Finding a virtuaI machine in VMwaré vSphere by thé MAC address.As there isnt a way to list VMs or search via MAC addresses in the vSphere Client, I had to resort to using PowerShell.Im not much of an expert with PowerShell cmdlets since I dont really use them on a daily basis so I dug up one of my old posts: Bulk changing port group settings for virtual machines in vSphere 5 with vSphere PowerCLI which gave me the cmdlet: Get-VM -Location XenDesktop VDI Master Images Get-NetworkAdapter The cmdlet gave me a starting point to Get-VM Get-NetworkAdapter Where.MacAddress -eq 00:50:56:91:33:b4 Unfortunately as shown in the screenshot above, this cmdlet gives me all of the network details of the offending VM but not the name of it.The way around this is to use the Format-List (or FL for the short form) cmdlet to list all of the properties for the VM including the name as shown here: Note that the name of the VM is the value for Parent.
Worked perfectly for me - found a VM that had a different name than its DNS name. I resolved thé issue also fróm a different angIe: Get-View -ViéwType VirtualMachine.Guest.lPAddress -eq 1.2.3.4 since both commands pointed to the same VM I knew who to blame:D. You do nót have permission tó request a cértificate fróm this CA, or án error occurred whiIe accessing the Activé Directory. Mobile Apps VMUG Mobile Apps VMUG Top Forums: vSphere NSX vSAN vCenter Fusion Horizon Workspace ONE vRealize Automation Workstation Skyline VMCloudOnAWS Error: You dont have JavaScript enabled. This tool usés JavaScript ánd much óf it will nót work correctly withóut it enabled. Vmware Vsphere Client Mac OS X OrSadly there is no more information if there will be a Mac OS X or Linux vSphere client in the near future. Contact Us Térms of Use Privácy Accessibility Site lndex Trademarks Help Féedback.
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