Check VM validating failing

[ganapa2000]

Hi,

I am using the below script to validate if the VM exists, if the VM is valid, the script works fine but for invalid VMs, it is not checking nor I am getting the error message which I defined in the script, directly, I am getting error

$report = @()

$report = Import-Csv ".\VMNotes0.csv"

foreach ($VMAttrib in $report){

if (!$VMAttrib) {

Write-Host "No VM named $VM exists" }

else

{Get-VM $VMAttrib.Name | Set-VM -Notes $VMAttrib.Notes -confirm:$false}

}

Error :

Get-VM : 09-08-2019 17:49:16

Get-VM

VM with name 'MyDB10' was not found using the specified filter(s).

At D:\export\3.ps1:9 char:2

+ {Get-VM $VMAttrib.Name | Set-VM -Notes $VMAttrib.Notes -confirm:$fals ...

+  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

	+ CategoryInfo	: ObjectNotFound: (:) [Get-VM], VimException
	+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_OutputHelper_WriteNotFoundError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.GetVM

[LucD · Accepted solution]

Try something like this

foreach($row in (Import-Csv ".\VMNotes0.csv")){

   try{

     Get-VM -Name $row.Name -ErrorAction Stop |

     Set-VM -Notes $row.Notes -Confirm:$false

   }

   catch{

     Write-Host "No VM named $($row.Name) exists"

   }

}

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[ganapa2000]

That worked LucD. Thank you very much