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==== Description ==== | ==== Description ==== | ||
The script displayed here queries the VM name at the host level and will use that to set the name of the operating system within the guest OS. The example code here is used for windows guests. | The script displayed here queries the VM name at the host level and will use that to set the name of the operating system within the guest OS. The example code here is used for windows guests. | ||
==== Code ==== | |||
$VMs = Get-VM | Where {$_.PowerState -eq "PoweredOn"} | |||
Foreach ($VM in $VMS){ | |||
$VCName = $VM.Name | |||
$WinName = $VM.Guest.Hostname | |||
If ($WinName -ne $VCName) { | |||
Write-Host "$VCName is currently $WinName... renaming" | |||
$renamecomputer = "wmic path win32_computersystem where ""Name='%computername%'"" CALL rename name='$VCName'" | |||
Invoke-VMScript -VM $VM -GuestUser "Administrator" -GuestPassword "vmware" -ScriptType Bat -ScriptText $renamecomputer | |||
restart-vmguest -VM $VM -Confirm:$false | |||
} | |||
} | |||
==== Usage ==== | ==== Usage ==== | ||
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==== Location ==== | ==== Location ==== | ||
http://www.punchingclouds.com/2013/06/06/powercli-change-virtual-machines-guest-os-names/ | * [http://web.archive.org/web/20160616222335/http://www.punchingclouds.com/2013/06/06/powercli-change-virtual-machines-guest-os-names/ http://www.punchingclouds.com/2013/06/06/powercli-change-virtual-machines-guest-os-names/] | ||
[[Category: PowerCLI]] [[Category: VM Management]] | [[Category: PowerCLI]] [[Category: VM Management]] | ||
Latest revision as of 18:11, 5 June 2021
PowerCLI: Change Virtual Machines Guest OS Names
author: Rawlinson
Description
The script displayed here queries the VM name at the host level and will use that to set the name of the operating system within the guest OS. The example code here is used for windows guests.
Code
$VMs = Get-VM | Where {$_.PowerState -eq "PoweredOn"}
Foreach ($VM in $VMS){
$VCName = $VM.Name
$WinName = $VM.Guest.Hostname
If ($WinName -ne $VCName) {
Write-Host "$VCName is currently $WinName... renaming"
$renamecomputer = "wmic path win32_computersystem where ""Name='%computername%'"" CALL rename name='$VCName'"
Invoke-VMScript -VM $VM -GuestUser "Administrator" -GuestPassword "vmware" -ScriptType Bat -ScriptText $renamecomputer
restart-vmguest -VM $VM -Confirm:$false
}
}
Usage
Save as a script and run it.
