[Wait for IP Address] Wait for VM to come up (evaluate by IP address) PowerCLI #Powershell #VMWare

WaitForBoot.ps1

function WaitForBoot($VM) {
  $TimeOut = New-TimeSpan -Minutes 2
  $StopWatch = [diagnostics.stopwatch]::StartNew()
  while ($StopWatch.elapsed -lt $TimeOut) {
    $VM = Get-VM -name $VM
    if ($VM.Guest.IPAddress) {
      write-host 'Cool'
      return
    }
    for ($i=0; $i -le 4; $i++) {
      write-host -NoNewline '.'
      start-sleep -seconds 1
    }
  }
  write-warning "Timed out connecting to $VM. Moving on to next."
}