I want to Acknowledge all alarms in my vCenter using VMware PowerCLI.
$Datacenter = Get-Datacenter | select ExtensionData
$Datacenter.ExtensionData.TriggeredAlarmState.Acknowledged -like "True"
Try like this
$alarmMgr = Get-View AlarmManager
$rootFolder = Get-Folder -Name Datacenters
$rootFolder.ExtensionData.TriggeredAlarmState |
ForEach-Object -Process {
$alarmMgr.AcknowledgeAlarm($_.Alarm,$_.Entity)
}
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Try like this
$alarmMgr = Get-View AlarmManager
$rootFolder = Get-Folder -Name Datacenters
$rootFolder.ExtensionData.TriggeredAlarmState |
ForEach-Object -Process {
$alarmMgr.AcknowledgeAlarm($_.Alarm,$_.Entity)
}
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will this give me description of all alarms ?
$Rootfolders.ExtensionData.TriggeredAlarmState | ForEach-Object -Process {$alarmMgr.Description($_.Alarm,$_.Entity)}
How can i get the list of alamrns with name and and status like i see it in GUI.?
Try like this
$rootFolder = Get-Folder -Name Datacenters
$rootFolder.ExtensionData.TriggeredAlarmState |
Select @{N='Alarm';E={(Get-View -Id $_.Alarm -Property Info.Name).Info.Name}},
Time,OverallStatus
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Check this
$rootFolder.ExtensionData.TriggeredAlarmState | Where {$_.Acknowledged -like "False"} | ForEach-Object -Process {$alarmMgr.AcknowledgeAlarm($_.Alarm,$_.Entity)}
This will acknowledge only those alarms which are not acknowledged by any users
Yes, and...?
The alarms listed under TriggeredAlarmState all have Acknowledged set to $false.
If the alarm is acknowledged, it will disappear from that list.
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I am not understanding how u used -ID in Get-View.
I am trying to get object name on which alarm has came for each alarm, but i am unable to get it.
The Entity property contains a pointer, a so-called MoRef.
With the Get-View you can retrieve the object from the pointer.
$rootFolder = Get-Folder -Name Datacenters
$rootFolder.ExtensionData.TriggeredAlarmState |
Select @{N='Alarm';E={(Get-View -Id $_.Alarm -Property Info.Name).Info.Name}},
Time,OverallStatus,
@{N='Entity';E={(Get-View -Id $_.Entity -Property Name).Name}}
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