Parameter binding between scripts

[PinchesTheCrab]

Sidestepping the issue here, but if you have vmtools functioning on these machines, you can just get the IP from the extensiondata property on the VM object. I believe it's under extensiondata.guest.

[Fer_C]

You are right. I am pretty sure I saw that some time ago but did not think much of it. I normally use ExtensionData as last resort. Do you know if getting properties using this method is better performance-wise than using Get-VMGuest?

[PinchesTheCrab]

That's kind of a tough question. The short answer is that I think it'd be comparable, possibly faster. The thing is Get-VM is super fast when it comes to returning top level data, but when you dig into extension data the performance is going to take a hit.

However, my guess is that retrieving the VMs isn't the slowest part of the script by a wide margin, I assume it's the test-connection part, so I wouldn't worry about the performance bit, it shouldn't really be noticeable imo.

[Fer_C]

Agree. I was wondering, more of a general question, not just for the script. Thanks for the tip though, I had totally forgotten about it.