Hi,

I'm writing a script to remediate clusters in our vSphere environment. I quite like the idea of outputting a KB link for each patches that will be applied to each host. The snippet that will do this looks like:

Write-Output "3. Checking host compliance:"
foreach($esxiHost in $clusterHosts)
{
         $complianceCheck = Get-Compliance -Entity $esxiHost -Detailed
         if(($complianceCheck.Status) -eq "NotCompliant")
         {
             Write-Output "$($esxiHost) state: NOT compliant. Needs the following patches:"
             [array]$remediateArray = $remediateArray + $esxiHost
            
             foreach($patch in $complianceCheck.NotCompliantPatches)
             {
                 Write-Output "- $($patch.IdByVendor)"

                 # Write-Output "- KB Lookup: ......................."
             }           

}

The problem I have with the code above is that $patch only seems to have the following properties (example):

Name               : Updates ESXi 4.1 VMware Tools
Id                 : 8491
Description        : For more information, see http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2002341
Product            : {embeddedEsx 4.1.0}
ReleaseDate        : 27/10/2011 09:00:00
Severity           : Critical
IdByVendor         : ESXi410-201110202-UG
Vendor             : VMware, Inc.
Language           : INTL
TargetType         : HOST
BundleType         : Update
InstallationImpact :
LastUpdateTime     : 30/10/2011 13:05:08
IsRecalled         : False

I initially thought I could use some regex/string manipulation on the "Description" property but I checked other patches and they don't all have "For more information, see <URL>". Some say "...see the KB article".

When looking at patches needed via the vSphere client / GUI window there appears to be a  "property" called "Details URL" containing a nice clean URL! I realise this appears not to be a property of the above $patch object but I was wondering if it is located anywhere obtainable with PowerCLI?

Any help much appreciated