How to find a VM through MAC only

[ginger8990]

WE have a VM machine, only know the MAC and host name is gone.

How to find this VM machine by MAC only?

Please help.

[ScreamingSilenc]

Check below links it should help you

http://vnugglets.com/2011/09/find-vm-by-nic-mac-address-with.html

http://www.vmwareadmins.com/how-to-find-virtual-machine-name-from-the-mac-address-using-powercli/

[ginger8990]

Did anyone try this link? Was it working for you?

Was it need to be run on windows powershell?

[a_p_]

If you are not specifically looking for a scripted solution, take a look at RVTools (http://www.robware.net/) which give you a complete overview about your environment (including the VMs virtual network adapters/MAC addresses).

André

[ScreamingSilenc]

You can run script from both links using powercli

I have tried script from first link and it worked.

C:\WINDOWS\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0 powershell.exe -PSConsoleFile  "C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\vSphere PowerCLI\vmMac.ps1"  -command "connect-viserver -server <myVCenter> -user <myUser> -password <myPassword>

$strMacToFind = "00:50:56:83:00:69"

## return the .NET View object(s) for the VM(s) with the NIC w/ the given MAC

Get-View -Viewtype VirtualMachine -Property Name, Config.Hardware.Device | ?{$_.Config.Hardware.Device | ?{($_ -is [VMware.Vim.VirtualEthernetCard]) -and ($_.MacAddress -eq $strMacToFind)}}

[admin]

Goto the virtual machine in Hosts & Clusters View in vCenter. Now right click on the list of the columns on your right side. You can search based on the following properties as shown in the screenshot...