Get-VMHostHardware |

[Sabri CHARCHOUF]

Hello,

 

I'm using this command to collect HardwareInfo from ESXi

 

$1 = $VMHost | Get-VMHostHardware -SkipAllSslCertificateChecks -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

 

Unfortunately, I got an error message :

Cmdlet Get-VMHostHardware is not supported on PowerShell Core.

 

Would you please assist me in solving the issue?

[LucD]

What is there to solve?
The message is rather clear, the cmdlet is not supported on PS Core.

As alternatives, you could use PSv5.1 or get the HW info from the HostSystem object directly.
What HW info specifically are you looking for?

[Sabri CHARCHOUF]

Ok, then it's more clear now, my Bad as I started creating the below loop in order to collect some details from ESXi

 

Foreach ($VMHost in $ListOfVMHosts) {

    $1 = $null

    $1 = $VMHost | Get-VMHostHardware -SkipAllSslCertificateChecks -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

    If ($1) {

        Write-Output -Message "Processing host $VMHost.Name [$Counter/$Count]"

        #Write-Host "Processing host $VMHost.Name [$Counter/$Count]"

 

        $HostHardware = $VMHost |  Get-VMHostHardware -SkipAllSslCertificateChecks

        $HostNetwork = $VMHost |  Get-VMHostNetwork

 

        $HostNetworkvMotionAdapter = $VMHost |  Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter -VMKernel |  Where-Object { $_.VMotionEnabled -eq $true }

        $HostNetworkManagementTrafficAdapter = $VMHost |  Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter -VMKernel |  Where-Object { $_.ManagementTrafficEnabled -eq $true }

        $HostNetworkvSANTrafficAdapter = $VMHost |  Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter -VMKernel |  Where-Object { $_.VsanTrafficEnabled -eq $true }

 

        $MemoryTotalGB = [math]::Round($VMHost.MemoryTotalGB)

 

        $Object = [PSCustomObject]@{

            SerialNumber     = $HostHardware.SerialNumber # Serialnumber needs to be first for VLOOKUP to work in Excel

            vCenter          = $VMHost.Uid.Substring($VMHost.Uid.IndexOf('@') + 1).Split(":")[0]

            DataCenter       = ($VMHost | Get-Datacenter)

            Cluster          = $VMHost.Parent

            HostName         = $VMHost.Name

            Manufacturer     = $VMHost.Manufacturer

            Model            = $VMHost.Model

            Bios             = $HostHardware.BiosVersion

            Processor        = $VMHost.ProcessorType

            CPU              = $HostHardware.CpuCount

            CPUCores         = $HostHardware.CpuCoreCountTotal

            MemoryGB         = $MemoryTotalGB

            ESXVersion       = $VMHost.ExtensionData.Summary.Config.Product.FullName

            ESXLicenseKey    = $VMHost.LicenseKey

            DNS1             = $HostNetwork.DnsAddress[0]

            DNS2             = $HostNetwork.DnsAddress[1]

            Gateway          = $HostNetwork.VMKernelGateway

            ManagementDevice = $HostNetworkManagementTrafficAdapter.name

            ManagementIP     = $HostNetworkManagementTrafficAdapter.ip

            ManagementMTU    = $HostNetworkManagementTrafficAdapter.mtu

            vMotionDevice    = $HostNetworkvMotionAdapter.name

            vMotionIP        = $HostNetworkvMotionAdapter.ip

            vMotionMTU       = $HostNetworkvMotionAdapter.mtu

            vSANDevice       = $HostNetworkvSANTrafficAdapter.name

            vSANIP           = $HostNetworkvSANTrafficAdapter.ip

            vSANMTU          = $HostNetworkvSANTrafficAdapter.mtu

        }

 

        $Report.add($Object) | Out-Null

    } Else {

        Write-Output -Message  "There was an error processing host $VMHost.Name [$Counter/$Count]"

    }

    $Counter++

}

[LucD]

You can do

Foreach ($VMHost in $ListOfVMHosts) {
  Write-Output -Message "Processing host $VMHost.Name [$Counter/$Count]"

  $HostNetwork = $VMHost |  Get-VMHostNetwork

  $HostNetworkvMotionAdapter = $VMHost |  Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter -VMKernel |  Where-Object { $_.VMotionEnabled -eq $true }
  $HostNetworkManagementTrafficAdapter = $VMHost |  Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter -VMKernel |  Where-Object { $_.ManagementTrafficEnabled -eq $true }
  $HostNetworkvSANTrafficAdapter = $VMHost |  Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter -VMKernel |  Where-Object { $_.VsanTrafficEnabled -eq $true }

  $MemoryTotalGB = [math]::Round($VMHost.MemoryTotalGB)

  $Object = [PSCustomObject]@{
    SerialNumber = $VMHost.ExtensionData.Hardware.SystemInfo.SerialNumber
    vCenter = $VMHost.Uid.Substring($VMHost.Uid.IndexOf('@') + 1).Split(":")[0]
    DataCenter = ($VMHost | Get-Datacenter)
    Cluster = $VMHost.Parent
    HostName = $VMHost.Name
    Manufacturer = $VMHost.Manufacturer
    Model = $VMHost.Model
    Bios = $VMHost.ExtensionData.Hardware.BiosInfo.BiosVersion
    Processor = $VMHost.ProcessorType
    CPU = $VMHost.ExtensionData.Hardware.CpuInfo.NumCpuPackages
    CPUCores = $VMHost.ExtensionData.Hardware.CpuInfo.NumCpuCores
    MemoryGB = $MemoryTotalGB
    ESXVersion = $VMHost.ExtensionData.Summary.Config.Product.FullName
    ESXLicenseKey = $VMHost.LicenseKey
    DNS1 = $HostNetwork.DnsAddress[0]
    DNS2 = $HostNetwork.DnsAddress[1]
    Gateway = $HostNetwork.VMKernelGateway
    ManagementDevice = $HostNetworkManagementTrafficAdapter.name
    ManagementIP = $HostNetworkManagementTrafficAdapter.ip
    ManagementMTU = $HostNetworkManagementTrafficAdapter.mtu
    vMotionDevice = $HostNetworkvMotionAdapter.name
    vMotionIP = $HostNetworkvMotionAdapter.ip
    vMotionMTU = $HostNetworkvMotionAdapter.mtu
    vSANDevice = $HostNetworkvSANTrafficAdapter.name
    vSANIP = $HostNetworkvSANTrafficAdapter.ip
    vSANMTU = $HostNetworkvSANTrafficAdapter.mtu
  }

  $Report.add($Object) | Out-Null
  $Counter++
}

[Sabri CHARCHOUF]

Hi  

 

Thank you it's working except that the Serial numbers aren't retrieved  

I will do some other tests and keep you posted

 

Thank you again