routine to check connecton state and perform actions

[RobMokkink]

I am looking for a way, to check the state of a server continuesly if it is connected or in maintenance mode after i reboot a host.

Here is snippet i got so far

Do

{

$GETHOST = get-vmhost $ESXHOST

$GETSTATE = $GETHOST.State

if ($GETSTATE -eq "Maintenance" -or $GETSTATE -eq "CONNECTED")

{

$CONNECT = $True

}

else

{

$CONNECT = $False

}

}until($CONNECT = $True)

The erroractionpreference is set to continue: $ErrorActionPreference = "Continue"

But i can't make it work properly, it fails after the first check, and exists the loop.

Who has a good idea so to solve this?

[LucD · Accepted solution]

Rob, your test in the until loop is not correct.

That should be "-eq" instead of "=".

do{
	$GETHOST = get-vmhost $ESXHOST
	$GETSTATE = $GETHOST.State

	if ($GETSTATE -eq "Maintenance" -or $GETSTATE -eq "CONNECTED"){
		$CONNECT = $True
	}
	else{
		$CONNECT = $False
	}
}until($CONNECT -eq $True)

[RobMokkink]

Luc,

Thanks if feel so stupid i didn't see that.

I will test it next year.

[LucD]

Rest assured, I made similar mistakes.

On the positive side, tomorrow you can say that you made such mistakes "last year"

[RobMokkink]

Hi Luc,

Best wishes for 2009.

The script works perfectly, updating hba firmware on all the hosts has never been so easy