any idea how to find which host a vm is on

[tdubb123]

I got a windows VM. is it possible to find which host the vm is on via its vmware tools?

[daphnissov]

Not from inside the guest without vCenter credentials with those permissions.

[IT_pilot]

But if access is available (vCenter), then you can set the corresponding parameter, and then extract it to the VM via vmware tools.

Or this parameter can already be set (which is unlikely).

Nevertheless, you can try C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools>vmtoolsd.exe --cmd "info-get guestinfo.hypervisor.hostname"

[adgate]

I second this. The "vmtoolsd.exe --cmd "info-get guestinfo.hypervisor.hostname"" does the job.

This seems to be complete guide how to use the feature

https://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2011/01/how-to-extract-host-information-from.html