vminfo.pl - List the properties of the virtual machines.
vminfo.pl [options]
This command provides an interface for displaying the specified attributes of the virtual machine(s). If none are specified then the predefined parameters are displayed.
Optional. The name of the virtual machine. It will be used to select the virtual machine.
Name of the operating system running on the virtual machine. For example, if you specify Windows, all virtual machines running Windows are displayed.
Optional. ipaddress of the virtual machine.
Optional. Name of the datacenter for the virtual machine(s). Parameters of the
all the virtual machine(s) in a particular datacenter will be displayed
Optional. Name of the resource pool of the virtual machine(s).
Parameters of the all the virtual machine(s) in the given pool will be displayed.
Optional. Name of the folder which contains the virtual machines
Optional. Powerstatus of the virtual machine. If e.g. poweron is given parameters of all the virtual machines which are powered on will be displayed
Optional. Hostname for selecting the virtual machines. Parameters of all the virtual machines in a particular host will be displayed.
Optional. Name of the fields whose value is to be displayed. The fields are name, numCpu, guestFullName, guestId, hostName, ipAddress, toolsStatus, memorysize, hostMemoryUsage, guestMemoryUsage, overallCpuUsage, vmPathName. If the fields option is not specified then all the properties will be displayed.
Optional. Filename in which output is to be displayed. If the file option is not given then output will be displayed on the console.
Displays all the attributes the virtual machine myVM:
vminfo.pl --url https://<ipaddress>:<port>/sdk/webService
--username myuser --password mypassword --vmname myVM
Displays all the attributes of all the virtual machines in folder myFolder:
vminfo.pl --url https://<ipaddress>:<port>/sdk/webService
--username myuser --password mypassword --folder myFolder
Displays specified attributes of all them virtual machines in pool myPool:
vminfo.pl --url https://<ipaddress>:<port>/sdk/webService --username myuser --password mypassword --pool myPool
--fields vmname,numCpu,guestFullName,hostName,ipAddress,toolsStatus,memorysize,hostMemoryUsage,guestMemoryUsage
Send the output in a file
vminfo.pl --url https://<ipaddress>:<port>/sdk/webService --username myuser
--password mypassword --host myHost --out output.xml
Sample Output
Name: 007 No. of CPU(s): 1 Memory Size: 784 virtualdisks: 0 template: 0 vmPathName: [storage1] 007/007.vmx Guest OS: Microsoft Windows XP Professional Host name: VM10.abc.info IP Address: 127.0.0.1 VMware Tools: VMware Tools is running and the version is current Host memory usage: 161 MB Guest memory usage: 23 MB Cpu usage: 45 MHz