{"id":621,"date":"2010-04-09T10:43:40","date_gmt":"2010-04-09T15:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/powercli-get-vmtoolsversion\/"},"modified":"2010-04-09T10:43:40","modified_gmt":"2010-04-09T15:43:40","slug":"powercli-get-vmtoolsversion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/powershell-v2-0\/621\/powercli-get-vmtoolsversion\/","title":{"rendered":"PowerCLI Get-VMToolsVersion"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently was able to upgrade my VMware server so that I can now fully use the PowerCLI<\/a> tool set. This is fantastic PowerShell goodness that I hope to use and write about much more in the future. Part of my upgrade process includes upgrading the VMToools install on the virtual machines. But what wasn\u2019t so easy is to pull out the tools version currently installed. The information is there when using Get-View, but it takes a little bit of work. So naturally I developed my own solution.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

I wrote a PowerShell 2.0 function that can work in a pipelined expression to return the tools version number.<\/p>\n

Function<\/span> Get-VMToolsVersion<\/span> {<\/span>            \n#requires -pssnapin VMWare.VimAutomation.Core<\/span>            \n            \n<#\n.Synopsis\n    Get VMware Tools version for a given virtual machine.\n.Description\n    This function will add the ToolsVersion property to a virtual <\/span><\/pre>\n
    machine object. The object is written to the pipeline but because <\/span><\/pre>\n
    the default formatted view doesn't know about the property you need <\/span><\/pre>\n
    to use Select-Object to display it.\n    \n.Parameter VM\n    A virtual machine object.\n.Example\n    PS C:\\> get-vmtoolsversion (get-vm researchdc) | select ToolsVersion\n    \n    Get the ToolsVersion for the ResearchDC virtual machine\n.Example\n    PS C:\\> get-vm | get-vmtoolsversion | Sort ToolsVersion | <\/span><\/pre>\n
      select Name,ToolsVersion, PowerState\n    \n    Presents a summary report of all virtual machines displaying the <\/span><\/pre>\n
    virtual machine name, the version of VMware Tools, and its power <\/span><\/pre>\n
    state.\n.Example\n    PS C:\\> get-vm | get-vmtoolsversion | where {<\/span><\/pre>\n
      $_.ToolsVersion -lt 8194} | sort ToolsVersion | <\/span><\/pre>\n
      select Name,ToolsVersion,PowerState\n    \n    Similar to the previous example except it returns only VMs with <\/span><\/pre>\n
    tools version less than 8194. Output is sorted by the version.\n.Inputs\n    Virtual Machine object\n.Outputs\n    A customized Virtual Machine object            \n.Link\n    Get-VM\n    Get-View\n      \n.Notes\n NAME:      Get-VMToolsVersion\n VERSION:   1.0\n AUTHOR:    Jeffery Hicks\n LASTEDIT:  4\/8\/2010\n\n#><\/span>            \n            \n[<\/span>cmdletbinding<\/span>(<\/span>)<\/span>]<\/span>            \n            \nParam<\/span> (<\/span>            \n     [<\/span>Parameter<\/span>(<\/span>Position<\/span>=<\/span>0<\/span>,<\/span> Mandatory<\/span>=<\/span>$True<\/span>,<\/span> ValueFromPipeline<\/span>=<\/span>$True<\/span>,<\/span>             \n     HelpMessage<\/span>=<\/span>"You must specify a virtual machine object"<\/span>)<\/span>]<\/span>            \n     [VMWare.VimAutomation.Client20.VirtualMachineImpl[]]<\/span>$vm<\/span>            \n    )<\/span>            \n                \nBegin<\/span> {<\/span>            \n    Write-Verbose<\/span> "Starting function"<\/span>            \n}<\/span>            \n            \nProcess<\/span> {<\/span>            \n    Write-Verbose<\/span> "Getting view for $($vm.name)"<\/span>            \n    $view<\/span>=<\/span>Get-View<\/span> -viObject<\/span> $vm<\/span>            \n               \n    $ToolsVersion<\/span>=<\/span>$view<\/span>.<\/span>Config<\/span>.<\/span>Tools<\/span>.<\/span>ToolsVersion<\/span>            \n    write-verbose<\/span> "Found tools version value of $ToolsVersion"<\/span>            \n    $vm<\/span> |<\/span> Add-Member<\/span> -MemberType<\/span> NoteProperty<\/span> -Name<\/span> "ToolsVersion"<\/span> `<\/pre>\n
-Value<\/span> $toolsVersion<\/span> -passthru<\/span>            \n            \n}<\/span>            \n            \nEnd<\/span> {<\/span>            \n    Write-Verbose<\/span> "Ending function"<\/span>            \n}<\/span>            \n            \n}<\/span> #end Function<\/span><\/pre>\n
The function takes a virtual machine object as a parameter and uses Get-View to retrieve the ToolsVersion property. I could have created a new custom object, but I decided to simply add this as a new property to the virtual machine object using Add-Member<\/a>. Using \u2013passthru means the object is written back to the pipeline. Because the default formatter doesn\u2019t recognize this property, you have to explicitly ask for it. But that\u2019s pretty easy and as you can see very helpful.<\/p>\n
[vSphere PowerCLI] C:\\Scripts> get-vm | get-vmtoolsversion | sort ToolsVersion |
\n    
format-table name,toolsversion -autosize <\/font><\/p>\n
Name                                 ToolsVersion
\n    
----                                 ------------ <\/p>\n
Win2K8R2 Baseline                            7303 <\/p>\n
Win7 Baseline                                7303 <\/p>\n
MyCompany Exchange 2007                      8193 <\/p>\n
MyCompany Vista                              8193 <\/p>\n
ResearchDC                                   8193 <\/p>\n
Research Member Server R2                    8193 <\/p>\n
MyCompany Windows 7                          8193 <\/p>\n
R2 Core RODC                                 8193 <\/p>\n
R2 Server Core Baseline                      8193 <\/p>\n
MyCompany 2008                               8193 <\/p>\n
MyCompany XP                                 8194 <\/p>\n
MyCompanyDC 2K3R2                            8194 <\/p>\n
MyCompany XP Restored                        8194 <\/p>\n
MyCompany2003                                8194<\/font><\/p>\n
The function includes comment based help, but is lacking any sort of robust error handling. I suppose I should add that in. <\/p>\n
I\u2019m still learning all the ins and outs of PowerCLI but this meets my needs and maybe it will meet yours.<\/p>\n
\n
Download get-vmtoolsversion.ps1<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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