Command to get the ESXi host information from a running VM

Posted on September 20, 2016 Updated on October 1, 2016

Not able to find the VM in the vCenter/inventory? here is a way, there is a Command to get the ESXi host information from a running VM.

To get ESXi host name:

C:\>”C:\Program Files\VMware\Vmware Tools\vmtoolsd.exe” –cmd “info-get guestinfo.hypervisor.hostname”

To get the ESXi Build details:

C:\>”C:\Program Files\VMware\Vmware Tools\vmtoolsd.exe” –cmd “info-get guestinfo.hypervisor.build”