Posted On November 24, 2021

PowerShell: Find Hyper-V Host by Guest VM Name

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# findVmHostByGuestName.ps1

$vmName='TESTVM'

function findVmHostByGuestName($vmName){
    try{
        Import-Module Hyper-V
        Import-Module FailoverClusters
        $allHyperVHosts={(Get-ClusterNode | Where { $_.State -eq "Up" }).Name | %{$_.ToLower()}}.Invoke()
        $allVms=foreach ($hyperVHost in $allHyperVHosts){invoke-command -computername $hyperVHost -scriptblock{write-host "Getting VM List on $env:computername";Get-VM |select Name,Path}|select-object * -ExcludeProperty RunspaceId,PSShowComputerName}
        $matchedHost=$allVms|?{$_.Name -like "*$vmName*"}
        if($matchedHost){
            return $matchedHost
        }else{
            write-host "'$vmName' is not found in cluster '$((get-cluster).Name)'"
            return $null
        }
    }catch{
        write-warning $_
        return $false
    }
}

findVmHostByGuestName $vmName

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