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===Find subnet a VM is in using VMware Tools:===

<code powershell>
$vm = Get-VM <VM NAME>
$vm.ExtensionData.Guest.Net | Select @{N="VM";E={$vm.Name}},MacAddress,Network,
    @{N="DHCP";E={$_.IpConfig.Dhcp.Ipv4.Enable}},
    @{N="IP";E={$_.IpAddress[0]}},
    @{N="CIDR Notation";E={$_.IpConfig.IpAddress[1].PrefixLength}},
    @{N="Subnet Mask";E={
        $dec = [Convert]::ToUInt32($(("1" * $_.IpConfig.IpAddress[0].PrefixLength).PadRight(32, "0")), 2)
        $DottedIP = $( For ($i = 3; $i -gt -1; $i--) {
          $Remainder = $dec % [Math]::Pow(256, $i)
          ($dec - $Remainder) / [Math]::Pow(256, $i)
          $dec = $Remainder
         } )
        [String]::Join('.', $DottedIP) 
    }}
</code>

===Get a csv file listing all VMs and their tags===
<code powershell>
Get-VM |
Select-object Name,

   @{N = 'vCenter'; E = {([system.uri]$_.ExtensionData.Client.ServiceUrl).Host}},

   @{N = 'Tags'; E = {(Get-TagAssignment -Entity $_).Tag -join '|'}},

   PowerState, Notes, Guest, NumCpu, CoresPerSocket, MemoryMB, MemoryGB, VMHostId, VMHost,

   Folder, Version, GuestId, UsedSpaceGB, ProvisionedSpaceGB |

Export-Csv -path “c:\Temp\tags.csv” –NoTypeInformation -UseCulture
</code>

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