Get-template -location clustername

[johncraig56]

I'm trying to find templates that exist in a cluster - but the -location param on the get-template cmdlet doesn't seem to work.  Any thoughts on a workaround?

FYI - using 4.1 U1 build 332441

Thanks in advance!

[vSphere PowerCLI] C:\scripts> get-template -location MYTEMPLATE

Get-Template : 1/28/2011 12:44:29 PM    Get-Template        Could not find VIContainer with name 'MYTEMPLATE'.

At line:1 char:13

+ get-template <<<<  -location MYTEMPLATE

  + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (MYTEMPLATE:String) [Get-Tem

plate], VimException

  + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_ObnSelector_SelectObjectByNameCore_ObjectNo

tFound,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.GetTemplate

Get-Template : 1/28/2011 12:44:29 PM    Get-Template        VIContainer parameter: Could not find any of the objects specified by name.

At line:1 char:13

+ get-template <<<<  -location MYTEMPLATE

  + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (VMware.VimAutom...iner[] Locati

on:RuntimePropertyInfo) [Get-Template], ObnRecordProcessingFailedException

  + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_ObnSelector_SetNewParameterValue_ObjectNotF

oundCritical,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.GetTemplate

[FranckRookie]

Hi John,

"Location" is a vSphere container object such as a datacenter, a cluster or a host. Is it the case for your object "MYTEMPLATE"? Strange name for a cluster...

Hope it helps.

Regards

Franck

[LucD]

There seems to be indeed a problem with a cluster as the location.

The -Location parameter works perfectly with a folder or a datacenter but apparently not with a cluster, although the documentation for Get-Template says it should.

It fails in both variations

Get-Template -Location ClusterName

Get-Template -Location (Get-Cluster ClusterName)

I wonder if this isn't a documentation error ?

Templates are visible in "blue" folders (the VMs & Templates view) and that view shows datacenters and folders but not clusters.

[johncraig56]

In my haste to obscure the "real" name of my cluster I did a silly and confusing substitution.  Sorry about that. 🙂

[vSphere PowerCLI] C:\scripts> get-template -location MYCLUSTER

Get-Template : 1/28/2011 12:44:29 PM    Get-Template        Could not find VIContainer with name 'MYCLUSTER'.

At line:1 char:13

+ get-template <<<<  -location MYCLUSTER

  + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (MYCLUSTER:String) [Get-Tem

plate], VimException

  + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_ObnSelector_SelectObjectByNameCore_ObjectNo

tFound,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.GetTemplate

Get-Template : 1/28/2011 12:44:29 PM    Get-Template        VIContainer parameter: Could not find any of the objects specified by name.

At line:1 char:13

+ get-template <<<<  -location MYCLUSTER

  + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (VMware.VimAutom...iner[] Locati

on:RuntimePropertyInfo) [Get-Template], ObnRecordProcessingFailedException

  + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_ObnSelector_SetNewParameterValue_ObjectNotF

oundCritical,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.GetTemplate

[johncraig56]

The following is very ugly but does the job.  Very open to better solutions 🙂

$all_templates = Get-Template

     | Select @{Name = "Template"; Expression = {$_.Name}}, (@{Name = "Name"; Expression = {(Get-View (Get-Template -Name $_.Name

     | Get-View).Summary.Runtime.Host).Name}})

$templates_in_cluster = $all_templates | % {$f = $_; Get-vmhost -location "MYCLUSTER"

     | ? {$f.Name -eq $_.Name} | Select @{n='Template';e={$f.Template}}}

[LucD · Accepted solution]

The same principle as your solution but perhaps a bit shorter.

$clusName = "MyCluster"
 $esx = Get-Cluster -Name $clusName | Get-VMHost | %{$_.Extensiondata.MoRef}
$templates = Get-Template | where {$esx -contains $_.Extensiondata.Runtime.Host}

[johncraig56]

Super duper cool!  I'm very new to powershell... awesome tip... Thanks!