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List all VMs with out of date vmtools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