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Saturday, March 2, 2013

Use Powercli to check the build number of your host

Posted on 6:48 PM by Unknown

    So you want to check your host's version number via powercli?

    Use this:
    This is setup for a single host
    ****************************************
    #thanks ict-freak.nl
    #adapted from http://ict-freak.nl/2009/06/09/powercli-get-esx-version-info/

    #host will be the host name you want to check
    $vhost = Read-Host "Enter the host name you want to check"

    Connect-VIServer $vhost

    get-vmhost $vhost | Sort Name -Descending | % { $server = $_ |get-view; `
        $server.Config.Product | select `
        @{ Name = "Server Name"; Expression ={ $server.Name }}, `
        Name, Version, Build, FullName, ApiVersion }

    Disconnect-VIServer -Confirm:$false

    ****************************************




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