PowerCLI - How to get cluster resource information


Get cluster available resources and usage

Get-Cluster -Name ClusterName | get-vmhost | select Name, NumCpu, CpuUsageMhz, CPUTotalMhz, MemoryUsageGB, MemoryTotalGB | Export-Csv -NoTypeInformation -UseCulture -Path c:\test\vent1.csv

Get all datastores per cluster

foreach ($cluster in Get-Cluster){Add-content fi $cluster.Name; Get-cluster -name $cluster.Name | Get-Datastore | select Name, FreeSpaceGB, CapacityGB}

Get all datastores per cluster and export to txt file

foreach ($cluster in Get-Cluster){Add-content "C:\test\test.txt" "$cluster"; Add-Content "C:\test\test.txt" "Name, FreeSpaceGB, CapacityGB"; $d=Get-cluster -name $cluster.Name | Get-Datastore | select Name, FreeSpaceGB, CapacityGB; $d | % {add-content "c:\test\test.txt" "$($_.Name), $($_.FreeSpaceGB), $($_.CapacityGB)"}}

Get count of all hosts cpu cores

Get-Cluster -Name SharedEnterprisePlus01 | Get-VMHost | Measure-Object -Property NumCpu -Sum | select -ExpandProperty Sum

Get list of all NOT empty resource pools in the cluster based on pool's VM's cpu count

$ResourcePools = Get-Cluster -Name ClusterName | Get-ResourcePool
foreach ($Pool in $ResourcePools){$a = Get-ResourcePool -Name $Pool.Name | Get-VM | Measure-Object -Property NumCpu -Sum | select -ExpandProperty Sum; if($a -gt 0) {$Pool.Name}}

Get list of all VMs which have "prod" in their name and summary information about disk size

$a = get-vm | where{$_.Name -like "*prod*"}; foreach ($v in $a) {Write-Host $v.Name; Get-HardDisk -vm $v.name | Measure-Object -Property CapacityGB -Sum | select -ExpandProperty Sum}

Get list of all VMs which have "prod" in their name and summary information about disk size and write to txt file. I've used Write-Host commands to display output on the screen too.

$a = get-vm; foreach ($v in $a) {$s = Get-HardDisk -vm $v.name | Measure-Object -Property CapacityGB -Sum | select -ExpandProperty Sum; $s | %{Add-Content "d:\iso\vm.txt" "$($v.Name), $($_)"}; Write-Host $v.Name; Write-Host $s}

PowerCLI – How to get Vmware tools version


Get vmtools version for all VMs


get-vm | % {get-view $_.id} | select Name,@{Name="Tools Version"; Expression={$_.Config.tools.toolsversion}}, @{ Name="Tool Status"; Expression={$_.Guest.ToolsVersionStatus}}

Get vmtools version for all VMs from a cluster

get-cluster -Name ClusterName | get-vm | % {get-view $_.id} | select Name, @{Name="Tools Version"; Expression={$_.Config.tools.toolsversion}}, @{ Name="Tool Status"; Expression={$_.Guest.ToolsVersionStatus}}

Get vmtools version for all powered on VMs

get-vm | where {$_.powerstate -eq "PoweredOn"} | % {get-view $_.id} | select Name, @{Name="Tools Version"; Expression={$_.Config.tools.toolsversion}}, @{ Name="Tool Status"; Expression={$_.Guest.ToolsVersionStatus}}

List all VMs with out of date vmtools

get-vm | where {$_.Guest.ToolsVersionStatus -ne "guestToolsCurrent"} | % {get-view $_.id} | select Name, @{Name="Tools Version"; Expression={$_.Config.tools.toolsversion}}, @{ Name="Tool Status"; Expression={$_.Guest.ToolsVersionStatus}}

Get vmtools for all VMs with Microsoft operating system

get-cluster -Name ClusterName | get-vm | % {get-view $_.id} | where {$_.config.guestfullname -like "*Microsoft*"} | select Name, @{Name="OS Version"; Expression={$_.config.guestfullname}}, @{Name="Tools Version"; Expression={$_.Config.tools.toolsversion}}, @{Name="Tools Status"; Expression={$_.Guest.ToolsVersionStatus2}}

Get vmtools version for all VMs exported to csv file

get-vm | % {get-view $_.id} | select Name, @{Name="Tools Version"; Expression={$_.Config.tools.toolsversion}}, @{ Name="Tool Status"; Expression={$_.Guest.ToolsVersionStatus}} | Export-Csv -NoTypeInformation -UseCulture -Path C:\Tools\ToolsVersion.csv

How to register Avamar VMware Proxy with Avamar


Step 1 (optional):

Set the new Proxy hostname

1.     Log into the proxy via ssh using putty. Username root, password avam@r
2.     Run this script . /opt/vmware/share/vami/vami_set_hostname proxy_name (where proxy_name is the name you want to give to the proxy.
3.     Then vi the file /opt/vmware/share/vami/vami_set_hostname and look for the variable: HOSTNAME="localhost.localdom"
4.     Change the "localhost.localdom" to the name you gave the proxy in step 2
5.     Reboot the proxy
6.     Add VM Proxy name and IP address to the host file:/etc/hosts

Step 2:

Register the Proxy with Avamar

1.     Log in as user root and default password – avam@r (if not changed)
2.     Run the command /usr/local/avamarclient/etc/initproxyappliance.sh –start
3.     Provide the Avamar FQDN
4.     Provide the domain to register the proxy
5.     Type the new Avamar Software root password different from default value.