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GetVI-VM
  1. ## ===================================================================== 
  2. ## Title       : GetVI-VM 
  3. ## Description : Retrieve VMware VMs 
  4. ## Author      : Idera 
  5. ## Date        : 9/11/2008 
  6. ## Input       : -VIserver : Virtual Infrastructure server 
  7. ##               -vm : VM server to get server information, blank for all 
  8. ##                -verbose -debug    
  9. ## Output      : VMs 
  10. ## Usage       : PS> . GetVI-VM myVIserver -v -d 
  11. ## Notes       :  
  12. ## Tag         : PowerShell, VMware 
  13. ## ===================================================================== 
  14.  
  15. param 
  16. ( 
  17.    [string]$VIserver = "myVIserver", 
  18.    [string]$vm, 
  19.    [switch]$verbose, 
  20.    [switch]$debug 
  21. ) 
  22.  
  23. function main() 
  24. { 
  25.    if ($verbose) {$VerbosePreference = "Continue"} 
  26.    if ($debug) {$DebugPreference = "Continue"} 
  27.    GetVI-VM $VIserver $vm  
  28. } 
  29.  
  30. function GetVI-VM([string]$VIserver, [string]$vm) 
  31. { 
  32.  
  33.    $Error.Clear() 
  34.    Get-PSSnapin vmware* 
  35.    if($Error.Count -ne 0) 
  36.    { 
  37.       $Err = "ERROR" + 
  38.                "`nTo run this script, the VI Toolkity must be installed and registered with Powershell." +     
  39.                "`nIf the VI Tollkit is installed, go to the Settings menu in PowershellPlus console, " + 
  40.                "`n   click on Manage Snapins and check the VMware snapin to load it." 
  41.     
  42.       Write-Host $Err -foregroundcolor red -backgroundColor yellow 
  43.       break 
  44.    } 
  45.    else 
  46.    { 
  47.       if ($VIserver -ne $null) 
  48.       { 
  49.          $viSrv = Connect-VIServer $VIserver 
  50.          Write-Debug "You have connected to Server: $viSrv.Name with a SessionID of: $viSrv.SessionID ." 
  51.          if ($vm -eq "") 
  52.          { 
  53.              Get-VM | Sort-Object -property Name  
  54.          } 
  55.          else 
  56.          { 
  57.              Get-VM $vm | Sort-Object -property Name  
  58.          } 
  59.          Disconnect-VIServer -Server $DefaultVIServer 
  60.       } 
  61.       else 
  62.       { 
  63.          Write-Host "You must supply a valid host name" 
  64.       } 
  65.    } 
  66. } 
  67.  
  68. main 
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