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===List all virtual machines with snapshots=== | ===List all virtual machines with snapshots=== | ||
<pre>get-vm | get-snapshot | format-list vm,name</pre> | <pre>get-vm | get-snapshot | format-list vm,name</pre> | ||
Example output: | |||
<pre style="color: silver; background: black; width: 800px"> | |||
VM : webserver01 | |||
Name : pre Windows updates | |||
VM : ad01 | |||
Name : pre disk expansion | |||
VM : exchange01 | |||
Name : pre database move | |||
</pre> | |||
===List vmx file locations for vm's=== | ===List vmx file locations for vm's=== | ||
Revision as of 09:41, 15 March 2019
Powercli
Useful Commands
Update vmTools with no reboot
Get-VM "<vm_name>" | Update-Tools -NoReboot
Create snapshot
new-snapshot -vm <vm_name> -name snapshot_test
Remove snapshot
get-snapshot -vm <vm_name> | remove-snapshot
vMotion
get-vm -Name <vm_name> | move-vm -Destination <hostname_or_host_ip>
Storage vMotion
Get-VM "<vm_name>" | Move-VM -Datastore <datastore_name>
List all virtual machines with snapshots
get-vm | get-snapshot | format-list vm,name
Example output:
VM : webserver01 Name : pre Windows updates VM : ad01 Name : pre disk expansion VM : exchange01 Name : pre database move
List vmx file locations for vm's
Get-View -ViewType VirtualMachine | % { $_.Config.Files.VmPathName }
Example output:
[iscsi-datastore-01] DATABASE/DATABASE.vmx [iscsi-datastore-02] webserver/webserver.vmx [fc-datastore-01] ad01/ad01.vmx [fc-datastore-02] exchange01/exchange01.vmx
Get host boot up time/date
$esxis = Get-VMHost
Get-ViEvent -entity $esxis -Start (Get-Date "10:00 10/09/2016") -Finish (Get-Date "15:00 10/09/2016") -MaxSamples ([int]::MaxValue) | Where {$_.FullFormattedMessage -eq "Host has booted."}
Example output:
EventTypeId : esx.audit.host.boot Severity : Message : Arguments : ObjectId : host-155553 ObjectType : HostSystem ObjectName : vsphere-host-01 Fault : Key : 117978286 ChainId : 117978286 CreatedTime : 10/09/2016 13:11:21 UserName : Datacenter : VMware.Vim.DatacenterEventArgument ComputeResource : VMware.Vim.ComputeResourceEventArgument Host : VMware.Vim.HostEventArgument Vm : Ds : Net : Dvs : FullFormattedMessage : Host has booted. ChangeTag : DynamicType : DynamicProperty :