Find VM with an specific IP Address

[maxel]

hi!

I want to find a VM with a specific IP Address. I try

$my = get-vm |where {$_.guest.ipaddress -eq "10.33.126.40"}

This worked..but its extremly slow.

Is there an faster way?

[alefestaedist]

From where you want to find a specific ip? host? vMA? powershell?

[maxel]

with powershell (PowerCLI)

[LucD]

Try this, it should in theory be the fastest method since the filtering is done on the vCenter

Get-View -ViewType VirtualMachine -Filter @{"Guest.IpAddress"="10.33.126.40"}

[DCjay]

Hello,

As I am not script guru, the quickest way to VM via IP is to use the search funtion in Vspere. Simple type the IP in the vsphere client search and the VM is there.

I hope this helps.

[RvdNieuwendijk]

I had tried Luc's script before and did not get it working. So I gave my previous example. Now I see that IpAddress in Guest.IpAddress is case sensitive. I wrote Guest.IPAddress in my test script and that gave an error. So be carefull to use the right case. :smileywink:

The error I got was:

[vSphere PowerCLI] C:\users\robert> Get-View -ViewType VirtualMachine -Filter @{"Guest.IPAddress"="10.33.126.40"}
Get-View : 21-2-2011 13:15:33    Get-View
At line:1 char:9
+ Get-View <<<<  -ViewType VirtualMachine -Filter @{"Guest.IPAddress"="10.33.126.40"}
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-View], InvalidProperty
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Client20_MoServiceImpl_GetNetInteropEntityView_ViError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.DotNetInterop.GetVIView

[admin]

Hi Robert,

I will file a bug for this issue.

Vitali

PowerCLI Team

[LucD]

I'm not sure this is a PowerCLI bug.

Afaik, the names in the PropertySpec are also case-sensitive.

[RvdNieuwendijk]

Hi Luc,

the strange thing is that in "Guest.IpAdress" IpAddress is case sensitive, but Guest is not. This is at least not consistent.

Regards, Robert

[RvdNieuwendijk]

Hi Vitali,

Thanks.

Regards, Robert

[ClaudioG64]

Hello,

since the -Filter works like a RE, it's probably better to surround the IP address with ^$, so you just find the exact match:

Get-View -ViewType VirtualMachine -Filter @{"Guest.IpAddress"="^192.168.1.1$"}

Bye,

Claudio

[RvdNieuwendijk]

Can you try the next script and see if it is faster?

Get-View -ViewType virtualmachine -Property Guest.IPAddress | `
Where-Object {$_.Guest.IPAddress -eq "10.33.126.40"} | `
Get-VIObjectByVIView

Regards, Robert

[alefestaedist]

Did you try Get-VM | select "NAME OF VM", {$_.Guest.IPAddress}

where NAME OF VM is the name as you see it in the virtual center

[alefestaedist]

What I meant was.. if with the command I wrote in the previous post is slow too.