cls
get-help
get-alias
get-command
Get-Service
get-service wmi*
get-help get-service -example



Enable-psremoting
Enter-pssession host-boston -credential host-boston\administrator
Exit-pssession #{when done}
disable-psremoting


Get-WmiObject -namespace root\virtualization -class Msvm_ComputerSystem | Get-Member



$VMs = get-wmiobject -computername localhost -Namespace root\Virtualization -query "Select * from MSVM_Computersystem"
write-host ""
write-host "Name                                    Description                        State"
write-host "--------------------------------------- ---------------------------------- -------------"
foreach ($VM in $VMs)
{	$name = $VM.Elementname.PadRight(39," ")
	$desc = $VM.Description.PadRight(34," ")
	$state_num = $VM.EnabledState
	switch ($state_num)
	{
       	2	{$State_text = "Running"}
         	3     	{$State_text = "PowerOff"}
       	4     	{$State_text = "ShuttingDown"}
        	10   	{$State_text = "Reset"}
        	32768	{$State_text = "Paused"}
        	32770	{$State_text = "Starting"}
	32771	{$State_text = "SnapshotInProgress"}
        	32772	{$State_text = "Migrating"}
        	32773	{$State_text = "Saving"}
        	32774	{$State_text = "Stopping"}
        	32776	{$State_text = "Pausing"} 
        	32777	{$State_text = "Resuming"}
        	32769	{$State_text = "Saved"}
		default	{$State_text = "Unclassified (so far)"}
	}
	write-host "$name $desc $State_text ($State_num)"	
}write-host ""



Setup variables for the VM we are looking for, and the new name
#$VMName = "Server Core 2008 R2 SP1" 
#$NewVMName = "ServerCore" 
$VMName = "ServerCore“
$NewVMName = "Server Core 2008 R2 SP1" 

#Get a VMManagementService object
$VMManagementService = gwmi –class "Msvm_VirtualSystemManagementService" -namespace "root\virtualization" -computername "." 

#Get the VM object that we want to modify
$query = "SELECT * FROM Msvm_ComputerSystem WHERE ElementName='" + $VMName + "'“
$VM = gwmi -query $query -namespace "root\virtualization" -computername "." 

#Get the VirtualSystemSettingsData of the VM we want to modify
$query = "Associators of {$VM} WHERE AssocClass=MSVM_SettingsDefineState“
$VMSystemSettingData = gwmi -query $query -namespace "root\virtualization" -computername "." 

#Change the ElementName property
$VMSystemSettingData.ElementName = $NewVMName 

#Update the VM with ModifyVirtualSystem
$Result = $VMManagementService.ModifyVirtualSystem( $VM.__PATH,$VMSystemSettingData.psbase.GetText(1))


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