What is recommended way(e.g. command) to monitor a VM during provisioning and confirm PowerOn & configuration is complete?

[jgregory1]

Currently, using check to confirm power state is PowerOn and then get ipaddress. However, I notice that just because state = PowerOn, the vm is still being configured and cannot obtain the ipaddress. Any thoughts are greatly appreciated. 

[daphnissov]

One of the most reliable ways is to check and ensure VMware Tools are running.

[jgregory1]

We do that now. It reports back that tools are ready, but the IP address is not established yet. So, automated process/cmd to get IP is executed, but continues in loop until it gets IP address. Sometimes, it can loop about a minute. I'm trying to cleanup process and trying to find a more reliable command to check if VM is 'settled' before executing command to get IP. We do a pause directly after PowerOn, but that is not always reliable (depending on OS type).

[daphnissov]

After VMware Tools being available, there's really not. You'd probably want to enter a loop that checks for IP availability after Tools are up, and then set a timeout to break the loop and continue.

[jgregory1]

Thanks!