Public/Invoke-Power.ps1
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.DESCRIPTION Use to alter VM Power states and reboot VM's. .PARAMETER PowerCycleVM Specifies the VM should be Power Cycled .PARAMETER RestartGuest Specifies the VM guest should be restarted .PARAMETER PowerOffGuest Specifies the VM guest should be Powered off .PARAMETER PowerOffVM Specifies the VM should be Powered off .PARAMETER PowerOnVM Specifies the VM should be Powered on .PARAMETER VM Specifies the VM Name .EXAMPLE Invoke-Power -restartguest -VM vmname Gracefully Restart the Guest .EXAMPLE Invoke-Power -poweroffguest -VM vmname Gracefully shutdown the Guest .EXAMPLE Invoke-Power -powercycle -VM vmname Hard Power Cycle VM .EXAMPLE Invoke-Power -poweroff -VM vmname Hard Power Off Vm .EXAMPLE Invoke-Power -poweron -VM vmname Hard power on VM .NOTES Requires the VMware.PowerCLI Module .Link https://github.com/TheTaylorLee/AdminToolbox #> function Invoke-Power { [CmdletBinding()] Param ( [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ParameterSetName = 'Power Cycle VM')][switch]$powercyclevm, [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ParameterSetName = 'Restart Guest')][switch]$restartguest, [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ParameterSetName = 'Power Off Guest')][switch]$poweroffguest, [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ParameterSetName = 'Power Off VM')][switch]$poweroffvm, [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ParameterSetName = 'Power On VM')][switch]$poweronvm, [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ParameterSetName = 'Power Cycle VM')] [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ParameterSetName = 'Restart Guest')] [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ParameterSetName = 'Power Off Guest')] [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ParameterSetName = 'Power Off VM')] [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ParameterSetName = 'Power On VM')] $VM ) if ($powercyclevm) { Restart-VM -VM $VM -RunAsync -Confirm:$true } if ($restartguest) { Restart-VMGuest -VM $VM -Confirm:$false } if ($poweroffguest) { Shutdown-VMGuest -VM $VM -Confirm:$false } if ($poweroffvm) { Stop-VM -VM $vm -RunAsync -Confirm:$true } if ($poweronvm) { Start-VM -VM $VM -RunAsync -Confirm:$false } } |