Start A Guest VM using Powershell and PowerCLI

This script is for scheduled task to check a VM (guest) and make sure it is running. If the VM is down it restarts it.

Note: Depending on your server you may need to install PowerShell if it is not already installed. Also, PowerCLI is not installed by default.

#this line loads PowerCli

Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core

# This line connects to the vCenter server

Connect-VIServer -Server vCENTERIPHERE -User LOGINNAMEHERE -Password PASSWORDHERE

#this line checks the powerstate

$objState = Get-VM GUESTVMNAME | Select-Object PowerState

If ($objState -match "ff") {Get-VM GUESTVMNAME | Start-VM}

#if you need to check multiple machines just add the last two lines and change the VM guest name