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13 Replies Last post: Jul 7, 2009 1:32 AM by hharold

Get-CDDrive

Jan 4, 2008 2:59 AM

ief 28 posts since
Aug 19, 2005

By using the Get-CDdrive command, Is it possible to display the VM name the CDdrive is connected to?

Reply Re: Get-CDDrive Jan 4, 2008 6:04 AM

JPatten 50 posts since
Oct 16, 2007

The Get-CDDrive will only return information when given a VM, Template, or SnapShot, so I think we will need more clarification on what you are looking for. Just issuing the Get-CDDrive command without any parameters does not return any results.

However, if you do a Get-VM | Get-CDDrive, you will want to look at the ID line. It should say something like "VirtualMachine-##/3000". The "##" will contain the ID number of the VM that the Drive is connected to. I am not sure if you can get that number from powershell, but I checked it using the VI API and the number (##) does correspond to the VM id number on my box. You can also find the ID number by using the MOB of your host server (https://server/mob)

Reply Re: Get-CDDrive Jan 4, 2008 7:27 AM

bshell 22 posts since
Apr 7, 2005

I added a feature request for something like this. If it is urgent I can help with a quick sript that will output a custom object.

Reply Re: Get-CDDrive Jan 4, 2008 7:33 AM

halr9000 808 posts since
Jun 7, 2007

Here's an example of how you can combine data from two cmdlets using calculated properties.

54# Get-VM pa* | ft name,@{label="ISOPath"; Expr = { ($_ | get-cddrive).ISOPath } }

Name ISOPath
----

patch2003x64
patch2003r2x64
patchvistaent_Vista Enterprise
patchxpx64sp1
patch2003sp1x64
patch2003sp2x64ie7 [] /vmimages/tools-isoimages/windows.iso

Reply Re: Get-CDDrive Jan 4, 2008 9:04 AM

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ief 28 posts since
Aug 19, 2005

Thanks that worked for me!

Reply Re: Get-CDDrive Jan 4, 2008 9:09 AM

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halr9000 808 posts since
Jun 7, 2007

Excellent! Be sure to award points as you feel appropriate so that the community will see this as an answered question.

Reply Re: Get-CDDrive Jan 7, 2008 2:47 AM

Rajeev S 189 posts since
Oct 27, 2006

Hi,

If you are trying to disconnect the CD-drive from the connected VM's. You can do it by using the below commands

$d = Get-VM

$cd = Get-CDDrive -VM $d

Set-CDDrive -CD $cd -Connected 0 -StartConnected 0

You have to connect to the VC first.
Hope this helps

Reply Re: Get-CDDrive Apr 22, 2008 1:11 PM

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astrolab 70 posts since
Nov 21, 2007

So is it possible to incorporate all in a .ps1 script that will first connect to VC and then diconnect the CD-ROMs such as:

get-VC vcserver.FQDN | get-cddrive | ? { $_.ConnectionState.Connected -eq "true" } |
Set-CDDrive -Connected:$false -Confirm:$false

Reply Re: Get-CDDrive Apr 22, 2008 3:59 PM

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sepeck 13 posts since
Apr 7, 2008

Borrowing from another post and the example in the VMWare blog beta announcement

get-viserver vcserver.FQDN # provide your credentials when prompted | Get-VM | Get-CDDrive | ? { $_.ConnectionState.Connected -eq "true" } | Set-CDDrive -Connected:$false -Confirm:$false

http://blogs.vmware.com/vipowershell/2008/03/we-are-beta.html

Reply Re: Get-CDDrive Jul 3, 2009 7:59 AM

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hharold 146 posts since
Oct 18, 2004

halr9000 wrote:

Get-VM pa* | ft name,@{label="ISOPath"; Expr = { ($_ | get-cddrive).ISOPath } }

Nice one indeed, but..... how can I get this output ONLY for VM's that have connected media?

Regards,

Harold

Reply Re: Get-CDDrive Jul 3, 2009 12:04 PM

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LucD 2,382 posts since
Oct 31, 2005

Try this. It should also work for guests that more than 1 CD/DVD drive

 
Get-VM | where {$_.cddrives | %{$_.IsoPath -ne $null}} | ft name,@{label="ISOPath"; Expr = { ($_ | get-cddrive).ISOPath } }

Reply Re: Get-CDDrive Jul 3, 2009 1:01 PM

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LucD 2,382 posts since
Oct 31, 2005

Sorry, duplicate post.

Reply Re: Get-CDDrive Jul 4, 2009 11:06 AM

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hharold 146 posts since
Oct 18, 2004

Thanks man!

I am still learning, and I can learn a lot from oneliners like this one !

I will try this one monday at the office.

Thanks again,

Harold

Reply Re: Get-CDDrive Jul 7, 2009 1:32 AM

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hharold 146 posts since
Oct 18, 2004

Hi Luc,

Brilliant!
This does exactly what I was looking for.
Thank you so much!

Just one question, if I run your query on the PS command-line, it output is perfect!
But when I put it in a .ps1 script and run it it from the same PS Command line it throws this error at me:

out-lineoutput : Object of type "Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.FormatStartData" is not legal or not in the correct
sequence. This is likely caused by a user-specified "format-table" command which is conflicting with the default formatting.

Any idea?

Thanks again.

Regards,

Harold

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