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Invoke multiple vcenters from rvtoolsbatch

Hi guys,

Can you please help how i can be possible called upon multiple vCenters from rvtoolsbatch and will send all it all as different attachment but in a single mail?

From what i read on rvtools documentation, it was suggesting to use a colon as a separator, but i couldnt get like what i want to have and Keep getting error Unhandled exception: Invalid URI: The hostname could not be parsed.

I can write multiple lines to invoke multiple vcenters and send email or attachment likewise, but that would beat a purpose as i wanted to have all rvtools report of all vcenters in a single email.

Please help.

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Have a look at the New-VICredentialSToreItem and Get-VICredentialStoreItem.
It allows you to add credentials per host.

Retrieve the credentials with the hostname, in this case the vCenter name.


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Thank you LucD for the reply and comments. Could you please help to give some reference how this PowerCli cmdlet (New-VICredentialStoreItem) can be incorporated with the existing script?

i have tried below like additional line for the 2nd vCenter server

$ExportPath = 'C:\Temp\testing'

$Servers = 'vCenter1'

$Servers1 = 'vCenter2'

$Servers | %{

. "C:\Program Files (x86)\Robware\RVTools\RVTools.exe" -u root1 -p _RVToolsPWDRHyqpGC78/X+vSBdoAHn3n0d3xGrJzoQrIsq423hxzs= -s "$($_)" -c ExportAll2xls -d "$($ExportPath)" -f "RVTools-$($_)-$(Get-Date -f 'ddMMMyyyy').xlsx"

}

$Servers1 | %{

. "C:\Program Files (x86)\Robware\RVTools\RVTools.exe" -u temp1 -p _RVToolsPWD37jLee6Zi+WKbwTIuj9alLMVi0cBORQj0/8XlanLPv2Q9zqbiaHYIPC17E7m+e8I -s "$($_)" -c ExportAll2xls -d "$($ExportPath)" -f "RVTools-$($_)-$(Get-Date -f 'ddMMMyyyy').xlsx"

}

$smtpServer = 'smtp.globedev.com'

$to = ''

$from = ''

Start-Sleep -s 60

$att = Get-ChildItem -Path $ExportPath -Filter RVTools*.xlsx | select -ExpandProperty FullName

Send-MailMessage -SmtpServer $smtpServer -Subject 'RVTools reports' -To $to -From $from -Attachments $att

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You need to set it up first (see comment)

# You have to set up the VICredentialstoreItems first (outside this script)

#

#   New-VicredentialStoreItem -Host vCenter1 -User root1 -Password _RVToolsPWDRHyqpGC78/X+vSBdoAHn3n0d3xGrJzoQrIsq423hxzs=

#   New-VicredentialStoreItem -Host vCenter2 -User temp1 -Password _RVToolsPWD37jLee6Zi+WKbwTIuj9alLMVi0cBORQj0/8XlanLPv2Q9zqbiaHYIPC17E7m+e8I

#

$ExportPath = 'C:\Temp\testing'

$Servers = 'vCenter1','vCenter2'


$Servers | %{

    $cred = Get-VICredentialStoreItem -Host $_

    . "C:\Program Files (x86)\Robware\RVTools\RVTools.exe" -u $($cred.User) -p $($cred.Password) -s "$($_)" -c ExportAll2xls -d "$($ExportPath)" -f "RVTools-$($_)-$(Get-Date -f 'ddMMMyyyy').xlsx"

}


$smtpServer = 'smtp.globedev.com'

$to = ''

$from = ''

Start-Sleep -s 60

$att = Get-ChildItem -Path $ExportPath -Filter RVTools*.xlsx | select -ExpandProperty FullName

Send-MailMessage -SmtpServer $smtpServer -Subject 'RVTools reports' -To $to -From $from -Attachments $att


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Narayanan_5245
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Thanks LucD for the reply.

Do I need to run this as command on PowerCli seperately to set up the VICredentialstoreItems for the vCenters. Then we need to schedule the task to run the script to get the report?

Moreover after specifying the date in the script, it sending all the RVtools attachments instead of that date report only.

Kindly help to advise with your comments.

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LucD
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Yes, you will need to set up the VICredentialSToreItems separately, before running the RVTools script.

