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It's not a VMware vSphere function. VMware vSphere just hosts the VM.<br />
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You will need to look at OS Powershell scripts.
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It's not a VMware vSphere function. VMware vSphere just hosts the VM.

You will need to look at OS Powershell scripts.

Fractional CTO

David Favor

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yes, I am looking for the same. i.e PS Script.
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yes, I am looking for the same. i.e PS Script.

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see this walkthrough<br />
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<a href="https://www.oxfordsbsguy.com/2014/04/28/powershell-get-adcomputer-to-retrieve-computer-last-logon-date-part-1/" rel="ugc">https://www.oxfordsbsguy.com/2014/04/28/powershell-get-adcomputer-to-retrieve-computer-last-logon-date-part-1/</a>
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see this walkthrough

https://www.oxfordsbsguy.com/2014/04/28/powershell-get-adcomputer-to-retrieve-computer-last-logon-date-part-1/ [https://www.oxfordsbsguy.com/2014/04/28/powershell-get-adcomputer-to-retrieve-computer-last-logon-date-part-1/]

IT Professional

Albert Widjaja

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Here is one of the PowerShell steps we do in an audit that should work for you:
<pre><code id="code-20-42884573-1">Get-ADComputer -Filter * -Properties * | Select-Object -Property Name,DNSHostName,Enabled,LastLogonDate</code></pre>
Run in an elevated PoSh on a DC.
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Here is one of the PowerShell steps we do in an audit that should work for you:

Get-ADComputer -Filter * -Properties * | Select-Object -Property Name,DNSHostName,Enabled,LastLogonDate

Run in an elevated PoSh on a DC.

Murty M

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@Qlemo The reason for the &quot;never&quot; please?
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@Qlemo The reason for the "never" please?

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Collecting all properties in AD requires a lot of resources (CPU and memory). If you want to dismiss 90% of it anyway, don't ask AD for details ;-).
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Collecting all properties in AD requires a lot of resources (CPU and memory). If you want to dismiss 90% of it anyway, don't ask AD for details ;-).

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@Qlemo Thanks for the clarification. :)
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Can we do a wmi query for Win32_UserProfile to get the last login for each VM, not a problem if we do on all the machines.<br />
The power shell script should do a test-connection then continue to next available machine.
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Can we do a wmi query for Win32_UserProfile to get the last login for each VM, not a problem if we do on all the machines.
The power shell script should do a test-connection then continue to next available machine.

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You should think you can do that, but scheduled tasks, services etc. will perform authentications all the time, even if no one is actively logged in. And querying WMI will generate a new login event too.
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You should think you can do that, but scheduled tasks, services etc. will perform authentications all the time, even if no one is actively logged in. And querying WMI will generate a new login event too.

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Thanks for your reply &nbsp;when we try to call from Win32_UserProfile it only check to see the user profile rather to create, let me try on few machines and test the said command.
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Thanks for your reply  when we try to call from Win32_UserProfile it only check to see the user profile rather to create, let me try on few machines and test the said command.

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Hi is there a possibility to get the last login details from each VM older than 60 days so that the VM can be decomissiined if not being used based on the usage.<br />
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VMware version 6.0, client OS WIN7 and 10<br />
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Please suggest
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Hi is there a possibility to get the last login details from each VM older than 60 days so that the VM can be decomissiined if not being used based on the usage.

VMware version 6.0, client OS WIN7 and 10

Please suggest

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