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Q. How can I get summary information about my System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) virtual machines (VMs) from the command prompt?

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A. You can use the VMM PowerShell environments Get-VM cmdlet to find information about VMs known to SCVMM. You can pipe the objects from the command to the Select command to view only certain properties. Use the command

 

GET-VM -VMMServer savdalscvmm.savilltech.net | Select Name, OperatingSystem, Memory, VirtualizationPlatform, HostName, Status | ft

 

and you'll see output similar to this:

 

Name          OperatingSyst       Memory Virtualizati HostName           Status
              em                           onPlatform
----          -------------       ------ ------------ --------           ------
savdaldc11    64-bit edi...         1024       HyperV savdalbfs...      Running
APPVSequence  Unknown               1024       HyperV savdalbfs...     PowerOff
suseentdesk   Unknown               1024       HyperV savdalbfs...     PowerOff
savdalclie... Windows 7             1024       HyperV savdalbfs...     PowerOff
savdalrodc01  64-bit edi...         1024       HyperV savdalbfs...      Running
savdaldc10    64-bit edi...         2048       HyperV savdalvs0...      Running
savdalwss10   64-bit edi...         2048       HyperV savdalbfs...     PowerOff
savdalcm01    64-bit edi...         2048       HyperV savdalbfs...     PowerOff
savdalappv01  64-bit edi...         2048       HyperV savdalbfs...      Running
savdaltmg01   64-bit edi...         2048       HyperV savdalbfs...      Running
savdalscvmm   64-bit edi...         2048       HyperV savdalbfs...      Running
savdalex11    64-bit edi...         2048       HyperV savdalbfs...      Running
savdalvc01    Unknown               2048       HyperV savdalbfs...     PowerOff
savdalts01    64-bit edi...         2048       HyperV savdalbfs...      Running
savdalclient  64-bit edi...         2048       HyperV savdalbfs...      Running
savdalesxvc   64-bit edi...         2048    VMWareESX 192.168.1...      Running
savdalom01    Unknown               4096    VMWareESX savdalbfs... ...eVMConfig
savdalom01    64-bit edi...         4096       HyperV savdalbfs...      Running
savdalex10    64-bit edi...         6144       HyperV savdalvs0...      Running

In the example above, I piped the output to the Format-Table cmdlet (FT), but the default shows as a list, which will be more legible.

A. You can use the VMM PowerShell environments Get-VM cmdlet to find information about VMs known to SCVMM. You can pipe the objects from the command to the Select command to view only certain properties.

 

PS C:\Windows\system32> GET-VM -VMMServer savdalscvmm.savilltech.net | Select Name, OperatingSystem, Memory, VirtualizationPlatform, HostName, Status | ft   Name          OperatingSyst       Memory Virtualizati HostName           Status               em                           onPlatform ----          -------------       ------ ------------ --------           ------ savdaldc11    64-bit edi...         1024       HyperV savdalbfs...      Running APPVSequence  Unknown               1024       HyperV savdalbfs...     PowerOff suseentdesk   Unknown               1024       HyperV savdalbfs...     PowerOff savdalclie... Windows 7             1024       HyperV savdalbfs...     PowerOff savdalrodc01  64-bit edi...         1024       HyperV savdalbfs...      Running savdaldc10    64-bit edi...         2048       HyperV savdalvs0...      Running savdalwss10   64-bit edi...         2048       HyperV savdalbfs...     PowerOff savdalcm01    64-bit edi...         2048       HyperV savdalbfs...     PowerOff savdalappv01  64-bit edi...         2048       HyperV savdalbfs...      Running savdaltmg01   64-bit edi...         2048       HyperV savdalbfs...      Running savdalscvmm   64-bit edi...         2048       HyperV savdalbfs...      Running savdalex11    64-bit edi...         2048       HyperV savdalbfs...      Running savdalvc01    Unknown               2048       HyperV savdalbfs...     PowerOff savdalts01    64-bit edi...         2048       HyperV savdalbfs...      Running savdalclient  64-bit edi...         2048       HyperV savdalbfs...      Running savdalesxvc   64-bit edi...         2048    VMWareESX 192.168.1...      Running savdalom01    Unknown               4096    VMWareESX savdalbfs... ...eVMConfig savdalom01    64-bit edi...         4096       HyperV savdalbfs...      Running savdalex10    64-bit edi...         6144       HyperV savdalvs0...      Running

 

In the example above, I piped the output to the Format-Table cmdlet (FT), but the default shows as a list, which will be more legible.

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