It's pretty straightforward.
The first step is to get all virtual machines; the second is to sort/group the list by OS guest type, and the last step is to construct the body of the mail (as plain text or HTML) containing the information from the machines. Here is some sample code (without the code to send the email):
// Step 1: Get all virtual machines
var allVMs = VcPlugin.getAllVirtualMachines();
function guestId(a) {
var aid = null;
if (a.summary != null && a.summary.config != null) aid = a.summary.config.guestId;
if (aid == null && a.config != null) aid = a.config.guestId;
if (aid == null && a.guest != null) aid = a.guest.guestId;
if (aid == null) aid = "";
return aid;
}
// Step 2: Sort/group virtual machines by OS guest type
allVMs.sort(function(a,b) {
return guestId(a).localeCompare(guestId(b));
});
// Step 3: Send as mail using EmailMessage scripting class
var content = "";
for each (var vm in allVMs) {
System.log(vm.name + " -- " + guestId(vm) + " -- " + vm.summary.config.guestFullName);
content += vm.name + " -- " + guestId(vm) + " -- " + vm.summary.config.guestFullName + " \n";
}
The interesting part is how to retrieve OS info - it can be done either via summary.config property, via config property, or via guest property of the VM (some of these properties can be null in some cases, eg. if there is no VMware Tools installed on the VM).
