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I need to retrieve the Azure VM serial number from a server using Azure PowerShell. I need the same number that appears when you enter the command below in Windows.
(Get-WmiObject -class Win32_bios -namespace root\CIMV2).serialnumber
I tried using Get-AzVM and found VMID and ID but they are not the correct numbers. And I do not want to remotely query the OS since I want to use this for both Windows and Linux VMs. I want to pull from the Azure VM information if possible.
Thanks!!
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Thanks for the information. From my knowledge, the serial number is related to bios. We could only get it from OS level. You could run PowerShell command from Azure Portal to get the serial number as long as the agent is ready.
2. Run command on Portal
3. Get the serial number
Use this command to get your windows serial number:
wmic bios get serial number
hope answer the question if issue resolve accept answer please
Hello,
It appears you did not read my question in it's entirety. Please re-read and you will see I used that as an example of what I want to retrieve but want to do it from the Azure portal with Azure Powershell. wmic is not a PowerShell command.
You copied this right form StackOverflow without even reading/understanding the question.
Please stop answering questions that are outside your personal knowledge or expertise. If you do need to research a question be sure to state that it is not your personal knowledge and reference the original source instead of passing it off as your own answer.
As an example, you should have said: I don't have a personal answer for you, but I did find this on StackOverflow that might be relevant https://stackoverflow.com/a/36054967/1406210