Hi
The following script move the virtual machines alarms from vCenter level to folder level. The script works with Powercli4.1 but not 5.1. It gives error message for the line $alarmMgr.CreateAlarm($destination.MoRef,$newAlarm)
Any idea why it doesnt work??
Write-Host "Adding in VMware PowerCLI PowerShell Snapin......"
Add-PSSnapin vmware.VimAutomation.core -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
$viserver = "localhost"
Write-Host "Connecting to vCenter: " $viserver
Connect-VIServer $viserver
Write-Host "Collecting VM and Root Folder information...."
Set-Variable -Name alarmLength -Value 80 -Option "constant"
$from = Get-Folder -NoRecursion | Get-View
$to1 = Get-Folder -Name "Customer VMs" | Get-View #move alarms from vCenter level to Customer VMs folder level
$to2 = Get-Folder -Name "Management VMs" | Get-View #move alarms from vCenter level to Management VMs folder level
function Move-Alarm{
param($Alarm, $From, $To, [switch]$DeleteOriginal = $false, [switch]$VMAlarmsOnly = $false)
$alarmObj = Get-View $Alarm
$alarmMgr = Get-View AlarmManager
$IsAVirtualMachine = $false
$alarmObj.Info.Expression.Expression | % {
#$_.Type
if ($_.Type -eq "VirtualMachine") {
$IsAVirtualMachine = $true
}
}
if($VMAlarmsOnly){
if($IsAVirtualMachine) {
if($deleteOriginal){
$alarmObj.RemoveAlarm()
}
else{
$updateAlarm = New-Object VMware.Vim.AlarmSpec
$updateAlarm = $alarmObj.Info
$oldName = $alarmObj.Info.Name
$oldState = $alarmObj.Info.Enabled
$oldDescription = $alarmObj.Info.Description
$suffix = " (moved to " + ([string]($to | %{$_.Name + ","})).TrimEnd(",") + ")"
if(($oldName.Length + $suffix.Length) -gt $alarmLength){
$newName = $oldName.Substring(0, $alarmLength - $suffix.Length) + $suffix
}
else{
$newName = $oldName + $suffix
}
$updateAlarm.Name = $newName
$updateAlarm.Enabled = $false
$updateAlarm.Description += ("`r`n Original name: " + $oldName)
$updateAlarm.Expression.Expression | %{
if($_.GetType().Name -eq "EventAlarmExpression"){
$_.Status = $null
$needsChange = $true
}
}
$alarmObj.ReconfigureAlarm($updateAlarm)
$alarmObj.Info.Name = $oldName
$alarmObj.Info.Enabled = $oldState
$alarmObj.Info.Description = $oldDescription
}
$newAlarm = New-Object VMware.Vim.AlarmSpec
$newAlarm = $alarmObj.Info
$oldName = $alarmObj.Info.Name
$oldDescription = $alarmObj.Info.Description
foreach($destination in $To){
if($To.Count -gt 1){
$suffix = " (" + $destination.Name + ")"
if(($oldName.Length + $suffix.Length) -gt $alarmLength){
$newName = $oldName.Substring(0, $alarmLength - $suffix.Length) + $suffix
}
else{
$newName = $oldName + $suffix
}
$newAlarm.Name = $newName
$newAlarm.Description += ("`r`n Original name: " + $oldName)
}
$newAlarm.Expression.Expression | %{
if($_.GetType().Name -eq "EventAlarmExpression"){
$_.Status = $null
$needsChange = $true
}
}
$alarmMgr.CreateAlarm($destination.MoRef,$newAlarm)
$newAlarm.Name = $oldName
$newAlarm.Description = $oldDescription
}
}
}
else {
if($deleteOriginal){
$alarmObj.RemoveAlarm()
}
else{
$updateAlarm = New-Object VMware.Vim.AlarmSpec
$updateAlarm = $alarmObj.Info
$oldName = $alarmObj.Info.Name
$oldState = $alarmObj.Info.Enabled
$oldDescription = $alarmObj.Info.Description
$suffix = " (moved to " + ([string]($to | %{$_.Name + ","})).TrimEnd(",") + ")"
if(($oldName.Length + $suffix.Length) -gt $alarmLength){
$newName = $oldName.Substring(0, $alarmLength - $suffix.Length) + $suffix
}
else{
$newName = $oldName + $suffix
}
$updateAlarm.Name = $newName
$updateAlarm.Enabled = $false
$updateAlarm.Description += ("`r`n Original name: " + $oldName)
$updateAlarm.Expression.Expression | %{
if($_.GetType().Name -eq "EventAlarmExpression"){
$_.Status = $null
$needsChange = $true
}
}
$alarmObj.ReconfigureAlarm($updateAlarm)
$alarmObj.Info.Name = $oldName
$alarmObj.Info.Enabled = $oldState
$alarmObj.Info.Description = $oldDescription
}
$newAlarm = New-Object VMware.Vim.AlarmSpec
$newAlarm = $alarmObj.Info
$oldName = $alarmObj.Info.Name
$oldDescription = $alarmObj.Info.Description
foreach($destination in $To){
if($To.Count -gt 1){
$suffix = " (" + $destination.Name + ")"
if(($oldName.Length + $suffix.Length) -gt $alarmLength){
$newName = $oldName.Substring(0, $alarmLength - $suffix.Length) + $suffix
}
else{
$newName = $oldName + $suffix
}
$newAlarm.Name = $newName
$newAlarm.Description += ("`r`n Original name: " + $oldName)
}
$newAlarm.Expression.Expression | %{
if($_.GetType().Name -eq "EventAlarmExpression"){
$_.Status = $null
$needsChange = $true
}
}
$alarmMgr.CreateAlarm($destination.MoRef,$newAlarm)
$newAlarm.Name = $oldName
$newAlarm.Description = $oldDescription
}
}
}
Write-Host "Parsing Alarms and moving VM Alarms (if you see errors it is likely that you have run this script twice and may been to clean up the alarms)......"
Write-Host
Write-Host "Note: There should be a listed for each alarm copied from root to each of the two folders, as an example if there are 4 Alarms (Type: Virtual Machine) in the root you should see 8 alarms listed."
Write-Host
$alarmMgr = Get-View AlarmManager
$alarms = $alarmMgr.GetAlarm($from.MoRef)
$alarms | % {
Move-Alarm -Alarm $_ -From (Get-View $_) -To $to1,$to2 -DeleteOriginal:$false -VMAlarmsOnly:$true
}
Disconnect-VIServer -confirm:$false
Write-Host "Hit any key to close window....."
#Pause Screen
$x = $host.UI.RawUI.ReadKey("NoEcho,IncludeKeyDown")
