MAC address and IP using powerCLI

[RobMerritt]

I can get MAC of a VM and I can get IP of a vm but how do I combined them ?

 

$mac = Get-VM $item | Get-NetworkAdapter | select MacAddress

$collectionsON = Get-VM | Select @{Label = "VMName" ; Expression = {$_.Name} },@{Label = "GuestOS" ; Expression = {$_.ExtensionData.Config.GuestFullName} },@{N="IP";E={@($_.guest.IPaddress)|?{$_ -notmatch ':'}}},@{N="POWER";E={@($_.PowerState)}} | Where-Object {$_.GuestOS -match ".*inux.*" } | Where-Object {$_.POWER -match ".*PoweredOn.*" }

[LucD]

You could do something like this

$collectionsON = Get-VM | 
Select @{Label = "VMName" ; Expression = {$_.Name} },
    @{Label = "GuestOS" ; Expression = {$_.ExtensionData.Config.GuestFullName} },
    @{N="IP";E={@($_.guest.IPaddress)|?{$_ -notmatch ':'}}},
    @{N='MAC';E={(Get-NetworkAdapter -VM $_).MacAddress -join '|'}},
    @{N="POWER";E={@($_.PowerState)}} | 
Where-Object {$_.GuestOS -match ".*inux.*" -and $_.POWER -match ".*PoweredOn.*" }

[RobMerritt]

hey that did the trick!

[Cao Quang Chien]

Hi LucD,

For VMs without VMware Tools, the IP address is not displayed in vCenter. Is there a way to get the MAC address from an IP address using PowerCLI?

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[ITSavant]

LucD retired.

Your options are use network tools on the same subnet, or retrieve the mac address assigned via the Virtual HW, but there will be no direct map to the IP. If the VM has only one nic and IP, and you know the machine name, the DNS point to the IP, and the vHW MAC should be assigned to the one IP.

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