{"id":4685,"date":"2015-12-15T09:11:26","date_gmt":"2015-12-15T14:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/?p=4685"},"modified":"2016-01-11T10:45:32","modified_gmt":"2016-01-11T15:45:32","slug":"adding-some-power-to-hyper-v-vm-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/powershell\/4685\/adding-some-power-to-hyper-v-vm-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding Some Power to Hyper-V VM Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since I work at home, I rely a great deal on my Hyper-V environment. I'm assuming if you are using Hyper-V at work the same is true for you.\u00a0 Because I do a lot of testing, it is difficult sometimes to remember what is running on a given VM. Did I update that box to PowerShell v5? Is that VM running Windows Server 2016 TP 3 or TP4?<\/p>\n

Hyper-V virtual machines have a setting where you can keep notes which seems like the ideal place to store system information.\u00a0 Since most of my Windows machines are on my public network and the virtual machine name is the same as the computer name, I can easily use PowerShell remoting to connect to each virtual machine, get some system information, and update the corresponding note.<\/p>\n

I can run a command like this to get the system information I need.<\/p>\n

Get-WmiObject win32_Operatingsystem | \r\nSelect @{Name=\"OperatingSystem\";Expression={$_.Caption}},\r\n@{Name=\"ServicePack\";Expression={$_.CSDVersion}},\r\n@{Name=\"PSVersion\";Expression= {$psversiontable.PSVersion}},\r\n@{Name=\"Hostname\";Expression={\r\n    If (Get-Command Resolve-DNSName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) {\r\n    (Resolve-DnsName -Name $env:computername -Type A).Name\r\n    }\r\n    else {\r\n[system.net.dns]::Resolve($env:computername).hostname\r\n}\r\n}}\r\n<\/pre>\n
I get back a result like this:<\/p>\n
\"System<\/a>
system information<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
In my code, I want to include the computer name just in case it is different. If the server has the Resolve-DNSName cmdlet, I invoke it otherwise I use the .NET Framework to resolve the name.<\/p>\n
To set the the Notes property , I can use Set-VM.<\/p>\n
$VM = get-vm chi-dc02\r\nSet-VM $VM -Notes $newNote\r\n<\/pre>\n
Be aware that this behavior will replace any existing notes. In my final code, I take that into account and by default I append the system information. But there is a parameter to replace the note contents if you wish.<\/p>\n
My final code also includes a parameter to use the VM's IP address instead of it's name. I have a few VMs that are not part of my test domain, but I register their names in my DNS.<\/p>\n
Here's the complete script.<\/p>\n
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Note that this is a script and not a function.\u00a0 I can now easily update my virtual machines.<\/p>\n
C:\\scripts\\Update-VMNote.ps1 chi* -Computername chi-hvr2 -Credential globomantics\\administrator -replace\r\n<\/pre>\n
\"setting<\/a>
getting system information for the VM note<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
And here's the result:<\/p>\n
\"viewing<\/a>
The new note<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Of course you can modify the script to include any information you want in the note.<\/p>\n
If you find this useful I hope you'll let me know.<\/p>\n
Enjoy!<\/p>\n
UPDATE JANUARY 11, 2016<\/h2>\n
I have updated the script and turned it into a function. You can now pipe virtual machines into the function. I also included a Passthru parameter so you can see the Note information. The function is hosted on GitHub at https:\/\/gist.github.com\/jdhitsolutions\/6f17c1d901ff870ff7a3.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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