The following check will compare the BIOS versions of the ESX hosts in a cluster and verify they are all at a consistent level.<\/p>\n
The check makes use of a $Clusters variable, which can be created using the following line of code:<\/p>\n
\r\n$clusters = Get-Cluster\r\n<\/pre>\nThis check will look for inconsistent BIOS versions between hosts in a vSphere cluster. <\/p>\n
\r\n$misMatchBios = @()\r\n$Clusters | select Name, ID | %{\r\n\t$thisClusterName = $_.Name\r\n\t$thisClusterBIOS = Get-View -ViewType HostSystem -SearchRoot $_.id -Property Name, \"Hardware.BiosInfo\" | Select Name,@{N=\"Cluster Name\";E={$thisClusterName}},@{N=\"BIOS version\";E={$_.Hardware.BiosInfo.BiosVersion}}, @{N=\"BIOS date\";E={$_.Hardware.BiosInfo.releaseDate}}\r\n\t$thisClusterBiosGroup = $thisClusterBIOS | Group-Object -Property \"BIOS Version\"\r\n\r\n\tif ( ($thisClusterBiosGroup | Measure-Object).Count -gt 1 ) { $misMatchBios += ( $thisClusterBIOS | Sort Name )\t}\r\n}\r\n$misMatchBios\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The following check will compare the BIOS versions of the ESX hosts in a cluster and verify they are all at a consistent level. The check makes use of a $Clusters variable, which can be created using the following line … Continue reading