Using PowerCli to read out SRM values

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The script underneath will read out the SRM protection group and SRM Recovery Plan as well as other SRM information for each VM. You can then either export this as a csv or use them as tags in vCenter. The advantage is that you not only see those information directly in the VM summery but you also now can search for a SRM group and find all associated VMs.

#load VMware PowerCLi module
if ((Get-PSSnapin | where {$_.Name -ilike "VMware.VimAutomation.Core"}).Name -ine "VMware.VimAutomation.Core"){
    Write-Host "Loading VMware PowerCli"
    Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
}

#define varibales
$ProtectedVM=@()
$RecoveryObj=@()

#basic connections
Write-Host "connecting vCenter"
#$VINCred=Get-Credential #interactive logon, renove comments from connect lines
$vcConnect=Connect-VIServer "myVC.mylab.local" #-Credential $VINCred
Write-Host "connecting SRM"
$srmConnect=Connect-SrmServer #-Credential $VINCred

try {
    $SRMApi = $srmConnect.ExtensionData
    #get all revovery plan and store
    Write-Host "Build Recovery Object List" -NoNewline
    foreach ($plan in $SRMApi.Recovery.ListPlans()){
        $tempObj= New-Object PSObject -Property @{"moref"=($plan.moref.Value);"Name"=($plan.GetInfo().Name)}
        $RecoveryObj += $tempObj
        Write-Host "." -NoNewline
    }
    Write-Host "`n"

    #get all protected VM (moref, potgroup and RecovPlan) and write to object
    Write-Host "Getting VM infos"
    foreach ($protGroup in $SRMApi.Protection.ListProtectionGroups()){
            #get ProtGroup name
            $protGroupName=$protGroup.GetInfo().Name
            Write-Host "`nWorking on Protection Group: "+$protGroupName -NoNewline
            #get PortGroup RecoveryPlan(s)
            $recoveryplan=$protGroup.ListRecoveryPlans()
            #A ProtectionGroup can belong to more then one RecoveryPlan
            $TempPlanName=""
            foreach($TempPlan in $recoveryplan){
                #find Recovery and get the name
                foreach ($test in $RecoveryObj) {
                    if ($TempPlan.moref.value -eq $test.moref){
                        $TempPlanName+=$test.Name
                    }
                }    
            }
            $recoveryPlanName=$TempPlanName -join ','
            #get all proetced VMs
            foreach ($protVM in $protGroup.ListProtectedVMs()){
                $tempObj= New-Object PSObject -Property @{"VMmoref"=($protVM.Vm.MoRef);"ProtGroup"=$protGroupName;"RecoPlan"=$recoveryPlanName;"State"=($protVM.State);"NeedConfig"=($protVM.NeedsConfiguration);"Faults"=($protVM.Faults)}
                $ProtectedVM+=$tempObj
                Write-Host "." -NoNewline
            }
    }#end of get VMs
    Write-Host "`n"

    #check if Tag Categories Exist, if not create
    if ((Get-TagCategory  -Name 'SRMPrortectionGroup' -ErrorAction:SilentlyContinue) -eq $null){
            Write-Host "Creating Tag Category SRMPortectionGroup"
            New-TagCategory "SRMPrortectionGroup" -Cardinality "Single" -EntityType VirtualMachine -Confirm:$false
    }
    if ((Get-TagCategory  -Name 'SRMRecoveryPlan' -ErrorAction:SilentlyContinue) -eq $null){
            Write-Host "Creating Tag Category SRMRecoveryPlan"
            New-TagCategory "SRMRecoveryPlan" -Cardinality "Single" -EntityType VirtualMachine -Confirm:$false
    }
    #loading TagCategories
    $TC_SRMGroup=Get-TagCategory  -Name 'SRMPrortectionGroup'
    $TC_SRMPlan=Get-TagCategory  -Name 'SRMRecoveryPlan'

    #Tagging Protected VMs
    Write-Host "Assigning tags" -NoNewline
    foreach ($vmObj in $ProtectedVM) {
        #get VMObject from Moref
        $VM=Get-VIObjectByVIView -MORef ($vmObj.VMmoref)
        #Check if Protection group tag exists
        if ((Get-Tag -Name ($vmObj.ProtGroup) -Category $TC_SRMGroup -ErrorAction:SilentlyContinue) -eq $null){
            Write-Host ("Creating Tag {0}" -f ($vmObj.ProtGroup))
            New-Tag -Name ($vmObj.ProtGroup) -Category $TC_SRMGroup -Confirm:$false
        }
        #assign Protection group tag
        $vm|New-TagAssignment -Tag (Get-Tag -Name ($vmObj.ProtGroup))  -Confirm:$false

        #Check if Protection group tag exists
        if ((Get-Tag -Name ($vmObj.RecoPlan) -Category $TC_SRMPlan -ErrorAction:SilentlyContinue) -eq $null){
            Write-Host ("Creating Tag {0}" -f ($vmObj.ProtGroup))
            New-Tag -Name ($vmObj.RecoPlan) -Category $TC_SRMPlan -Confirm:$false
        }
        #assign Recovery plan tag
        $vm|New-TagAssignment -Tag (Get-Tag -Name ($vmObj.RecoPlan)) -Confirm:$false
    }#end of Tagging


# Write-Host "Exporting VM info"    
# $ProtectedVM|select-Object VMmoref,ProtGroup,RecoPlan,State,NeedConfig | Sort-Object -Property VMmoref|Export-Csv -Path d:\tmp\Protvms.csv

} #end of try
Catch {
    Write-Host $_.Exception.Message -ForegroundColor Red
}
Finally{
    Write-Host "Disconnecting vCenter"
    Disconnect-SrmServer $srmConnect -Confirm:$false -Force:$true
    Write-Host "Disconnecting SRM"
    Disconnect-VIServer $vcConnect -Confirm:$false -Force:$true
}