Get-VirtualMachine.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script gets the list of Virtual Machines on a Hyper-V Host 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script uses WMI to get the VMs defined on a Hyper-V host 
6.     then displays them. 
7. .NOTES 
8.     File Name  : Get-VirtualMachine.ps1 
9.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
10.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
11. .LINK 
12.     This script posted to: 
13.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
14.     MSDN sample posted tot 
15.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc136822%28VS.85%29.aspx 
16. .EXAMPLE 
17.     PSH [c:\foo\: Get-VirtualMachine  
18.     5 Virtual Machines on: COOKHAM2 
19.  
20.     PSMC-DC1 
21.     PSMC-EXCH1 
22.     PSMC-SQL 
23.     PSMC-SRV1 
24.     PSMC-SRV2 
25. #> 
26.  
27. # Get list of VMs from WMI 
28. $vmbase = get-wmiobject Msvm_ComputerSystem -namespace root\virtualization -ComputerName Cookham2 
29.  
30. # Get hosting computer System Name 
31.  
32. $HostName = $vmbase | ? {$_.Caption -eq "Hosting Computer System"} | select name 
33.  
34. # Print results 
35. "{0} Virtual Machines on: {1}" -f $($vmbase.count-1),$Hostname.name 
36. $vmbase | where {$_.Caption -ne "Hosting Computer System"} | sort elementname | ft elementname -HideTableHeaders 

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