Ping All VM’s On ESXi Using Powershell

$esxToFind = "LAB-ESXi03*"

$ESX = get-vmhost $esxToFind
if (!$ESX) {
    Write-Host "ERROR: No ESX found with name matching expression $esxToFind" -Background Red -ForegroundColor DarkRed
    Exit
}

# Get list of VM's on $ESX
$VMs = $ESX | get-vm | Where {$_.PowerState -eq "PoweredOn"} | Sort -property Name 
$objPing = New-Object system.Net.NetworkInformation.Ping

Foreach ($VM in $VMs) {
    Write-Host $VM.Name.PadRight(20) -nonewline
    
    # Get guest's primary IP address
    $ip = (Get-VMGuest -VM $vm).IPAddress[0]
    if (!$ip) {
        Write-Host "NULL - Skipping test" -Background DarkYellow -ForegroundColor Yellow
        Continue
    }
    Write-Host $ip.PadRight(17) -nonewline
    if ($ip -eq '0.0.0.0') {
        Write-Host "Skipping" -Background DarkYellow -ForegroundColor Yellow
        Continue
    }
        
    [string]$res = $objPing.Send($ip).Status
    if ($res.CompareTo("Success")) {                    # Returns 1 if $res doesn't match "Success" !!
        Write-Host $res -BackgroundColor DarkRed -ForegroundColor Red
    } else {
        Write-Host $res -BackgroundColor DarkGreen -ForegroundColor Green
    }
}