How to get Ubuntu version

[wane]

We need to finde out which ubuntu version is running inside a vm.
Currently we are only able to find out the OS type, i.e. Ubuntu. But we need a report about the OS version, for example 12.04, 20.04 and so on.
Is this possible with VeeamONE or maybe with a Powershell script (Invoke-VMScript cmdlet)?

Best thanks

[nielsengelen]

You'll have to use a script that runs "lsb_release -a" on the guest to return the details of it.

It will show things like this:

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No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Release:    18.04
Codename:   bionic

[jorgedlcruz]

Hello Walter,
I have checked, and we are not collecting this value in Veeam ONE; we collect the Guest OS type, but we do not take the granular OS version. I think it is a good idea and it is noted for future releases.

Alternatively you can do this using PowerCLI - https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMwar ... -p/2686309

Thanks a lot!

[RomanK]

Hello Walter,

The maximum we have there at the moment is general OS data like that in the "Custom Infrastructure" report.


Veeam ONE is using VMware API to collect the information. When VMware tools are installed GuestInfo is populated and we get guestFullName property. For Ubuntu, it would be the "Ubuntu Linux (64-bit)" string or similar.


As far as I know, PowerCLI scripts would return the same property ("Guest.GuestFullName") as we collect. Scripts from the inside OS are the only way to get version numbers at the moment.

Thanks.

[jorgedlcruz]

Hello,
Roman is right, we do not get any more information than what VMware gives us. We could try to get some more information using PowerCLI and guest user/pass, which we use for other purposes today, we will take a look.

For your current need, this should work without issues, a little bit of PowerCLI + the shell command Niels mentioned above:

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Get-VM YOURVM | Invoke-VMScript -ScriptType Bash -ScriptText "lsb_release -a" -GuestUser YOURUSERNAMEFORTHISOS -GuestPassword YOURPPASSFORTHISOS

ScriptOutput
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|  No LSB modules are available.
|  Distributor ID:      Ubuntu
|  Description: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS
|  Release:     20.04
|  Codename:    focal
|
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A combination of everything, and with a proper scripting and looping, you can get all the details of all your Linux VMs, as long as they have a common username/pass, and it is same Distro.

Hope it helps.