https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-vmware/data-populated-for-powercli-vim/m-p/4501767#M22 Can someone in HP tell me why certain fields are not populated in the same way as Dell and IBM ...<BR /><BR />For example a lot of emphasis is being placed on using the PowerCli (VMware Cmdlets for Powershell) to query and effect config changes in vmware.<BR /><BR />One of the areas you should be able to query in PowerCli/VMware is Hardware.SystemInfo where things such as Serial Number, Asset Number, BIOS revision are populated and are easily reportable.<BR /><BR />Most users seem able to pull back information for Dell and IBM but not HP ...<BR /><BR />See this link to a vmware forum on the subject - <A href="http://communities.vmware.com/message/1371149" target="_blank">http://communities.vmware.com/message/1371149</A><BR /><BR />As you can see HP are populating the serial number somewhere in the Linux console as it can be retrieved using esxcfg-info. <BR /><BR />It would be really good to get this standard across all vendors for scripts to be useable across the board.<BR /><BR />Thanks in advance.<BR /><BR />Matt Roblin Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:39:24 GMT omtsg 2009-09-22T20:39:24Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-vmware/data-populated-for-powercli-vim/m-p/4501767#M22 Can someone in HP tell me why certain fields are not populated in the same way as Dell and IBM ...<BR /><BR />For example a lot of emphasis is being placed on using the PowerCli (VMware Cmdlets for Powershell) to query and effect config changes in vmware.<BR /><BR />One of the areas you should be able to query in PowerCli/VMware is Hardware.SystemInfo where things such as Serial Number, Asset Number, BIOS revision are populated and are easily reportable.<BR /><BR />Most users seem able to pull back information for Dell and IBM but not HP ...<BR /><BR />See this link to a vmware forum on the subject - <A href="http://communities.vmware.com/message/1371149" target="_blank">http://communities.vmware.com/message/1371149</A><BR /><BR />As you can see HP are populating the serial number somewhere in the Linux console as it can be retrieved using esxcfg-info. <BR /><BR />It would be really good to get this standard across all vendors for scripts to be useable across the board.<BR /><BR />Thanks in advance.<BR /><BR />Matt Roblin Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:39:24 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-vmware/data-populated-for-powercli-vim/m-p/4501767#M22 omtsg 2009-09-22T20:39:24Z