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PowerShell: Collect vCenter Events
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Get-VCEvents.ps1
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Import PowerCLI Module
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Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Connect to vCenter Server
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
$Server = Read-Host 'Specify the vCenter Server or ESXi Host to connect to (IP or FQDN)?'
Connect-VMwareServer -VMServer $Server
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Get Events from vCenter (filtering on event type)
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Get-VIEvent -maxsamples 10000 -Start "01/08/2015" -Finish "05/08/2015" | Where-Object {$_.Gettype().Name-eq "VmCreatedEvent" -or $_.Gettype().Name-eq "VmBeingClonedEvent" -or $_.Gettype().Name-eq "VmBeingDeployedEvent"} | Sort-Object CreatedTime -Descending |Select-Object CreatedTime, UserName, FullformattedMessage
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