PowerCLI Notes Get VM Name from MAC Address

PowerCLI Notes

I was looking to see if a particular server still existed. It had an app licensed by MAC address. This little line of code helped me to find the MAC did not exist. So I built a new VM and gave it this MAC and re installed the app.
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Connect-VIServer VSPHERE01

Get-VM | Get-NetworkAdapter | Where {$_.MacAddress -eq “00:50:56:9B:29:1C”} | Format-List

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