cmjellis
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Enthusiast

VMware.Vim.GuestInfo (trying to get operating system)

I am running powercli  command but getting VMware.Vim.GuestInfo

Here is the script I am trying to run, what am I doing wrong ?

get-vm | get-view | select @{Name=”OS System”;E={$_.Guest}}, @{Name=”VMware Tools”;E={$_.Guest.ToolsStatus}}

OS System                     VMware Tools
---------                          ------------
VMware.Vim.GuestInfo      toolsOk
VMware.Vim.GuestInfo      toolsOk
VMware.Vim.GuestInfo      toolsOk
VMware.Vim.GuestInfo     toolsOld
VMware.Vim.GuestInfo     toolsOld
VMware.Vim.GuestInfo     toolsOld

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daphnissov
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You don't need to pipe to Get-View.

get-vm | select @{Name=”OS System”;E={$_.Guest}}, @{Name=”VMware Tools”;E={$_.ExtensionData.Guest.ToolsStatus}}

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