Outdated VM-tools VM list with version by power CLI scripts .

VMware Tools ?

VMware Tools is a suite of utilities that enhances the performance of the virtual machine’s guest operating system and improves management of the virtual machine. … You can use the VMware Tools control panel to set various options that optimize your guest operating system for use in a virtual machine.

 

function Check-Tools {
<# 
.NOTES
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Created by: Rajiv Pandey
Web URL: www.vthesis.wordpress.com
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.DESCRIPTION
It will display the list of VM's which are out of date VM tools with version .
.Example
Check-Tools -VMs (Get-VM)
.Example
$SampleVMs = Get-VM "Mgmt*"
Check-Tools -VMs $SampleVMs
#>
[CmdletBinding()]
param( 
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true,
ValueFromPipeline=$True,
Position=0)]
[VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Impl.V1.Inventory.InventoryItemImpl[]]
$VMs
)
Process { 
#foreach ($VM in $VMs) {
$OutofDate = $VMs | where {$_.ExtensionData.Guest.ToolsStatus -ne "toolsOk"}
$Result = @($OutofDate | select Name,@{Name="ToolsVersion";Expression={$_.ExtensionData.Guest.Toolsversion}})

$Result
}

}

 

Thanks hope you like it.

Rajiv Pandey.