Vmware vSphere Esxi Guest VM Shutdown Script

Run the below script in vSphere Command Line to shutdown either Single Guest VM or All the Guest VM

#!/bin/bash

######### AUTHOR : Srinivasan ##############                               

######### Date   : 13.04.2015 ################                         

######### Purpose: To shutdown all the VM(s) in the Vsphere Esxi Host ##########

echo -n "Enter All to shutdown all VMs or Enter single to shutdown one VM:"

read choose

case $choose in

ALL) for VM in $(/sbin/vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms | cut -d ' ' -f 1 | tail -n +2)

     do

     VM_STATE=$(/sbin/vim-cmd vmsvc/get.summary $VM | grep powerState | cut -d '=' -f 2 | sed -e 's/,//g' -e 's/"//g')

     if [ $VM_STATE = "poweredOn" ]; then

     echo " Going to shutdown VM with id $VM"

     #/sbin/vim-cmd vmsvc/power.shutdown $VM

     fi

     done

     echo "All VMs are Initiated for Shutdown"

;;

SINGLE)  echo "$(/sbin/vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms)"

         echo -n "Enter the VM ID to shutdown:"

         read VM_ID

         VM_STATE=$(/sbin/vim-cmd vmsvc/get.summary $VM_ID | grep powerState | cut -d '=' -f 2 | sed -e 's/,//g' -e 's/"//g')

         if [ $VM_STATE = "poweredOn" ]; then

         echo "Going to shutdown VM with id $VM_ID"

         #/sbin/vim-cmd vmsvc/power.shutdown $VM

else

echo "Given VM_ID is not PoweredOn"

         fi

;;

*)      echo " Entered Something Else !! Please input correct parameter"

;;

esac