Anyone know a way to move a vds to a network folder?

[Freep]

I have checked all cmdlets.  I am running powercli 6.0r1 with vcenter 5.0.  There is move-inventory cmdlet,  however it only accepts items of type folder, resourcepool, datacenter, vm, vmhost, template, or cluster objects.  Otherwise its a no brainer:

move-inventory -item $vds -Destination $folder.

Of course it does not work.  I have been scouring for a way but am at a loss.  I checked perhaps a method on the vds or the folder to no avail as well.  Dragging and dropping works fine, so there has to be a powercli way to do it right? I also checked all the reconfig specs and objects with any clues if i can use one of them.  Or am i blantently missing something or unaware of a cmdlet?   I don't want to resort to dragging and dropping all 60+ VDSs i have.

Thanks in advance.

[jasonrobinson · Accepted solution]

You can use the MoveIntoFolder_Task method found on the folder object.

http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-55/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.wssdk.apiref.doc%2Fvim.Folder.html

If you have any port groups attached to the dvs they will also need to be moved as well. Here is a sample script that I wrote and tested with one dvs and two port groups. I am sure there is a more elegant approach but this should get the job done.

$folder = Get-Folder -Type Network -Name folderName | Get-View 
$dvs = Get-VirtualSwitch -Name dvsName
$dvPGs = $dvs | Get-VirtualPortGroup
$count = $dvs.count + $dvPGs.count
$list = New-Object VMware.Vim.ManagedObjectReference[] ($count) 
$list[0] = New-Object VMware.Vim.ManagedObjectReference
$list[0].type = $dvs.Extensiondata.MoRef.Type
$list[0].value = $dvs.Extensiondata.MoRef.Value
$dvPgCount = 1
foreach ($dvPg in $dvPgs) {
    $list[$dvPgCount] = New-Object VMware.Vim.ManagedObjectReference
    $list[$dvPgCount].type = $dvPg.Extensiondata.MoRef.Type
    $list[$dvPgCount].value = $dvPg.Extensiondata.MoRef.Value
    $dvPgCount++
}
$folder.MoveIntoFolder_Task($list)

[Freep]

Ah the moveintofolder_task method!  That's what i needed.  Thanks!