GetVirtualSystemThumbnailImage method of the Msvm_VirtualSystemManagementService class

uint32 GetVirtualSystemThumbnailImage(
  [in]   CIM_VirtualSystemSettingData REF TargetSystem,
  [in]   uint16 WidthPixels,
  [in]   uint16 HeightPixels,
  [out]  uint8 ImageData[]
);

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Management;

namespace HyperVSamples
{
    class GetVirtualSystemThumbnailImageClass
    {
        static void SaveImageData(byte[] imageData)
        {
            FileStream fs = new FileStream(@"c:\test.bin", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write);
            fs.Write(imageData, 0, imageData.Length);
            fs.Flush();
            fs.Close();
        }

        static void GetVirtualSystemThumbnailImage(string vmName)
        {
            ManagementScope scope = new ManagementScope(@"root\virtualization", null);
            ManagementObject virtualSystemService = Utility.GetServiceObject(scope, "Msvm_VirtualSystemManagementService");

            ManagementObject vm = Utility.GetTargetComputer(vmName, scope);

            ManagementObjectCollection vmsettingDatas = vm.GetRelated(
                "Msvm_VirtualSystemsettingData",
                "Msvm_SettingsDefineState",
                null,
                null,
                "SettingData",
                "ManagedElement",
                false,
                null);

            ManagementObject settingData = null;

            foreach (ManagementObject data in vmsettingDatas)
            {
                settingData = data;
                break;
            }


            ManagementBaseObject inParams = virtualSystemService.GetMethodParameters("GetVirtualSystemThumbnailImage");
            inParams["HeightPixels"] = 16;
            inParams["WidthPixels"] = 16;
            inParams["TargetSystem"] = settingData.Path.Path;


            ManagementBaseObject outParams = virtualSystemService.InvokeMethod("GetVirtualSystemThumbnailImage", inParams, null);

            if ((UInt32)outParams["ReturnValue"] == ReturnCode.Started)
            {
                if (Utility.JobCompleted(outParams, scope))
                {
                    SaveImageData((byte[])outParams["ImageData"]);
                    Console.WriteLine("VM '{0}' thumbnail were retrieved successfully.", vm["ElementName"]);
                }
                else
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("Failed to retrieve VM thumbnail");
                }
            }
            else if ((UInt32)outParams["ReturnValue"] == ReturnCode.Completed)
            {
                SaveImageData((byte[])outParams["ImageData"]);
                Console.WriteLine("VM '{0}' thumbnail were retrieved successfully.", vm["ElementName"]);
            }
            else
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Failed to retrieve VM thumbnail with error {0}", (UInt32)outParams["ReturnValue"]);
            }

            inParams.Dispose();
            outParams.Dispose();
            settingData.Dispose();
            vm.Dispose();
            virtualSystemService.Dispose();
        }

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            if (args != null && args.Length != 1)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Usage: GetVirtualSystemThumbnailImage vmName");
                return;
            }
            GetVirtualSystemThumbnailImage(args[0]);
        }
    }
}

option explicit 

dim objWMIService
dim managementService
dim fileSystem

const wmiStarted = 4096
const wmiSuccessful = 0

Main()


'-----------------------------------------------------------------
' Main
'-----------------------------------------------------------------
Sub Main()

    dim computer, objArgs, vmName, vm
    
    set fileSystem = Wscript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
    computer = "."
    set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & computer & "\root\virtualization")
    set managementService = objWMIService.ExecQuery("select * from Msvm_VirtualSystemManagementService").ItemIndex(0)
    
    set objArgs = WScript.Arguments
    if WScript.Arguments.Count = 1 then
        vmName = objArgs.Unnamed.Item(0)
    else
        WScript.Echo "usage: cscript GetVirtualSystemThumbnailImage.vbs vmName"
        WScript.Quit(1)
    end if
    
    set vm = GetComputerSystem(vmName)
    
    if StartVm(vm) then
        if GetVirtualSystemThumbnailImage(vm) then
            WriteLog "Done"
            WScript.Quit(0)
         End if
    end if
    
    WriteLog "GetVirtualSystemThumbnailImage Failed."
    WScript.Quit(1)
    
End Sub

'-----------------------------------------------------------------
' Retrieve Msvm_VirtualComputerSystem from base on its ElementName
'-----------------------------------------------------------------
Function GetComputerSystem(vmElementName)
    On Error Resume Next
    dim query
    query = Format1("select * from Msvm_ComputerSystem where ElementName = '{0}'", vmElementName)
    set GetComputerSystem = objWMIService.ExecQuery(query).ItemIndex(0)
    if (Err.Number <> 0) then
        WriteLog Format1("Err.Number: {0}", Err.Number)
        WriteLog Format1("Err.Description:{0}",Err.Description)
        WScript.Quit(1)
    end if
End Function

