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I'm using power cli to set a custom attribute on a virtual machine, and then I'd like to be able to retrieve the value of the custom attribute from the virtual machine itself using vmtools. Can anyone explain why it's returning no value when the custom attribute is visible via powerCLI and also in vSphere under the VM custom attributes?

Hi.

There was already a similar topic.

https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/How-to-get-ESXi-Host-Name-within-running-VM/td-p/1872912

It is possible though to set a custom attribute on the VM object in vCenter and then query this from within the the OS of the virtual machine.
For example:

Once this is set, it is possible to query it within the VM, using the VM tools and the following command:

Thanks a lot, that works perfectly!