PowerTip: Start All Virtual Machines on Remote Servers Running Hyper-V

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Summary: See how to start all virtual machines on remote servers running Hyper-V by using Windows PowerShell.

 How can I start all virtual machines on several remote servers running Hyper-V by using Windows PowerShell?

 Use the pattern Get-VM | Start-VM but with the Get-VM cmdlet to specify an array of servers running Hyper-V, as shown here.

get-vm -Computer hyperv3,hyperv2 | start-vm

Use the Get-VM cmdlet to determine the status of the remote virtual machines, as shown here.

PS C:\> get-vm -Computer hyperv3,hyperv2

Name       State   CPUUsage(%) MemoryAssigned(M) Uptime   Status

—-       —–   ———– —————– ——   ——

dc3        Running 0           512               00:00:16 Operating normally

dc4        Running 0           512               00:00:15 Operating normally

Ex1        Running 0           4096              00:00:13 Operating normally

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