Find if a process is running in the guest OS

[sabarirjpm]

Hi All

Am trying to find if a process is running in the guest OS. The guest OS is a mixture of Linux, Windows. Is there a way to do it using PowerCLI

[Macleud]

Hi.

You can try Invoke-VMScript If it's a certain process.

https://developer.vmware.com/docs/powercli/latest/vmware.vimautomation.core/commands/invoke-vmscript...

[LucD]

If your vSphere version and VMware Tools versions are on the correct level, you can use the AppInfo feature.
See William's post Application Discovery in vSphere with VMware Tools 11

[sabarirjpm]

Found few examples and tried the below

$vms = Get-VM | Where-Object { $_.PowerState -eq 'PoweredOn' -and $_.ExtensionData.Config.GuestFullName -match "Windows"}

$sInvoke = @{

    VM = $vms

    ScriptText = 'Get-Process -Name <processname> -ea Ignore'

    ScriptType = 'PowerShell'

    GuestCredential = $cred

}

$result = Invoke-VMScript @sInvoke

$result.ScriptOutput

Will the above work for me if the guest OS is Windows? I am getting the output. Can someone please help me in getting the VM Name along with the output

[LucD]

Yes, provided the VMware Tools are installed and the credentials are valid in the Guest OS

[sabarirjpm]

Thanks @LucD . Can you help me to add the $vms.Name and the corresponding output of the Get-Process. 

[LucD · Accepted solution]

You mean something like this?

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@sabarirjpm wrote:

Thanks @LucD . Can you help me to add the $vms.Name and the corresponding output of the Get-Process. 

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$sInvoke = @{
        VM = $vms
        ScriptText = 'Get-Process -Name <processname> -ErrorAction Ignore'
        ScriptType = 'PowerShell'
        GuestCredential = $cred
}

Get-VM -PipelineVariable vm |
Where-Object { $_.PowerState -eq 'PoweredOn' -and $_.ExtensionData.Config.GuestFullName -match "Windows" } |
ForEach-Object -Process {
        $sInvoke.VM = $vm
        $result = Invoke-VMScript @sInvoke
        if($result.ScriptOutput.Length -eq 0){
                $found = $false
        }
        else{
                $found = $true
        }
        New-Object PSObject -Property ([ordered]@{
                VM = $vm.Name
                Found = $found
        })
}