How to list VM's cpu/memory usage using PowerCLI

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

This article explains how to list VM's cpu/memory usage using PowerCLI.

Resolution

Those metrics are available as below.

ExtensionData.Summary.QuickStats.OverallCpuUsage
ExtensionData.Summary.QuickStats.HostMemoryUsage

Here is an example PowerCLI command to list this.

Get-VM | Select Name, NumCpu, MemoryGB, @{N="CpuUsageMHz"; E={$_.ExtensionData.Summary.QuickStats.OverallCpuUsage}}, @{N="MemoryUsageMB"; E={$_.ExtensionData.Summary.QuickStats.HostMemoryUsage}}