Hi all,
i would like to compare the Folder-ID of an VM-Parent-Folder and another Folder
If the VM-Folder-ID is equal to FolderID = do nothing
If the VM-folder is not equal to FolderID = do something
I have the following lines:
PS C:\> $VMFolderID
FolderId
--------
Folder-group-v54375
PS C:\> $FolderID
Id
--
Folder-group-v54375
PS C:\> $VMFolderID -eq $FolderID
False
What´s going wrong here?
Thanks in advance
Chakoe
try something like this. Change values in red., and check if you are getting correct values.
$Folderid = (Get-folder vm).ExtensionData.moref.value
$VmfolderID = (Get-vm test001).FolderId
$folderid -eq $vmfolderid
Hi,
it went into the right direction, but now the values differentiate:
PS C:\> $VMFolderID -eq $FolderID
False
PS C:\> $VMFolderID
Folder-group-v54375
PS C:\> $FolderID
group-v54375
I have the following lines:
PS C:\> $VMFolderID
FolderId
--------
Folder-group-v54375
PS C:\> $FolderID
Id
--
Folder-group-v54375
PS C:\> $VMFolderID -eq $FolderID
False
What´s going wrong here?
You are comparing objects rather than variables/values. How about s.th. like $VMFolderID.FolderId -eq $FolderID.Id?
André
It looks as if you retrieved those values with a Select-Object cmdlet.
In that case you will get 2 object, where each of these objects stores the value under a different propertyname (Id and FolderId).
That's why the comparison returns $false.
You should compare the value of these properties, that will return $true.
This shows the difference.
$vm = Get-VM -Name MyVM
$folder = Get-Folder -Name MyFolder
$t1 = $vm | Select FolderId
$t2 = $folder | Select Id
# Returns false
$t1 -eq $t2
# Returns true
$vm.FolderId -eq $folder.Id
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