To get only the files with the specific reports, try like this

$ExportPath = 'C:\Temp\testing'

$Servers = 'vCenter1','vCenter2'


$files = @()

$Servers | %{

    $cred = Get-VICredentialStoreItem -Host $_

    $reportName = "RVTools-$($_)-$(Get-Date -f 'ddMMMyyyy').xlsx"

    $files += $reportName

    . "C:\Program Files (x86)\Robware\RVTools\RVTools.exe" -u $($cred.User) -p $($cred.Password) -s "$($_)" -c ExportAll2xls -d "$($ExportPath)" -f $reportName

}


$smtpServer = 'smtp.globedev.com'

$to = ''

$from = ''

Start-Sleep -s 60

$att = Get-ChildItem -Name $files -Path $ExportPath -Filter RVTools*.xlsx | select -ExpandProperty FullName

Send-MailMessage -SmtpServer $smtpServer -Subject 'RVTools reports' -To $to -From $from -Attachments $att


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Narayanan_5245
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Hi LucD

i am getting the below error after i have tried for one vCenter server via PowerCLI console & powershell as well.

Please advise

PowerCLI C:\temp\testing> .\rvtools_cred.ps1

Get-ChildItem : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument

'System.Object[]'.

At C:\temp\testing\rvtools_cred.ps1:28 char:8

+ $att = Get-ChildItem -Name $files -Path $ExportPath -Filter RVTools*. ...

+        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Get-ChildItem], ParameterB

   indingException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell

   .Commands.GetChildItemCommand

Send-MailMessage : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'Attachments'. The

argument is null or empty. Provide an argument that is not null or empty, and

then try the command again.

At C:\temp\testing\rvtools_cred.ps1:30 char:102

+ ... rver -Subject 'RVTools reports' -To $to -From $from -Attachments $att

+                                                                      ~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (:) [Send-MailMessage], ParameterBi

   ndingValidationException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationError,Microsoft.Power

   Shell.Commands.SendMailMessage

Note: Tried the same via powershell console, getting below error. May be i need to import the latest vmware modules into the powershell.

Get-VICredentialStoreItem : The term 'Get-VICredentialStoreItem' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function,

script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is

correct and try again.

At C:\Temp\testing\rvtools_cred.ps1:9 char:13

+     $cred = Get-VICredentialStoreItem -Host $_

+             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (Get-VICredentialStoreItem:String) [], CommandNotFoundException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

Get-ChildItem : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument 'System.Object[]'.

At C:\Temp\testing\rvtools_cred.ps1:28 char:8

+ $att = Get-ChildItem -Name $files -Path $ExportPath -Filter RVTools*. ...

+        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Get-ChildItem], ParameterBindingException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetChildItemCommand

Send-MailMessage : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'Attachments'. The argument is null or empty. Provide an

argument that is not null or empty, and then try the command again.

At C:\Temp\testing\rvtools_cred.ps1:30 char:102

+ ... rver -Subject 'RVTools reports' -To $to -From $from -Attachments $att

+                                                                      ~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (:) [Send-MailMessage], ParameterBindingValidationException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SendMailMessage

PS C:\Temp\testing>

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LucD
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The Get-VICredentialStoreItem cmdlet is in the VMware.VimAutomation.Core module.

If your PowerCLI modules are in a folder that is listed in $env:PSModulePath and your PS version is 4 or 5, there should be no need to explicitly import a module.

But you can add an Import-Module just to make sure.


Also note that in PS 6 or 7 the Get-VICredentialStoreItem is not supported.

Are you running the script in PS v6 or v7?


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Hi LucD

PowerCli version below for your reference

PowerCLI C:\temp\testing> Get-PowerCLIVersion

PowerCLI Version

----------------

   VMware vSphere PowerCLI 5.8 Release 1 build 2057893

Can you please suggest for the below error which earlier mentioned for attaching the specific date file to the email from the export path directory.

Get-ChildItem : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument 'System.Object[]'.

At C:\Temp\testing\rvtools_cred.ps1:28 char:8

+ $att = Get-ChildItem -Name $files -Path $ExportPath -Filter RVTools*. ...

