Can we get the lists of Recently added VM's ?

[vmk2014]

Hello Everyone,

Can we get the lists of recently added VM's to VC or environment on a weekly basis or daily basis from power cli?

thanks

vmk

[LucD]

You can do something like this

Get-VIEvent -Start (Get-Date).AddDays(-7) -MaxSamples ([int]::MaxValue) |

where{$_ -is [VMware.Vim.VmCreatedEvent]}

[vmk2014]

LucD,

i tried but it throws an error for timeout..

PS C:\temp> .\VM-created.ps1

Get-VIEvent : 01/03/2019 4:36:09 AM     Get-VIEvent             The request channel timed out while waiting for a reply

after

00:04:59.9884200. Increase the timeout value passed to the call to Request or increase the SendTimeout value on the

Binding. The time allotted to this operation may have been a portion of a longer timeout.

At C:\temp\VM-created.ps1:1 char:1

+ Get-VIEvent -Start (Get-Date).AddDays(-7) -MaxSamples ([int]::MaxValu ...

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

    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-VIEvent], VimException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_BaseCmdlet_UnknownError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.GetEvent

[LucD]

Ouch, that could mean there is a massive amount of events, or your VCSA is very busy.
You can try to increase the timeout with (default is 300 seconds).

Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -WebOperationTimeoutSeconds 600 -Confirm:$false

Or else, collect the events for a smaller period.

Check if this works, then we can do 7 collects, each for 1 day.

Get-VIEvent -Start (Get-Date).AddDays(-1) -MaxSamples ([int]::MaxValue) |

where{$_ -is [VMware.Vim.VmCreatedEvent]}

[vmk2014]

I did change to 1 day but still, it runs forever

[LucD]

Like I said, could have multiple causes:

• big amount of events
• slow vCenter

Start with a small interval.

Change the AddDays(-1) to AddHours(-1)
Not really a PowerCLI issue, more a performance issue in your environment.

Did you also change the timeout?

[vmk2014]

Did you also change the timeout?  - No didn't changed yet

[LucD]

But you don't get the timeout exception anymore?

Are you perhaps connected to multiple vCenters?

[vmk2014]

But you don't get the timeout exception anymore?  No not getting any timeout exception

Are you perhaps connected to multiple vCenters? No

[LucD]

Did you get result?

Otherwise try smaller intervals for the Start parameter (Get-Date).AddHours(-1)

[vmk2014]

Ok I changed to 1 hour after getting a timeout error but it appears not result.

[LucD]

It looks like you might have an issue on that vCenter.
Try further increasing the WebOperationsTimeoutSeconds option.

This thread even mentions going as far as 3600 seconds :smileyshocked: