Get-VM: VM with name 'xyz' was not found using the specified filter(s).

[ePoy]

Good afternoon everyone!

I have a script that reads a csv with several hostnames, connects to vCenter and should get the hostname information, ip and PortGroup to generate a CSV external file.
It happens that many cases vm does not exist in vCenter and returns me the error below:

get-vm : 07/04/2016 14:41:58

Get-VM

VM with name 'pxl1sso00008' was not found using the specified filter(s).

No C:\Users\f3135606\Desktop\vmTeste1.ps1:25 caractere:31

+ foreach ($vmName in $vmList) {get-vm $vmName| Select Name, @{N="Network"; e={ $_ ...

+	~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
	+ CategoryInfo	: ObjectNotFound: (:) [Get-VM], VimException
	+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_OutputHelper_WriteNotFoundError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.GetVM

How would I do to get the information from an input file, see the vCenter and if this positive results write the file ignoring errors. Ideally, if not find the machine, just create a line in the output file with only the hostname with the rest blank.

Follow .ps1 file:

$vmlist = Get-Content C:\vmnames.csv

if (!(Get-PSSnapin -Name VMware.VimAutomation.Core -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue))
{
Add-PSSnapin VMware*
Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -DisplayDeprecationWarnings $false -DefaultVIServerMode multiple -InvalidCertificateAction Ignore -Scope Session -ProxyPolicy NoProxy -Confirm:$false | Out-Null  
[void](Get-PSSnapin VMWare.VimAutomation.Core -ErrorVariable getVmwareSnapinErr 2> $null)
if ($getVmwareSnapinErr.Count -gt 0) {    Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core }
}

$VCconn = Connect-VIServer $vCenter -User $vUsuario -Password $vPass > $null

foreach ($vmName in $vmList) {get-vm $vmName| Select Name, @{N="Network"; e={ $_ | get-networkadapter|Select-Object @{N="Network";E={$_.NetworkName}}} }, @{N="IP Address";E={@($_.guest.IPAddress[0])}}|Export-Csv –path c:\scripts\vlans.csv –NoTypeInformation}

[dmmcsherry · Accepted solution]

ePoy,

See below...should get what you want...If the VM is not found it just provides the VM name in the output.

$vmlist = Get-Content C:\vmnames.csv  

if (!(Get-PSSnapin -Name VMware.VimAutomation.Core -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue))  {  
    Add-PSSnapin VMware*  
    Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -DisplayDeprecationWarnings $false -DefaultVIServerMode multiple -InvalidCertificateAction Ignore -Scope Session -ProxyPolicy NoProxy -Confirm:$false | Out-Null    
    [void](Get-PSSnapin VMWare.VimAutomation.Core -ErrorVariable getVmwareSnapinErr 2> $null)  
    if ($getVmwareSnapinErr.Count -gt 0) {    
        Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core 
    }  
}

$VCconn = Connect-VIServer $vCenter -User $vUsuario -Password $vPass > $null  
$arrVMInfo = @()

foreach ($vmName in $vmList) {
    $vm = get-vm $vmName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -ErrorVariable VMError | Select Name, @{N="Network";E={ $_ | get-networkadapter | Select-Object @{N="Network";E={$_.NetworkName}}} }, @{N="IPAddress";E={@($_.guest.IPAddress[0])}}
    if ($vm -eq $null) {
        $arrVMInfo += New-Object PSObject -Property @{ `
            Name=$vmName `
        }
    }
    else {
        $arrVMInfo += New-Object PSObject -Property @{ `
            "Name"=$vm.name; `
            "Network"=$vm.Network.Network; `
            "IP Address"=$vm.IPAddress `
        }
    }
} 
$arrVMInfo | Select Name, Network, "IP Address" | Export-Csv "c:\scripts\vlans.csv" -NoTypeInformation

[ePoy]

It works exactly the way I needed !!

Tanks!