Hyper-V WMI Using PowerShell Scripts

Taylor Brown, who is a test lead on the Hyper-V team has been posting some Hyper-V WMI scripts he did with PowerShell on the Windows Virtualization blog over the past month or so. Allow me to put them all in one place for you.

In Part 1, you'll learn about basic scripts and tools for gathering some generic information about virtual machines.

Part 2 tackles basic VHD creation and determining if Hyper-V WMI methods are succeeding or failing and what the error message is.

Part 3 covers getting more detailed information about a guest operating system by using the KVP Exchange integration component.  (KVP stands for Key Value Pair this is a service that runs in the guest operating system and allows some limited information to be passed from the guest to the host or parent and vice-versa.)

Part 4 will show how to use the Shutdown IC to initiate a shutdown of a guest using PowerShell.

In Part 5, you'll learn how to create a new virtual switch attached to an external network.