Get Number of VM CPU and Cores

[AGFlora]

Hi

I've tried the following but cannot get the number of VM CPU and Cores. What am I doing wrong?

[LucD]

Those lines should be.

These are actual values, not MoRefs (pointers)

$vmSummary.VMSockets = $vm.Config.Hardware.NumCPU

$vmSummary.VMCores = $vm.Config.Hardware.NumCoresPerSocket

[AGFlora]

Hi Luc,

For some reason this did not work:

$vmSummary.VMSockets = $vm.Config.Hardware.NumCPU

$vmSummary.VMCores = $vm.Config.Hardware.NumCoresPerSocket

This worked:

$vmSummary.VMSockets = $vm.NumCPU

but this didn't:

$vmSummary.VMCores = $vm.NumCoresPerSocket

[LucD]

Yes, that should be the $vmview variable instead of the $vm variable.

Like this

$myCol = @()

foreach ($cluster in Get-Cluster)

    {

        foreach($vmhost in ($cluster | Get-VMHost))

        {

            foreach($vm in (Get-VM -Location $vmhost)){

                $VMView = $vm | Get-View

                $VMSummary = "" | Select ClusterName,HostName,VMName,VMSockets,VMCores,CPUSockets,CPUCores

                $VMSummary.ClusterName = $cluster.Name

                $VMSummary.HostName = $vmhost.Name

                $VMSummary.VMName = $vm.Name

                $VMSummary.VMSockets = $VMView.Config.Hardware.NumCpu

                $VMSummary.VMCores = $VMView.Config.Hardware.NumCoresPerSocket

                $myCol += $VMSummary

            }

        }

    }

[AGFlora]

HI Luc,

Isn't it possible to get the Sockets and cores for both the hosts and VMs?

[LucD]

Sure, try like this

$myCol = @()

foreach ($cluster in Get-Cluster)

    {

        foreach($vmhost in ($cluster | Get-VMHost))

        {

            foreach($vm in (Get-VM -Location $vmhost)){

                $VMView = $vm | Get-View

                $VMSummary = "" | Select ClusterName,HostName,VMName,VMSockets,VMCores,CPUSockets,CPUCores

                $VMSummary.ClusterName = $cluster.Name

                $VMSummary.HostName = $vmhost.Name

                $VMSummary.VMName = $vm.Name

                $VMSummary.VMSockets = $VMView.Config.Hardware.NumCpu

                $VMSummary.VMCores = $VMView.Config.Hardware.NumCoresPerSocket

                $VMSummary.CPUSockets = $vmhost.ExtensionData.Hardware.CpuInfo.NumCpuPackages

                $VMSummary.CPUCores = $vmhost.ExtensionData.Hardware.CpuInfo.NumCpuCores

                $myCol += $VMSummary

            }

        }

    }

[AGFlora]

That was it. Thanks!

[nixnerd]

This is very nice.  But I need to get this info for Guest OS that are Redhat only.  We have various OS within our VMware environments.  Any ideas?  Somewhere in the Get-View area? or 2nd For loop?

[LucD]

If you have VMware Tools installed, you can do

$myCol = @()

foreach ($cluster in Get-Cluster)

    {

        foreach($vmhost in ($cluster | Get-VMHost))

        {

            foreach($vm in (Get-VM -Location $vmhost | where{$_.Guest.OSFullName -match "Red Hat"})){

                $VMView = $vm | Get-View

                $VMSummary = "" | Select ClusterName,HostName,VMName,OS,VMSockets,VMCores,CPUSockets,CPUCores

                $VMSummary.ClusterName = $cluster.Name

                $VMSummary.HostName = $vmhost.Name

                $VMSummary.VMName = $vm.Name

                $VMSummary.OS = $vm.Guest.OSFullName

                $VMSummary.VMSockets = $VMView.Config.Hardware.NumCpu

                $VMSummary.VMCores = $VMView.Config.Hardware.NumCoresPerSocket

                $VMSummary.CPUSockets = $vmhost.ExtensionData.Hardware.CpuInfo.NumCpuPackages

                $VMSummary.CPUCores = $vmhost.ExtensionData.Hardware.CpuInfo.NumCpuCores

                $myCol += $VMSummary

            }

        }

    }

$myCol

[nixnerd]

Thats awesome!  Thank you...  I did not know that info was available for Get-VM thought one had to use Get-View.  

Anywho, thanks again!

[RoArHa]

Hi,

I just found this nice script. I was wondering how to filter the vmsockets that are exceeding the cpusocket & maybe also in an nice format?

I am already happy with this script.

Many thanks in advance.

 

Cheers

Roberto

[LucD]

You can do something like this.

Not sure what you mean by the "nice format"

$myCol = @()

foreach ($cluster in Get-Cluster) {

   foreach ($vmhost in ($cluster | Get-VMHost)) {

   $vms = Get-VM -Location $vmhost|

   where {$_.ExtensionData.Config.Hardware.NumCpu -gt $_.vmhost.ExtensionData.Hardware.CpuInfo.NumCpuPackages}

   foreach ($vm in $vms) {

   $VMView = $vm | Get-View

   $VMSummary = "" | Select ClusterName, HostName, VMName, VMSockets, VMCores, CPUSockets, CPUCores

   $VMSummary.ClusterName = $cluster.Name

   $VMSummary.HostName = $vmhost.Name

   $VMSummary.VMName = $vm.Name

   $VMSummary.VMSockets = $VMView.Config.Hardware.NumCpu

   $VMSummary.VMCores = $VMView.Config.Hardware.NumCoresPerSocket

   $VMSummary.CPUSockets = $vmhost.ExtensionData.Hardware.CpuInfo.NumCpuPackages

   $VMSummary.CPUCores = $vmhost.ExtensionData.Hardware.CpuInfo.NumCpuCores

   $myCol += $VMSummary

   }

   }

}

$myCol

[RoArHa]

Thank you very much. You pointed me in the right direction.

 

Cheers,

Roberto

[PCAL]

I am getting the following error when trying to run this from both ISE and CLI 6.5R1 :

Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.
At H:\Scripts\VM_Sockets_Cores_Updated.ps1:6 char:11
+    $vms = Get-VM -Location $vmhost|

Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.

At H:\Scripts\VM_Sockets_Cores_Updated.ps1:6 char:11

+    $vms = Get-VM -Location $vmhost|

[LucD]

Can you attach the script you are using as a file to this thread?
The Attach button is in the lower right part of the edit window

[PCAL]

It seems that was just for an individual record, I ran it again with some patience and it completed successfully.  Thank you for all you do for this forum.