'-----------------------------------------------------------------
' Save the thumbnail
'-----------------------------------------------------------------
Sub SaveThumbnailImage(thumbnailBytes)

    dim stream 
    Const adTypeText = 2
    Const adSaveCreateOverWrite = 2  
    
    set stream = CreateObject("ADODB.Stream")
    stream.Type = adTypeText
  
    stream.Open
    Redim text(ubound(thumbnailBytes) \ 2)
    for i = lbound(thumbnailBytes) to ubound(thumbnailBytes) step 2
        text(i\2) = ChrW(thumbnailBytes(i + 1) * &HFF + thumbnailBytes(i))
    next
    stream.WriteText text
  
    stream.SaveToFile ".\thumbnail.bin", adSaveCreateOverWrite
    stream.Close
    
  
End Sub

'-----------------------------------------------------------------
' Start the virtual machine 
'-----------------------------------------------------------------
Function StartVm(computerSystem)
    
    dim objInParam, objOutParams
    StartVm = false
    if computerSystem.OperationalStatus(0) = 2 then
        StartVm = true
        Exit Function
    end if
    
    set objInParam = computerSystem.Methods_("RequestStateChange").InParameters.SpawnInstance_()
    objInParam.RequestedState = 2
    set objOutParams = computerSystem.ExecMethod_("RequestStateChange", objInParam)
    
    if objOutParams.ReturnValue = wmiStarted then
        if (WMIJobCompleted(objOutParams)) then
            StartVm = true
        end if
    elseif objOutParams.ReturnValue = wmiSuccessful then
        StartVm = true
    else
        WriteLog Format1("StartVM failed with ReturnValue {0}", wmiStatus)
    end if
    
End Function


'-----------------------------------------------------------------
' Print the thumbnail data
'-----------------------------------------------------------------
Sub PrintThumbnailImage(thumbnailBytes)
    dim index
    for index = lbound(thumbnailBytes) to ubound(thumbnailBytes)
        WriteLog Format2("{0}:{1} ", index, thumbnailBytes(i))
    next
End Sub
'-----------------------------------------------------------------
' Define a virtual system
'-----------------------------------------------------------------
Function GetVirtualSystemThumbnailImage(computerSystem)
    dim query, objInParam, objOutParams, virtualSystemsetting
    
    GetVirtualSystemThumbnailImage = false
    
    query = Format1("ASSOCIATORS OF {{0}} WHERE resultClass = Msvm_VirtualSystemsettingData", computerSystem.Path_.Path)
    set virtualSystemsetting = objWMIService.ExecQuery(query).ItemIndex(0)
    
    set objInParam = managementService.Methods_("GetVirtualSystemThumbnailImage").InParameters.SpawnInstance_()

    objInParam.HeightPixels = 16
    objInParam.WidthPixels = 16
    objInParam.TargetSystem = virtualSystemsetting.Path_.Path
    
    set objOutParams = managementService.ExecMethod_("GetVirtualSystemThumbnailImage", objInParam)
    
    if objOutParams.ReturnValue = wmiStarted then
        if (WMIJobCompleted(objOutParams)) then
            GetVirtualSystemThumbnailImage = true
        end if
    elseif objOutParams.ReturnValue = wmiSuccessful then
        GetVirtualSystemThumbnailImage = true
    else
        WriteLog Format1("GetVirtualSystemThumbnailImage failed with ReturnValue {0}", wmiStatus)
    end if

End Function


'-----------------------------------------------------------------
' Handle wmi Job object
'-----------------------------------------------------------------
Function WMIJobCompleted(outParam)
    
    dim WMIJob, jobState

    set WMIJob = objWMIService.Get(outParam.Job)

    WMIJobCompleted = true

    jobState = WMIJob.JobState

    while jobState = JobRunning or jobState = JobStarting
        WriteLog Format1("In progress... {0}% completed.",WMIJob.PercentComplete)
        WScript.Sleep(1000)
        set WMIJob = objWMIService.Get(outParam.Job)
        jobState = WMIJob.JobState
    wend

    if (jobState <> JobCompleted) then
        WriteLog Format1("ErrorCode:{0}", WMIJob.ErrorCode)
        WriteLog Format1("ErrorDescription:{0}", WMIJob.ErrorDescription)
        WMIJobCompleted = false
    end if

End Function
'-----------------------------------------------------------------
' Create the console log files.
'-----------------------------------------------------------------
Sub WriteLog(line)
    dim fileStream
    set fileStream = fileSystem.OpenTextFile(".\GetVirtualSystemThumbnailImage.log", 8, true)
    WScript.Echo line
    fileStream.WriteLine line
    fileStream.Close

End Sub


'------------------------------------------------------------------------------
' The string formatting functions to avoid string concatenation.
'------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Function Format2(myString, arg0, arg1)
    Format2 = Format1(myString, arg0)
    Format2 = Replace(Format2, "{1}", arg1)
End Function


'------------------------------------------------------------------------------
' The string formatting functions to avoid string concatenation.
'------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Function Format1(myString, arg0)
    Format1 = Replace(myString, "{0}", arg0)
End Function