Get-VMFolderPath doesnt work when connected to 2 vcenters

[UofS]

I am attempting to use someold code I originally got from here:

Get-VMFolderPath to check in which vm folder our vm resides | VMware and Powershell

Which extracts the folder the VM resides in given a VM object.

I am finding it problematic when connected to 2 vcenters and end up getting:

System.Object[]\System.Object[]\SupportCase\SupportVeeamJob9\

instead of

DC\vm\SupportCase\SupportVeeamJob9\

Thoughts?  Bug?  Any help appreciated.

Dion

PSvmware's code:

functionGet-VMFolderPath

{

<#

   .Synopsis

    Get vm folder path. From Datacenter to folder that keeps the vm.

   .Description

    This function returns vm folder path. As a parameter it takes the

    current folder in which the vm resides. This function can throw

    either 'name' or 'moref' output. Moref output can be obtained

    using the -moref switch.

    .Example

    get-vm 'vm123' | get-vmfolderpath

    Function will take folderid parameter from pipeline

   .Example

    get-vmfolderpath (get-vm myvm123|get-view).parent

    Function has to take as first parameter the moref of vm parent

    folder.

    DC\VM\folfder2\folderX\vmvm123

    Parameter will be the folderX moref

   .Example

    get-vmfolderpath (get-vm myvm123|get-view).parent -moref

    Instead of names in output, morefs will be given.

    .Parameter folderid

    This is the moref of the parent directory for vm.Our starting

    point.Can be obtained in serveral ways. One way is to get it

    by: (get-vm 'vm123'|get-view).parent 

    or: (get-view -viewtype virtualmachine -Filter @{'name'=

    'vm123'}).parent

   .Parameter moref

    Add -moref when invoking function to obtain moref values

   .Notes

    NAME:  Get-VMFolderPath

    AUTHOR: Grzegorz Kulikowski

    LASTEDIT: 09/14/2012

    NOT WORKING ? #powercli @ irc.freenode.net

   .Link

    https://psvmware.wordpress.com

#>

param(

[Parameter(Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true)]

[string]$folderid,

[switch]$moref

)

    $folderparent=get-view $folderid

    if ($folderparent.name -ne 'vm'){

        if($moref){$path=$folderparent.moref.toString()+'\'+$path}

            else{

                $path=$folderparent.name+'\'+$path

            }

        if ($folderparent.parent){

            if($moref){get-vmfolderpath $folderparent.parent.tostring() -moref}

              else{

                get-vmfolderpath($folderparent.parent.tostring())

              }

        }

    }else {

    if ($moref){

    return (get-view $folderparent.parent).moref.tostring()+"\"+$folderparent.moref.tostring()+"\"+$path

    }else {

            return (get-view $folderparent.parent).name.toString()+'\'+$folderparent.name.toString()+'\'+$path

            }

    }

}

[LucD]

Try this function, that works with multiple vCenter connections

function Get-FolderPath{

    param(

        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipeline=$true)]

        [PSObject[]]$VM

    )

    Process{

        $VM | %{

            $server = ($_.GetClient()).ConnectionId.Split('@')[1].Split(':')[0]

            $vmPath = New-Object 'System.Collections.Generic.List[string]'

            $entity = Get-View -VIObject $_

            $vmPath.Add($entity.Name)

            while($entity.parent -ne $null){

                $entity = Get-View -Id $entity.Parent

                if('Datacenters','vm' -notcontains $entity.Name){

                    $vmPath.Insert(0,$entity.Name)

                }

            }

            New-Object PSObject -Property @{

                VM = $_.Name

                FolderPath = $vmPath -join '/'

            }

        }

    }

}

Get-VM | Get-FolderPath

[UofS]

I am still seeing different behaviors when connected to 2 different vcenters:

1 vcenter connected - looks good:

PS C:\Users\user> get-vm loadtest100 |get-FolderPath

Method invocation failed because [VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Impl.V1.VM.UniversalVirtualMachineImpl] does not contain

a method named 'GetClient'.

At line:17 char:13

+             $server = ($_.GetClient()).ConnectionId.Split('@')[1].Spl ...

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

    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound

VM          FolderPath

--          ----------

loadtest100 DC/SupportCase/SupportVeeamJob9/loadtest100

2 Connected:

PS C:\Users\user> get-vm -Server vc.local loadtest100 |get-FolderPath

Method invocation failed because [VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Impl.V1.VM.UniversalVirtualMachineImpl] does not contain a method named 'GetClient'.

At line:17 char:13

+             $server = ($_.GetClient()).ConnectionId.Split('@')[1].Spl ...

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

    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound

VM          FolderPath

--          ----------

loadtest100 Datacenters Datacenters Datacenters Datacenters Datacenters Datacenters Datacenters Datacenters/DC DC DC DC/vm vm/SupportCase/SupportVeeamJob9/loadtest100

Thoughts?

[UofS]

Was there some intention of using the -Server variable in this line:

$entity = Get-View -Id $entity.Parent -Server $Server

I get  A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'Server' when trying to run that.

[UofS]

I had to add $Server as a function argument - I assume its not a global:

function Get-FolderPath{

    param(

        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipeline=$true)]

        [PSObject[]]$VM,

        [PSObject[]]$Server

    )

[LucD]

Which PowerCLI version are you using?

Can you check if the GetClient method is not available?

With for example:

(Get-VM | Select -First 1).GetClient()

Another feature that could influence the behaviour of the function, do you have VMs with the same DisplayName in the vCenters?

[UofS]

function Get-VIObjFullPath {
<#
    .NOTES
    ===========================================================================
    Created by:    LucD
    Modifyied by:  Evan Waite
    Date:          2018/02/08
    Ref:           https://communities.vmware.com/message/2743814
    ===========================================================================
    .SYNOPSIS
        Return the full path of a VM, Folder or other object type
    .DESCRIPTION
        Returns the full folder path
    .EXAMPLE
        Get-VM -Name "myVM1" | Get-VIObjFullPath
        Pipe a VM object in to get the full path.
    .EXAMPLE
        Get-Folder -Name "myFolder" -Type VM | Get-VIObjFullPath
        Pipe a Folder object in to get the full path.
#>
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipeline=$true)]
        [PSObject[]]$VIObj
    )
    Process{
        $VIObj | %{
            $server = $_.Client.ConnectionId.Split('@')[1].Split(':')[0]
            $objPath = New-Object 'System.Collections.Generic.List[string]'
            $entity = Get-View -VIObject $_
            $objPath.Add($entity.Name)
            while($entity.parent -ne $null){
                $entity = Get-View -Id $entity.Parent -Server $Server
                if('Datacenters','vm','datastore','host','network' -notcontains $entity.Name){
                    $objPath.Insert(0,$entity.Name)
                }
                if($entity.Name -like "network" -and $_.VirtualSwitch.Name -ne $null) {
                    $objPath.Insert(0,$_.VirtualSwitch.Name)
                }
            }
            New-Object PSObject -Property @{
                VIObj = $_.Name
                FullPath = $objPath -join '/'
            }
        }
    }
}