Annoyed by the default setting for VM’s inside a vApp? I was, because when you power down the vApp, the VM’s are powered down instead of being shutdown cleanly. It can be a tedious task to check and correct this setting for all your vApps. This little script solves that problem for you. Enjoy!
$VC = Connect-VIServer "MyvCenter.local" ForEach ($Vapp in Get-VApp) { $VAppView = $VApp | Get-View ForEach ($Entity in $VAppView.VAppConfig.EntityConfig) { If ($Entity.StopAction -ne "guestShutdown") { $VAppConfigSpec = New-Object VMware.Vim.VAppConfigSpec $EntityConfig = New-Object VMware.Vim.VAppEntityConfigInfo $EntityConfig.Key = (Get-View $Entity.Key).MoRef $EntityConfig.StopAction = "guestShutdown" $VAppConfigSpec.EntityConfig = $EntityConfig $VAppView.UpdateVAppConfig($VAppConfigSpec) } } } Disconnect-VIServer -Confirm:$false |
Download script: Set-VAppGuestShutdown (rename to .ps1)