Get VM by IP or MAC address via PowerCLI

I had need to get VMs based on IP, but, not particular IPs, just IPs in a certain subnet. Previously here on vNugglets we had a post about how to Find VM by NIC MAC Address. I have since added this logic to a function, and added the ability to get a VM by its IP address. With my recent need, I added another piece that allows for the IP address "wildcarding". The function, Get-VMByAddress, with its three ways to find a VM by IP- or MAC address:

function Get-VMByAddress {
    <#  .Description
        Find all VMs w/ a NIC w/ the given MAC address or IP address (by IP address relies on info returned from VMware Tools in the guest, so those must be installed).  Includes FindByIPWildcard, so that one can find VMs that approximate IP, like "10.0.0.*"
        .Example
        Get-VMByAddress -MAC 00:50:56:00:00:02
        VMName        MacAddress
        ------        ----------
        dev0-server   00:50:56:00:00:02,00:50:56:00:00:04

        Get VMs with given MAC address, return VM name and its MAC addresses
        .Example
        Get-VMByAddress -IP 10.37.31.120
        VMName         IPAddr
        ------         ------
        dev0-server2   192.168.133.1,192.168.253.1,10.37.31.120,fe80::...

        Get VMs with given IP as reported by Tools, return VM name and its IP addresses
        .Example
        Get-VMByAddress -AddressWildcard 10.0.0.*
        VMName   IPAddr
        ------   ------
        someVM0  10.0.0.119,fe80::...
        someVM2  10.0.0.138,fe80::...
        ...

        Get VMs matching the given wildcarded IP address
    #>

    [CmdletBinding(DefaultParametersetName="FindByMac")]
    param (
        ## MAC address in question, if finding VM by MAC; expects address in format "00:50:56:83:00:69"
        [parameter(Mandatory=$true,ParameterSetName="FindByMac")][string]$MacToFind_str,
        ## IP address in question, if finding VM by IP
        [parameter(Mandatory=$true,ParameterSetName="FindByIP")][ValidateScript({[bool][System.Net.IPAddress]::Parse($_)})][string]$IpToFind_str,
        ## wildcard string IP address (standard wildcards like "10.0.0.*"), if finding VM by approximate IP
        [parameter(Mandatory=$true,ParameterSetName="FindByIPWildcard")][string]$AddressWildcard_str
    ) ## end param


    Process {
        Switch ($PsCmdlet.ParameterSetName) {
            "FindByMac" {
                ## return the some info for the VM(s) with the NIC w/ the given MAC
                Get-View -Viewtype VirtualMachine -Property Name, Config.Hardware.Device | Where-Object {$_.Config.Hardware.Device | Where-Object {($_ -is [VMware.Vim.VirtualEthernetCard]) -and ($_.MacAddress -eq $MacToFind_str)}} | select @{n="VMName"; e={$_.Name}},@{n="MacAddress"; e={($_.Config.Hardware.Device | Where-Object {$_ -is [VMware.Vim.VirtualEthernetCard]} | %{$_.MacAddress} | sort) -join ","}}
                break;
                } ## end case
            {"FindByIp","FindByIPWildcard" -contains $_} {
                ## scriptblock to use for the Where clause in finding VMs
                $sblkFindByIP_WhereStatement = if ($PsCmdlet.ParameterSetName -eq "FindByIPWildcard") {{$_.IpAddress | Where-Object {$_ -like $AddressWildcard_str}}} else {{$_.IpAddress -contains $IpToFind_str}}
                ## return the .Net View object(s) for the VM(s) with the NIC(s) w/ the given IP
                Get-View -Viewtype VirtualMachine -Property Name, Guest.Net | Where-Object {$_.Guest.Net | Where-Object $sblkFindByIP_WhereStatement} | Select @{n="VMName"; e={$_.Name}}, @{n="IPAddr"; e={($_.Guest.Net | %{$_.IpAddress} | sort) -join ","}}
            } ## end case
        } ## end switch
    } ## end process
} ## end function

A few examples of using the function to find VMs by various addresses (as shown in the comment-based help, too):

PS vN:\> Get-VMByAddress -MAC 00:50:56:00:00:02
VMName        MacAddress
------        ----------
dev0-server   00:50:56:00:00:02,00:50:56:00:00:04


PS vN:\> Get-VMByAddress -IP 10.37.31.120
VMName         IPAddr
------         ------
dev0-server2   192.168.133.1,192.168.253.1,10.37.31.120,fe80::...


PS vN:\> Get-VMByAddress -AddressWildcard 10.0.0.*
VMName    IPAddr
------    ------
someVM0   10.0.0.119,fe80::...
someVM2   10.0.0.138,fe80::...
...

There are several places on the web that talk about getting VMs' IPs, getting their MAC addresses, exporting them, and so on, but this is for getting VMs based on the given address. Note: Since IP address info in vCenter is gotten from guest OSes via VMware Tools, this function is going to rely on that info. And, since the function uses everyone's favorite cmdlet, Get-View, and the calls with this cmdlet are properly tuned, you know that it is going to be FaF!