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

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...      RunningAPPVSequence  Unknown               1024       HyperV savdalbfs...     PowerOffsuseentdesk   Unknown               1024       HyperV savdalbfs...     PowerOffsavdalclie... Windows 7             1024       HyperV savdalbfs...     PowerOffsavdalrodc01  64-bit edi...         1024       HyperV savdalbfs...      Runningsavdaldc10    64-bit edi...         2048       HyperV savdalvs0...      Runningsavdalwss10   64-bit edi...         2048       HyperV savdalbfs...     PowerOffsavdalcm01    64-bit edi...         2048       HyperV savdalbfs...     PowerOffsavdalappv01  64-bit edi...         2048       HyperV savdalbfs...      Runningsavdaltmg01   64-bit edi...         2048       HyperV savdalbfs...      Runningsavdalscvmm   64-bit edi...         2048       HyperV savdalbfs...      Runningsavdalex11    64-bit edi...         2048       HyperV savdalbfs...      Runningsavdalvc01    Unknown               2048       HyperV savdalbfs...     PowerOffsavdalts01    64-bit edi...         2048       HyperV savdalbfs...      Runningsavdalclient  64-bit edi...         2048       HyperV savdalbfs...      Runningsavdalesxvc   64-bit edi...         2048    VMWareESX 192.168.1...      Runningsavdalom01    Unknown               4096    VMWareESX savdalbfs... ...eVMConfigsavdalom01    64-bit edi...         4096       HyperV savdalbfs...      Runningsavdalex10    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:Windowssystem32> 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.