Re: Best way to run script / retrieve info from guest?

Have a look at the vim3WaitDnsNameInTools action. The following code allows to get the DNS name attributed to a VM via the VMware tools.

if (vm.guest != null) {
        if (vm.guest.toolsStatus == VcVirtualMachineToolsStatus.toolsOk || vm.guest.toolsStatus == VcVirtualMachineToolsStatus.toolsOld) {
            if (vm.guest.guestState == "running") {
                hostname = vm.guest.hostName;

Alternatives would be to use :

• guest operation workflows (vCO 5.1 ) to run a command in the guest to retrieve its DNS name.
• System.resolveIpaddress() (but then you need to get the VM IP address via the tools, you'd better get its DNS name in the first place).

Christophe.