Hi,

I am having a problem running this script since upgrading to 3.5U4.

See: http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-10327

Error:
Incomplete string token.
At C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\VIToolkitForWindows\Scripts\Healthcheck.ps1:121 char:270
+ $vmhosts | Sort Name -Descending | % { $server = $_ |get-view; $server.Config.Product | select { $server.Name },
Version, Build, FullName }| ConvertTo-Html â?"body "<H2>$cluster Cluster Information.</H2>" -head "<link rel='styleshee
t' href='style.css' type='text/css' / <<<< >" | Out-File -Append $filelocation

Any ideas?

Jason

http://www.ttgapers.com

Hi,

I am running the script from Powershell prompt as I usually do.

Thanks.

http://www.ttgapers.com

Which of the Healthcheck scripts did you use ?
There are several in this thread.

Could you perhaps attach your script ?

Hi,

More info. In fact when i look at the script in PSPad or notepad, I do not see those weird characthers, but for some reason Powershell interprets like that.

If I do a search for "-" in the doc, it finds zero occurrences, although we know it's there.

I am using latest version of PSPad, Notepad.

I am running Vista SP2 with Powershell 1.0 and the VI Toolkit 1.5 for Windows. ESX is 3.5U4 with VC 2.5

Thanks,

http://www.ttgapers.com

Hi,
I can confirm the problem is with PSPad/Notepad text editors and the handling or dashes and quotaion marks. The funny characters showup in Wordpad and are then edited. the script then runs fine using either 1.5 OR 4.0 CLI.

thanks for your help.I am editing the script up a bit and hopefully can post a nice consolidated one that accounts for all reporting (and can be scheduled).

Jason

http://www.ttgapers.com

Am having trouble getting the HealthCheck script to work. I am new to Powershell, but am familiar with VMware, and would like to produce some custom reports. I have PowerGUI installed, so am also just learning my way around that user interface for that.

I have one VirtualCenter server (VI3), with multiple Datacenters, with mutiple folders, with multiple clusters of hosts.

How can I get a list of virtual machines (either for whole datacenter, or for individual cluster etc) with VM details like, Name, Datastore location of disks, size of disks, PortGroups it belongs to, memory, NumCPUs, GuestOS, floppy drive attached, CD drive attached/connected, IP address, power state, VMware Tools status? Can someone help with the script for this - it would be a great help - either to run in the CLI, or as a report I can click on in PowerGUI?

Thanks in advance

Darren

Thanks for the reply and the links mattroblin, but the problem is I don't know how to "tweak" the scripts unfortunately...

The VESI interface looks cool, and that DailyCheck script would appear to give a lot of useful information (perhaps too much).... (It took me about an hour just to work out how to kick the script off, and then after about two hours of running I cancelled it - because it appears to run on the entire VC, instead of promting for a folder or Cluster)

The VESI gives some basic reports that could be helpful, but would be great if it were possible to custom select some extra columns, so that when it reports on Virtual Machines, it reports all the info the you would find if you went to VirtualCenter, right-clicked on the VM, and Edit Settings... Things like which Network Adapter it is connected to; VMware Tools Status; Boot Delay etc Is there any way to add these particular fields for reporting, or is the only way to get something scripted - because that would be a showstopper for me...

Thanks