" }}

$Report.displayversion1=Invoke-VMScript -VM $VM -GuestCredential $user -scripttype Powershell -scripttext {Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\* |  Select-object * |?{$_.DisplayName -like "VMware Tools" -or $_.DisplayName -like "IBM Tivoli Monitoring" -or $_.DisplayName -like "Symantec Endpoint Protection" -or $_.DisplayName -like "ILMT-TAD4D Agent" -or $_.DisplayName -like "IBM BigFix Client" -or $_.DisplayName -like "IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client" }}

$Report.displayversion2=Invoke-VMScript -VM $VM -GuestCredential $user -scripttype Powershell -scripttext {Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*  | Select-object * | ?{$_.DisplayName -like "VMware Tools" -or $_.DisplayName -like "IBM Tivoli Monitoring" -or $_.DisplayName -like "Symantec Endpoint Protection" -or $_.DisplayName -like "ILMT-TAD4D Agent" -or $_.DisplayName -like "IBM BigFix Client" -or $_.DisplayName -like "IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client" }}

$Sinfo+=$Report

}

$Sinfo | export-csv ff.csv  -NoTypeInformation -useculture

I have few question

1. If I use vm-invokescript, does it impact VM performance as output i am getting slow compare to what i run through powershell

2. above script not giving proper output in csv.. i would like to see  something like below

[LucD]

The object that is returned by the Invoke-VMScript cmdlet has a property named ScriptOutput

In that property you'll find the output from your script.