How to get a basic vSphere inventory view for a specified user using PowerShell - PowerCLI

Summary: A small script to check the visible vSphere basic inventory for a specified username leveraging PowerCLI. This is an alternative to logging in with the user into the vCenter UI and collecting data manually. ...

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Instructions

Download the attached script on this KB article and extract the .zip package on a Mgmt system that has PowerCLI installed.

Note: The script can be further enhanced to print Datastores, Virtual Machines (VM) Names, and Network information or if wanted to export to a .csv format though this is out of the initial scope.


Script Parameter options: 

PS C:\inventory> .\GetUserInventory.ps1 -vcenter dvcsa-w1.dubai.ad -vcuser administrator@vsphere.local -vcpassword "xxxxx”

[Mandatory] -vcenter <ip or fqdn of the targeted vCenter>
[Mandatory] -vcuser <username to test/list inventory of the targeted vCenter>

[Optional] -vcpassword <password of the -vcuser, if not used the script will prompt interactively for password>
[Optional] -detail <if used the script will print Datacenters, Clusters and hosts names>

Example for reference on expected output:

PS C:\inventory> .\GetUserInventory.ps1 -vcenter dvcsa-w1.dubai.ad -vcuser administrator@vsphere.local -vcpassword "xxxxx”

     ∞ Connecting to provided vcenter dvcsa-w1.dubai.ad
     ∞ 
     √ Connected to:
     √ 
     √ VCName            VCVersion
     √ ------            ---------
     √ dvcsa-w1.dubai.ad 6.7.0    
     √ 
     √ 
     ∞ 
     ∞ Inventory Listing
     ∞ 
     √    + dvcsa-w1.dubai.ad :
     √ 
     √ DataCenters Clusters Hosts VM DataStores VDS PortGroups
     √ ----------- -------- ----- -- ---------- --- ----------
     √           2        5    15  6          9   5         10
     √ 
     √ 
     ∞
     √ All done.

Example with the -detail option:

PS C:\inventory> .\GetUserInventory.ps1 -vcenter dvcsa-w1.dubai.ad -vcuser administrator@vsphere.local -vcpassword “xxxxx” -detail

     ∞ Connecting to provided vcenter dvcsa-w1.dubai.ad
     ∞ 
     √ Connected to:
     √ 
     √ VCName            VCVersion
     √ ------            ---------
     √ dvcsa-w1.dubai.ad 6.7.0    
     √ 
     √ 
     ∞ 
     ∞ Inventory Listing
     ∞ 
     √    + dvcsa-w1.dubai.ad :
     √ 
     √ DataCenters Clusters Hosts VM DataStores VDS PortGroups
     √ ----------- -------- ----- -- ---------- --- ----------
     √           2        5    15  6          9   5         10
     √ 
     √ 
     ∞
     ∞       - W1-Datacenter
     ∞
     ∞          - Cluster-A
     ∞             - w1-cla-n01.dubai.ad
     ∞             - w1-cla-n02.dubai.ad
     ∞             - w1-cla-n03.dubai.ad
     ∞
     ∞          - Cluster-B
     ∞             - w1-clb-n01.dubai.ad
     ∞             - w1-clb-n02.dubai.ad
     ∞             - w1-clb-n03.dubai.ad
     ∞
     ∞          - Cluster-C
     ∞             - w1-clc-n01.dubai.ad
     ∞             - w1-clc-n02.dubai.ad
     ∞             - w1-clc-n03.dubai.ad
     ∞
     ∞       - W2-Datacenter
     ∞
     ∞          - Cluster-D
     ∞             - w1-cld-n01.dubai.ad
     ∞             - w1-cld-n02.dubai.ad
     ∞             - w1-cld-n03.dubai.ad
     ∞
     ∞          - Cluster-E
     ∞             - w1-cle-n01.dubai.ad
     ∞             - w1-cle-n02.dubai.ad
     ∞             - w1-cle-n03.dubai.ad
     ∞
     √ All done.

Additional Information

Reference https://developer.broadcom.com/powercli/installation-guideThis hyperlink is taking you to a website outside of Dell Technologies. for guidance on how to install PowerCLI.

This is a simple script example to help customers and support people to run a common task, there is no official Dell technical support for scripting.

Affected Products

VMware ESXi 7.x, VMware ESXi 8.x
Article Properties
Article Number: 000196742
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 13 May 2026
Version:  4
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