App Discovery script w/VMware Tools 11

Author: lamw

powershell/VMApplicationInfo.ps1

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+Function Get-VMApplicationInfo {
+<#
+    .DESCRIPTION Retrieves discovered applications running inside of a VM
+    .NOTES  Author:  William Lam
+    .NOTES  Site:    www.virtuallyghetto.com
+    .NOTES  Reference: http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2019/12/application-discovery-in-vsphere-with-vmware-tools-11.html
+    .PARAMETER VM
+        VM Object
+    .PARAMETER Output
+        CSV or JSON output file
+    .EXAMPLE
+        Get-VMApplicationInfo -VM (Get-VM "DC-01")
+    .EXAMPLE
+        Get-VMApplicationInfo -VM (Get-VM "DC-01") -Output CSV
+    .EXAMPLE
+        Get-VMApplicationInfo -VM (Get-VM "DC-01") -Output JSON
+#>
+    param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]$VM,
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)][ValidateSet("CSV","JSON")][String]$Output
+    )
+
+    $appInfoValue = (Get-AdvancedSetting -Entity $VM -Name "guestinfo.appInfo").Value
+
+    if($appInfoValue -eq $null) {
+        Write-Host "Application Discovery has not been enabled for this VM"
+    } else {
+        $appInfo = $appInfoValue | ConvertFrom-Json
+        $appUpdateVersion = $appInfo.updateCounter
+
+        $results = $appInfo.applications | Sort-Object -Property a | FT @{Name="Application";e={$_.a}},@{Name="Version";e={$_.v}}
+
+        Write-host -ForegroundColor Green "Application Discovery Time: $($appInfo.publishTime)"
+        if($Output -eq "CSV") {
+            $fileOutputName = "$($VM.name)-version-$($appUpdateVersion)-apps.csv"
+
+            Write-Host "`tSaving output to $fileOutputName"
+            ($appInfo.applications) | ConvertTo-Csv | Out-File -FilePath "$fileOutputName"
+        } elseif ($Output -eq "JSON") {
+            $fileOutputName = "$($VM.name)-version-$($appUpdateVersion)-apps.json"
+
+            Write-Host "`tSaving output to $fileOutputName"
+            ($appInfo.applications) | ConvertTo-Json | Out-File -FilePath "$fileOutputName"
+        } else {
+            $results
+        }
+    }
+}