Get VM IP, and use it later in the script

[netjim66]

I use the following to get a VM's IP (from the OS):

$ip = get-vm | select name, @{name="ip"; expression={foreach($nic in (get-view $_.id).guest.net) {$nic.ipaddress}}}

However it returns this raw string:

@{Name=VF00001; ip=192.168.10.65}

Try setting a machine's IP with that string. As you can guess, it fails.

How do I get the raw IP?

String manipulation does not work in a PowerGUI script.

[LucD]

That's because the Select-Object creates an object, not a single value.

Try this (if you have only 1 NIC on the VM

$ip = (Get-VM MyVM).Guest.Nics[0].IpAddress[0]

[netjim66]

Man.
I've wasted HOURS on this.

Thank You!
That did it.

I'll read up on the "Select Object" since my WMI calls return the same type of strings @{.....}