List of virtual machines on an ESX host
Is there a method in the sdk that lists all the virtual machines on an esx host?
Simply get a reference to a HostSystem and it has an array property called vm http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vc-sdk/visdk400pubs/ReferenceGuide/vim.HostSystem.html that gives you a reference to a matrix to all virtual machines on this particular host.
Here is a sample Perl script that shows how to retrieve all the virtual machines for a specific host and certain attributes of the VM: getAllVMGuestHostname.pl
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I use the get-vmhost esxhostname | Get - vm
but everyhting else after, it is where I am lost... I think the closest I had been posting the output with a goofy header and format 'vm1, vm2, vm3 "...
name
computer 1 name
computer 2 name
name of the machine 3
to use for later use. Any help would be appreciated.
You must use the Select-Object cmdlet to specify more precisely the properties you want.
The Export-Csv doesn't know how to manage the virtual computer object.
Something like that
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< police = "Times New Roman, serif" >all virtual machines on my power off ESX at the same time host < / police >< / police >?
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(2) now to create a cluster of these nodes, put all your virtual machines in there and activate HA, choose ' host isolation response: power off.
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