To change ESXi root user description via Vcenter Power cli.

 To change ESXi root user description via Vcenter Power cli.

# csv file should have heading with ESXi, username, password

$csv = Import-csv .\esxi.csv

foreach ($line in $csv)

{

Connect-VIServer -Server $($line.ESXi) -User $($line.username) -Password $($line.password) -WarningAction silentlyContinue

Get-VMHostAccount -User root | Set-VMHostAccount -Description admin6 -Confirm:$false | Out-Null -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

Disconnect-VIServer -Server $($line) -Confirm:$false

}

Powershell script to collect VM info from Vcenter

# Script: ListVMs.ps1 - Ravi - 1st Feb 2022 

# 

# Usage  : .\listvms <vcenter or host ip>:[Manadatory] <user>:[Manadatory] <password>:[Manadatory] <sortBy>:[Optional]

# Example: .\listvms 192.168.0.1 root mypassword ramalloc

#

# Desc   : Retrieves a list of virtual machines from an ESXi host or vCenter Server, extracting a subset of 

#          vm properties values returned by Get-View. The list is converted to HTML and written to disk. 

#          The script automatically displays the report by invoking the default browser.

#Command line parameters

[CmdletBinding()]

Param(

 [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,Position=1)]

 [string]$hostIP,

 

 [Parameter(Mandatory=$false,Position=2)]

 [string]$user,

 

 [Parameter(Mandatory=$false,Position=3)]

 [string]$pass,

 

 [Parameter(Mandatory=$false,Position=4)]

 [string]$sortBy

)

#Populate PSObject with the required vm properties 

function vmProperties

{

 param([PSObject]$view)

 

 $list=foreach ($vm in $view){

 

 #Get net info

  $ips=$vm.guest.net.ipaddress

  $macs=$vm.guest.net.MacAddress

 

 #State info

  if ($vm.Runtime.PowerState -eq "poweredOn") {$state="ON"}

   elseif ($vm.Runtime.PowerState -eq "poweredOff") {$state="OFF"}

    else {$state="n/a"}

 

 #VMtools state

  if ($vm.summary.guest.ToolsRunningStatus -eq "guestToolsRunning") {$vmtools="Running"}

   elseif ($vm.summary.guest.ToolsRunningStatus -eq "guestToolsNotRunning") {$vmtools="Not running"}

    else {$vmtools="n/a"}

 

 #Check for multi-homed vms - max. 2 ips

  if ($ips.count -gt 1)

  {$ips=$vm.guest.net.ipaddress[0] + " " + $vm.guest.net.ipaddress[1]} 

 

  if ($macs.count -gt 1)

   {$macs=$vm.guest.net.macaddress[0] + " " + $vm.guest.net.macaddress[1]} 

 

 #Populate object

 [PSCustomObject]@{

  "Name" = $vm.Name

  "Cluster" = ($vms | Get-Cluster).Name

  "OS" = $vm.Guest.GuestFullName

  "Hostname" = $vm.summary.guest.hostname

  "vCPUs" = $vm.Config.hardware.NumCPU

  "Cores" = $vm.Config.Hardware.NumCoresPerSocket

  "RAM Alloc" = $vm.Config.Hardware.MemoryMB

  "RAM Host" = $vm.summary.QuickStats.HostMemoryUsage

  "RAM guest" = $vm.summary.QuickStats.GuestMemoryUsage

  "NICS" = $vm.Summary.config.NumEthernetCards

  "vmtoolversion" = $vm.Config.Tools.ToolsVersion

  "IPs" = $ips

  "MACs" = $macs

  "vmTools" = $vmtools

  "State" = $state

  "UUID" = $vm.Summary.config.Uuid

  "VM ID" = $vm.Summary.vm.value

  }

 }

 

 return $list

}

#Stylesheet - this is used by the ConvertTo-html cmdlet

function header{

 $style = @"

 <style>

 body{

 font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

 }

 

 table{

  border-collapse: collapse;

  border: none;

  font: 10pt Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

  color: black;

  margin-bottom: 10px;

 }

 

 table td{

  font-size: 10px;

  padding-left: 0px;

  padding-right: 20px;

  text-align: left;

 }

 

 table th{

  font-size: 10px;

  font-weight: bold;

  padding-left: 0px;

  padding-right: 20px;

  text-align: left;

 }

 

 h2{

  clear: both; font-size: 130%;color:#00134d;

 }

 

 p{

  margin-left: 10px; font-size: 12px;

 }

 

 table.list{

  float: left;

 }

 

 table tr:nth-child(even){background: #e6f2ff;} 

 table tr:nth-child(odd) {background: #FFFFFF;}

 div.column {width: 320px; float: left;}

 div.first {padding-right: 20px; border-right: 1px grey solid;}

 div.second {margin-left: 30px;}

 table{

  margin-left: 10px;

 }

 –>

 </style>

"@

 return [string] $style

 }

#############################

### Script entry point ###

#############################

#Path to html report

 $repPath=(gci env:userprofile).value+"\desktop\test.htm"

#Report Title

 $title = "<h2>VMs hosted on $hostIP</h2>"

#Sort by

 if ($sortBy -eq "") {$sortBy="Name"; $desc=$False} 

  elseif ($sortBy.Equals("ramalloc")) {$sortBy = "RAM Alloc"; $desc=$True} 

   elseif ($sortBy.Equals("ramhost")) {$sortBy = "RAM Host"; $desc=$True} 

    elseif ($sortBy.Equals("os")) {$sortBy = "OS"; $desc=$False}

Try{

 #Drop any previously established connections

  Disconnect-VIServer -Confirm:$False -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

 

 #Connect to vCenter or ESXi

  if (($user -eq "") -or ($pass -eq "")) 

   {Connect-VIServer $hostIP -ErrorAction Stop}

  else 

    {Connect-VIServer $hostIP -User $user -Password $pass -ErrorAction Stop}

 #Get a VirtualMachine view of all vms

  $vmView = Get-View -viewtype VirtualMachine

  $vms = Get-VM

 

 #Iterate through the view object, write the set of vm properties to a PSObject and convert the whole lot to HTML

  (vmProperties -view $vmView) | Sort-Object -Property @{Expression=$sortBy;Descending=$desc} | ConvertTo-Html -Head $(header) -PreContent $title | Set-Content -Path $repPath -ErrorAction Stop

 

 #Disconnect from vCenter or ESXi

  Disconnect-VIServer -Confirm:$False -Server $hostIP -ErrorAction Stop

 

 #Load report in default browser

  Invoke-Expression "cmd.exe /C start $repPath"

 }

Catch

 {

  Write-Host $_.Exception.Message

 }