VMware: Easy menu to find VM network adapter by MAC address
Last week I need to locate some traffic from physical switches to my virtual environment.. I need to find out which MAC address belong to which virtual machine (+ adapter).. time to script this include menu
#====================================================================# # SCRIPT: Find_VM_by_MAC_address_menu.ps1 # # FUNCTION: Find VM (+ adapter) by MAC address with easy menu # # OWNER: Sander Daems # # CREATED: 11/01/2011 # # MODIFIED: 11/01/2011 # # VERSION: v.1.0 # #====================================================================# # CHANGELOG: # # # # v.1.0 # # - Created script; # # # #====================================================================# # HOST - CUSTOM DEFINITIONS # #====================================================================# Write-Host "Let's find that damn address" -foregroundcolor green #====================================================================# $cluster = read-host "Select Cluster name" $macaddress = read-host "Select MAC Address to find" #====================================================================# # Script # #====================================================================# Get-Cluster $cluster | Get-VM | Get-NetworkAdapter | Where-Object {$_.MacAddress -eq "$macaddress"} | Format-List -Property * #====================================================================#
Sweet write, very thank you for writing this script
Great! Thanks for sharing!
Very handy script, thanks Sander
Does this also work to find ip-addressess?
Nice, used this script today.. works like a charm
Thanks a lot, this script saved lots of time