VmDeleteHistory.ps1
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<#PSScriptInfo .VERSION 1.0.0 .GUID 62fd99cb-5129-47b4-ae95-8bdf31d829dc .AUTHOR William Lam .COMPANYNAME VMware .COPYRIGHT Copyright 2021, William Lam .TAGS VMware VM Deleted .LICENSEURI .PROJECTURI https://github.com/lamw/vghetto-scripts/blob/master/powershell/VmDeleteHistory.ps1 .ICONURI https://blogs.vmware.com/virtualblocks/files/2018/10/PowerCLI.png .EXTERNALMODULEDEPENDENCIES .REQUIREDSCRIPTS .EXTERNALSCRIPTDEPENDENCIES .RELEASENOTES 1.0.0 - Initial Release .PRIVATEDATA .DESCRIPTION This function retrieves information about deleted VMs #> Function Get-VMDeleteHistory { <# .NOTES =========================================================================== Created by: William Lam Organization: VMware Blog: www.virtuallyghetto.com Twitter: @lamw =========================================================================== .PARAMETER MaxSamples Specifies the maximum number of retrieved events (default 500) .EXAMPLE Get-VMDeleteHistory .EXAMPLE Get-VMDeleteHistory -MaxSamples 100 #> param( [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]$MaxSamples=500 ) $results = @() $events = Get-VIEvent -MaxSamples $MaxSamples -Types Info | where {$_.GetType().Name -eq "TaskEvent" -and $_.FullFormattedMessage -eq "Task: Delete virtual machine" } foreach ($event in $events) { $tmp = [pscustomobject] @{ VM = $event.Vm.Name; User = $event.UserName; Date = $event.CreatedTime; } $results += $tmp } $results } |