Windows Server 2019 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook - Third Edition

Monitoring Hyper-V utilization and performance

This report gathers information about a Hyper-V server and the VMs running on that server.

Getting ready

You run this recipe on the HV1 Hyper-V host.

How to do it...

1. Create a basic report hash table:

   $ReportHT = [Ordered] @{}

2. Get the host details and add them to the report hash table:

   $HostDetails = Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_ComputerSystem
   $ReportHT.HostName = $HostDetails.Name
   $ReportHT.Maker = $HostDetails.Manufacturer
   $ReportHT.Model = $HostDetails.Model

3. Add the PowerShell version information to the report hash table:

   $ReportHT.PSVersion = $PSVersionTable.PSVersion.ToString()

4. Add OS information to the report hash table:

   $OS = Get-CimInstance -Class Win32_OperatingSystem $ReportHT.OSEdition = $OS.Caption ...