# encoding: ascii
# api: powershell
# title: FindNewVirtualMachines
# description: Script to find any VM’s that we’re added to vCenter in the last x days.
# version: 0.1
# author: glnsize
# license: CC0
# x-poshcode-id: 1084
# x-archived: 2017-03-20T23:25:26
# x-published: 2010-05-08T11:22:00
#
# Example:
# ./FindNewVirtualMachines.ps1 -LastDays 30
#
#requires -pssnapin VMware.Vimautomation.Core
Param(
[int]
$LastDays
)
Process
{
$EventFilterSpecByTime = New-Object VMware.Vim.EventFilterSpecByTime
If ($LastDays)
{
$EventFilterSpecByTime.BeginTime = (get-date).AddDays(-$($LastDays))
}
$EventFilterSpec = New-Object VMware.Vim.EventFilterSpec
$EventFilterSpec.Time = $EventFilterSpecByTime
$EventFilterSpec.DisableFullMessage = $False
$EventFilterSpec.Type = "VmCreatedEvent","VmDeployedEvent","VmClonedEvent","VmDiscoveredEvent","VmRegisteredEvent"
$EventManager = Get-View EventManager
$NewVmTasks = $EventManager.QueryEvents($EventFilterSpec)
Foreach ($Task in $NewVmTasks)
{
# If VM was deployed from a template then record which template.
If ($Task.Template -and $Task.SrcTemplate.Vm)
{
$srcTemplate = Get-View $Task.SrcTemplate.Vm -Property name |
Select -ExpandProperty Name
}
Else
{
$srcTemplate = $null
}
write-output ""|Select-Object @{
Name="Name"
Expression={$Task.Vm.name}
}, @{
Name="Created"
Expression={$Task.CreatedTime}
}, @{
Name="UserName"
Expression={$Task.UserName}
}, @{
Name="Type"
Expression={$Task.gettype().name}
}, @{
Name="Template"
Expression={$srcTemplate}
}
}
}