using shutdown-vmguest w/o having to confirm

[rtemplejr]

This weekend we have a planned power outage and I would like to group my system into folders or a list so i can use powershell to shutdown the systems in a specific order.

Is there and easy way to script a tiered shutdown without having to confirm each vm when executed. I've tried using get-content and get-folder but all scenarios lead tme to selecting yes for all of the vm's.

[LucD]

Use the Confirm parameter

Get-VM | Shutdown-VMGuest -Confirm:$false

And if you have the names in a text file, you can do

Get-VM  -Name (Get-Content "C:\vmnames.txt") | Shutdown-VMGuest -Confirm:$false

[rtemplejr]

Thank you.  I was able to get the following string to work:

get-content c:\powershell\tier4.txt | % {get-vm $_ | shutdown-vmguest –confirm:$false}

Is there a way to easilt add sleep-time or $waittime between the shutdowns?

[LucD]

Sure, try it like this

get-content c:\powershell\tier4.txt | % {

   get-vm $_ | shutdown-vmguest –confirm:$false

   sleep 5

}

The script will pause 5 seconds after each shutdown command

[rtemplejr]

Perfect. Thank you!