Read VM - Display Resolution

[chakoe]

Hi,

is it possible to read the VM´s display-resolution usin PowerCLI ?

Thx

Chakoe

[nirvy]

Hi Chakoe

You can use this in PowerCLI

$vm = Get-VM -Name <vm_name>
 
$vm.Guest.ExtensionData.Screen
 

Returns:

              Width              Height DynamicType         DynamicProperty
              -----              ------ -----------         ---------------
               1024                 768

[chakoe]

Hi,

works fine, but i´m missing the VM-Name in the first column of the table...

And is it possible to set the Resolution within an script?

thx

Chakoe

[nirvy]

I personally don't know of a way to do it using only PowerCLI/PowerShell,  I think you will need to use inline C#, which would make it something of a pain to do.

See here for more info:

http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2010/07/07/hey-scripting-guy-how-can-i-change-my-...

You could invoke that script in the guest using Invoke-VMScript from PowerCLI.

Oh, also you don't need to use ExtensionData to get the screen resolution, instead your code can just be: $vm.Guest.ScreenDimensions

[chakoe]

Hi,

and how do i add the column " VM-Name" to the output-table?

[ykalchev]

Try this simple script:

Get-VM | % {
     $row = "" | select VMName, Width, Height
     $row.VMName = $_.Name
     $row.Width = $_.Extensiondata.Guest.Screen.Width
     $row.Height = $_.Extensiondata.Guest.Screen.Height
     $row
}

Regards,

Yasen

Message was edited by: ykalchev