Solved: Change output of a script to include the VM name?....

COS · ‎03-07-2019

So I'm running this script found here: VMX Raiders Revisited - LucD notes

It runs and does what I need it to do. It outputs the below when finished....

PS C:\Users\user> C:\Users\user\Desktop\ImportVMsFromDatastore.ps1

Name State % Complete Start Time Finish Time

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

RegisterVM_Task Running 0 01:26:59 PM

RegisterVM_Task Running 0 01:27:00 PM

My question is, how do you make it output the actual VM name instead of "RegisterVM_Task "?

Or is that just the step the script is at for that specific VM in the list?

Also, how about stamping the finish time as well? Not important but just for completeness for my OCD.......lol

Thanks

LucD · ‎03-07-2019

Try like this

$Cluster = "MyCluster"

$Datastores = "MyDatastore"

$VMFolder = "MyFolder"

$ESXHost = Get-Cluster $Cluster | Get-VMHost | select -First 1

foreach ($Datastore in Get-Datastore $Datastores) {

# Collect .vmx paths of registered VMs on the datastore

$registered = @{}

Get-VM -Datastore $Datastore | % {$_.Extensiondata.LayoutEx.File | where {$_.Name -like "*.vmx"} | % {$registered.Add($_.Name, $true)}}

# Set up Search for .VMX Files in Datastore

New-PSDrive -Name TgtDS -Location $Datastore -PSProvider VimDatastore -Root '\' | Out-Null

$unregistered = @(Get-ChildItem -Path TgtDS: -Recurse | `

where {$_.FolderPath -notmatch ".snapshot" -and $_.Name -like "*.vmx" -and !$registered.ContainsKey($_.DatastoreFullPath)})

Remove-PSDrive -Name TgtDS

#Register all .vmx Files as VMs on the datastore

$task = @()

foreach ($VMXFile in $unregistered) {

$task += New-VM -VMFilePath $VMXFile.DatastoreFullPath -VMHost $ESXHost -Location $VMFolder -RunAsync

}

Wait-Task -Task $task | Out-Null

$task | select @{N = 'VM'; E = {$_.Result.Name}}, StartTime, FinishTime, PercentComplete, State

}

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LucD · ‎03-07-2019