+        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Get-ChildItem], ParameterBindingException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetChildItemCommand

Send-MailMessage : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'Attachments'. The argument is null or empty. Provide an

argument that is not null or empty, and then try the command again.

At C:\Temp\testing\rvtools_cred.ps1:30 char:102

+ ... rver -Subject 'RVTools reports' -To $to -From $from -Attachments $att

+                                                                      ~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (:) [Send-MailMessage], ParameterBindingValidationException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SendMailMessage

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That is a really old PowerCLI version, I strongly suggest to upgrade (unless you have a valid reason to stay with this old version).


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Hi LucD

Upgraded powercli to 6.5 version (4624819) but still getting the below error. i can see the report generated but getting error in the attachment during the email send.

Can you suggest.

PowerCLI C:\temp\testing> .\rvtools_cred.ps1

Get-ChildItem : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument

'System.Object[]'.

At C:\temp\testing\rvtools_cred.ps1:28 char:8

+ $att = Get-ChildItem -Name $files -Path $ExportPath -Filter RVTools*. ...

+        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Get-ChildItem], ParameterB

   indingException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell

   .Commands.GetChildItemCommand

Send-MailMessage : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'Attachments'. The

argument is null or empty. Provide an argument that is not null or empty, and

then try the command again.

At C:\temp\testing\rvtools_cred.ps1:30 char:102

+ ... rver -Subject 'RVTools reports' -To $to -From $from -Attachments $att

+                                                                      ~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (:) [Send-MailMessage], ParameterBi

   ndingValidationException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationError,Microsoft.Power

   Shell.Commands.SendMailMessage

PowerCLI C:\temp\testing> Get-PowerCLIVersion

PowerCLI Version

----------------

   VMware PowerCLI 6.5 Release 1 build 4624819

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Why 6.5 R1?

PowerCLI is currently at version 12.0.0


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Hi LucD

Currently this is the max version using in our environment and need to check internally if this can be upgraded, as the existing scripts are running on this version.

Could you please let me know if  the "Positional Parameter" error due to the PowerCLI version?

Please help to advise if this can be modified according to the 6.5 R1 version?

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LucD
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Which PowerShell version are you using?

What does $PSVersionTable show?


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Give it a try with

$ExportPath = 'C:\Temp\testing'

$Servers = 'vCenter1','vCenter2'


$files = @()

$Servers | %{

    $cred = Get-VICredentialStoreItem -Host $_

    $reportName = "RVTools-$($_)-$(Get-Date -f 'ddMMMyyyy').xlsx"

    $files += "$ExportPath\$reportName"

    . "C:\Program Files (x86)\Robware\RVTools\RVTools.exe" -u $($cred.User) -p $($cred.Password) -s "$($_)" -c ExportAll2xls -d "$($ExportPath)" -f $reportName

}


$smtpServer = 'smtp.globedev.com'

$to = ''

$from = ''

Start-Sleep -s 60

$att = Get-ChildItem -Path $files | select -ExpandProperty FullName

Send-MailMessage -SmtpServer $smtpServer -Subject 'RVTools reports' -To $to -From $from -Attachments $att


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Please find the requested details for the same.

PS C:\Temp\testing> $PSVersionTable

Name                           Value

----                           -----

PSVersion                      5.1.14409.1018

PSEdition                      Desktop

PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}

BuildVersion                   10.0.14409.1018

CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000

WSManStackVersion              3.0

PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3

SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1

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Works Perfectly LucD. Thank you so much for the help. Really great.

Note: i faced error during credential store set using New-VICredential if the password contains '&' '%'  not allowed. So i have used Rvtoolspassword encryption to get the password

The ampersand (&) character is not allowed. The & operator is reserved for

future use; wrap an ampersand in double quotation marks ("&") to pass it as

part of a string.

    + CategoryInfo          : ParserError: (:) [], ParentContainsErrorRecordEx

   ception

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : AmpersandNotAllowed

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Did you place the password within single quotes on the Password parameter?


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Apology for the delay reply LucD.

Tried password without quotes, directly entered. Let me check and update you.

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How to delete the existing file on that folder if we try to send the report mail once in a week. 

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The file has a datestamp in its name, the email attachment is unique


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