NFS mount point script

[VijayKumarMyada]

am trying below script to add nfs mount point to the esxi hosts which am mentioniong in ds.csv file

instead in csv am looking to ask on which host mount point to be added.

$Dspath=c:\temp\ds.csv

$Dsconf= Import-csv $Dspath

write-host "enter esxi host name"

foreach($ds in $Dsconf)

{

New-Datastore -Nfs -Name $ds.name -path $ds.path -nfshost $ds.nfshost

}

[LucD]

You mean like this?

$Dspath = c:\temp\ds.csv

$Dsconf = Import-csv $Dspath

$esxName = Read-Host "enter esxi host name"

foreach ($ds in $Dsconf)

{

   New-Datastore -VMHost $esxName -Nfs -Name $ds.name -path $ds.path -nfshost $ds.nfshost

}

[VijayKumarMyada]

am seeing following error and append log file with a message "Name" added successfully on esxi host<host name>

in csv file i have

nfshost                       path                       name

NFSServerIP       10.X.X.X/Nfs_ds1      Nfs1_ds1

NFSServerIP       10.X.X.X/Nfs_ds2      Nfs1_ds2

NFSServerIP       10.X.X.X/Nfs_ds1      Nfs1_ds1

NFSServerIP       10.X.X.X/Nfs_ds2      Nfs1_ds2

[LucD]

That seems to be an issue in your CSV file.
Is there perhaps a blank line in the CSV?

[VijayKumarMyada]

I have following data in CSV file for now.

[LucD]

That's not what I asked.
I asked if there was a blank line in your CSV

[VijayKumarMyada]

i double checked, no blanks

[LucD]

The error message states that the Name property is empty.

What does this return

$Dspath = c:\temp\ds.csv

$rows = Import-csv -Path $Dspath

$rows.Count

$rows

[VijayKumarMyada]

This is the output, am seeing..

[LucD]

It's missing the $rows.Count.
Just run

$Dspath = c:\temp\ds.csv

$rows = Import-csv -Path $Dspath

$rows.Count

[LucD]

As an alternative, check what this returns.

$Dspath = 'c:\temp\ds.csv'

$Dsconf = Import-csv $Dspath

$esxName = Read-Host "enter esxi host name"

foreach ($ds in $Dsconf)

{

   Write-Host "Name: $($ds.Name)  Path: $($ds.Path)  Host: $($ds.NfsHost)"

}

[VijayKumarMyada]

below is the output

[LucD]

Then I don't understand the error you are getting.
That clearly says that the datastorename, from $ds.Name, is empty.

[VijayKumarMyada]

but the datastorename in csv file mentioned which is showing in image as well next to Name:

[LucD]

Exactly, but on the New-Datastore cmdlet it apparently isn't.

Btw, did you try to run that snippet again in the mean time?
Why does it seem to have the same error 3 times?

I can't see how this happens with a CSV with only 1 row in it.

[VijayKumarMyada]

now i see different message.

I see already datastore which am trying to add to the host is added to one of the host out of two hosts.(currently cluster has two esxi hosts, on one host already nfs datastore is added, am trying to add nfs datastore to second host), going further new hosts will be added to the cluster and i have to add the nfs datastores to all the hosts in the cluster.

[LucD]

This seems to be missing permissions on the NFS export for that specific ESXi node.

You will have to talk with whoever manages that NFS export.

[VijayKumarMyada]

okay, i will talk to them.

how to modify the same script for adding NFS datastore to entire cluster.

$Dspath = "c:\temp\ds1.csv"

$Dsconf = Import-csv $Dspath

$esxName = Read-Host "enter esxi host name"

$cluster=get-cluster "Staging"

foreach ($ds in $Dsconf)

{

   New-Datastore -VMHost $esxName -Nfs -Name $ds.name -path $ds.path -nfshost $ds.nfshost

}

[LucD · Accepted solution]

Try like this

$Dspath = "c:\temp\ds1.csv"

$Dsconf = Import-csv $Dspath

Get-Cluster -Name "Staging" | Get-VMHost |

ForEach-Object -Process {

   foreach ($ds in $Dsconf)

   {

     New-Datastore -VMHost $_ -Nfs -Name $ds.name -path $ds.path -nfshost $ds.nfshost

   }

}

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[VijayKumarMyada]

any possiblities to update the completed NFS datastore mount in the log file.

that helps to check what are added