VMTools

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Hello

Try to compile spreadsheet of VMs that have VMTools  installed/updated/running  and timestamp  when tools have been modified.

Looking for advise/instructions on how this can be done quickly from powercli

Regards

[LucD]

Start with this.

Not too sure how you could obtain the installation date though

Get-VM |

Select @{N="VMName"; E={$_.Name}},

@{N="HardwareVersion"; E={$_.Extensiondata.Config.Version}},

@{N="ToolsVersion"; E={$_.Extensiondata.Config.Tools.ToolsVersion}},

@{N="ToolsStatus"; E={$_.Extensiondata.Summary.Guest.ToolsStatus}},

@{N="ToolsVersionStatus"; E={$_.Extensiondata.Summary.Guest.ToolsVersionStatus}},

@{N="ToolsRunningStatus"; E={$_.Extensiondata.Summary.Guest.ToolsRunningStatus}}

[LucD]

You could scan the vmware.log for each VM.

Otherwise it would have to be a query inside the guest OS (with Invoke-VMScript).
And you will have to take into account that many *nix systems come with the VMware Tools as guest managed.

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Hi LucD,

Your script is very helpful
I will run this script from PS and will connect to multiple vcenters

How vcenter server name and cluster can be added to each VM in csv file out?
Thank you so much for assistance

[LucD · Accepted solution]

Try like this

Get-VM |

Select @{N="VMName"; E={$_.Name}},

@{N='Cluster';E={Get-Cluster -VM $_ | Select -ExpandProperty Name}},

@{N='vCenter';E={$_.Uid.Split(':')[0].Split('@')[1]}},

@{N="HardwareVersion"; E={$_.Extensiondata.Config.Version}},

@{N="ToolsVersion"; E={$_.Extensiondata.Config.Tools.ToolsVersion}},

@{N="ToolsStatus"; E={$_.Extensiondata.Summary.Guest.ToolsStatus}},

@{N="ToolsVersionStatus"; E={$_.Extensiondata.Summary.Guest.ToolsVersionStatus}},

@{N="ToolsRunningStatus"; E={$_.Extensiondata.Summary.Guest.ToolsRunningStatus}}

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LucD,

Excellent

This is exactly what I need

I would like to thank you for your time and expertise

Cheers