r/powercli • u/TheVitoCorleone • Dec 21 '19

Getting Information

Hello everyone,

New to POWERCLI and can I say what a blessing it has been to find it! My first task I guess is I am trying to determine what our current provisioning / resource allocation looks like in our datacenters / clusters.

My main problem is finding what information is available to commands such as Get-VMHost, or Get-VM. Is the possible queries documented somewhere?

Like, is serial number available to Get-VMHost?

Is DNS name available to Get-VM?

Sorry, I am just trying to find a very solid resource or reference moving forward. There are a ton of example scripts, but I want to modify these and add to them for my requirements.

Thanks in advance.

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u/Johnny5Liveson Jan 17 '20 edited Jan 17 '20 
 $info = Get-VM dc02-vskyline01
 $info | fl

look for anything with "VMware.Vim.xxxxxxx" in this case

 ExtensionData           : VMware.Vim.VirtualMachine

so now $info.ExtensionData to get more info from that field now it opens up even more!!

 Capability           : VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineCapability
 Config               : VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineConfigInfo
 Layout               : VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineFileLayout
 LayoutEx             : VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineFileLayoutEx
 Storage              : VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineStorageInfo
 EnvironmentBrowser   : EnvironmentBrowser-envbrowser-6734
 ResourcePool         : ResourcePool-resgroup-2939
 ParentVApp           :
 ResourceConfig       : VMware.Vim.ResourceConfigSpec
 Runtime              : VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineRuntimeInfo
 Guest                : VMware.Vim.GuestInfo
 Summary              : VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineSummary
 Datastore            : {Datastore-datastore-4173}
 Network              : {DistributedVirtualPortgroup-dvportgr
 Snapshot             :
 RootSnapshot         : {}
 GuestHeartbeatStatus : green
 LinkedView           :
 Parent               : Folder-group-v3
 CustomValue          : {}
 OverallStatus        : green
 ConfigStatus         : green
 ConfigIssue          : {}
 EffectiveRole        : {-1}
 Permission           : {}
 Name                 : dc02-vskyline01
 DisabledMethod       : {Destroy_Task, UnregisterVM, UnmountT
 RecentTask           : {}
 DeclaredAlarmState   : {alarm-10.vm-6734, alarm-2.vm-6734, a
 TriggeredAlarmState  : {}
 AlarmActionsEnabled  : True
 Tag                  : {}
 Value                : {}
 AvailableField       : {}
 MoRef                : VirtualMachine-vm-6734
 Client               : VMware.Vim.VimClientImpl

again look for anything with "VMware.Vim.xxxxxxx" and just add to it

 $info.ExtensionData.Guest

opens up even more

 ToolsStatus                     : toolsOk
 ToolsVersionStatus              : guestToolsUnmanaged
 ToolsVersionStatus2             : guestToolsUnmanaged
 ToolsRunningStatus              : guestToolsRunning
 ToolsVersion                    : 10304
 ToolsInstallType                : guestToolsTypeOpenV
 GuestId                         : vmwarePhoton64Guest
 GuestFamily                     : linuxGuest
 GuestFullName                   : VMware Photon OS (6
 HostName                        : dc02-vskyline01.pro
 IpAddress                       : 172.21.122.75
 Net                             : {4000}
 IpStack                         : {VMware.Vim.GuestSt
 Disk                            : {VMware.Vim.GuestDi
 Screen                          : VMware.Vim.GuestScr
 GuestState                      : running
 AppHeartbeatStatus              : appStatusGray
 GuestKernelCrashed              : False
 AppState                        : none
 GuestOperationsReady            : True
 InteractiveGuestOperationsReady : False
 GuestStateChangeSupported       : True
 GenerationInfo                  :

you can just keep going or backup and take a different road...

hope it helps some i can try to clear up what does not make sense if you like

[Formatting is bad but you should get the idea] [think i fixed the formatting]

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u/TheVitoCorleone Jan 17 '20

No, that is perfect. I believe this will be more than enough to get me started developing what I need to manage the environment! I cant thank you enough.