ESXi: get the IP address of a host running VMware tools

get_esxi_guest_ip_address.sh

#!/bin/bash
vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms | grep -i hostname | cut -d ' ' -f 1 | xargs vim-cmd vmsvc/get.guest | grep ipAddress | sed -n 1p | cut -d '"' -f 2
# or
ssh esxi.example.com /bin/vim-cmd vmsvc/get.guest $(ssh esxi.example.com /bin/vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms | grep -i hostname | cut -d ' ' -f 1) | grep ipAddress | sed -n 1p | cut -d '"' -f 2

I started with yours and wound up using this to find IP and other info:

for i in $(vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms | awk '{print $1}' | grep -v Vmid); do vim-cmd vmsvc/get.summary $i | grep -E ipAddress\|guestFullName\|powerState\|numCpu\|name\|memorySizeMB\|overallStatus; echo "-----"; done

Thanks for the inspiration!

Thanks for the hint guys.

I have one more version here :)

vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms | awk '{print $1}' | grep -Ex '[0-9]{1,3}' | xargs -n 1 vim-cmd vmsvc/get.guest | grep -oE -m 1 "\b([0-9]{1,3}\.){3}[0-9]{1,3}\b"

How are you getting that to work? Busybox supports neither grep's -w or -x commands? Did you install a 3rd party grep?

@ggb667 - The script is running under bash - note the shebang.