Need to get Vcenter info

[avagham]

Hello - I'm trying to get vcenter name as i'm running below script across multiple vcenter.

Command: $csvline.vcenter = $event.VC.name not giving me vcenter name. please advise.

Script:

Import-Module VMware.VimAutomation.Core

Connect-VIServer vcenter

$report = @()

$events = Get-VIEvent -maxsamples 10000 -Start (Get-Date).AddDays(–5) | where {$_.Gettype().Name-eq "VmCreatedEvent" -or $_.Gettype().Name-eq "VmBeingClonedEvent" -or $_.Gettype().Name-eq "VmBeingDeployedEvent" }

foreach ($event in $events)

{

$csvline = "" | Select EventTime, Datacenter, Cluster, VM, Description, vcenter

$csvline.EventTime = $event.CreatedTime

$csvline.Datacenter = $event.Datacenter.Name

$csvline.Cluster = $event.ComputeResource.Name

$csvline.VM = $event.VM.Name

$csvline.Description = $event.FullFormattedMessage

$csvline.vcenter = $event.VC.name

$report += $csvline

}

$report | Export-csv -NoTypeInformation E:\output_file.csv

Thank you!!

[LucD]

Try with the follwoing.
Note that this only works when the entity on which the event was fired still exist.

$csvline.vcenter = ([uri](Get-View -Id $event.Entity.Entity -Property Client).Client.ServiceUrl).Host

[avagham]

Thank you LucD for your quick response.

I'm getting below error:

Get-View : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'Id'. The argument is null or empty. Provide an argument that is not null or empty, and then try the command again.

At line:15 char:40

+ $csvline.vcenter = ([uri](Get-View -id $_.Entity.Entity -Property Cli ...

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

    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (:) [Get-View], ParameterBindingValidationException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.DotNetInterop.GetVIView

[LucD]

You are mixing my reply from two threads.
In this thread it is $event.Entity.Entity.

[avagham]

oh sorry, i was trying both commands. I'm still getting same error:

Get-View : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'Id'. The argument is null or empty. Provide an argument that is not null or empty, and then try the command again.

At line:15 char:40

+ $csvline.vcenter = ([uri](Get-View -Id $event.Entity.Entity -Property ...

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

    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (:) [Get-View], ParameterBindingValidationException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.DotNetInterop.GetVIView

Script I'm running:

Import-Module VMware.VimAutomation.Core

Connect-VIServer vcenter1, vcenter2, vcenter3

$report = @()

$events = Get-VIEvent -maxsamples 10000 -Start (Get-Date).AddDays(–5) | where {$_.Gettype().Name-eq "VmCreatedEvent" -or $_.Gettype().Name-eq "VmBeingClonedEvent" -or $_.Gettype().Name-eq "VmBeingDeployedEvent" }

foreach ($event in $events)

{

$csvline = "" | Select EventTime, Datacenter, Cluster, VM, Description, vcenter

$csvline.EventTime = $event.CreatedTime

$csvline.Datacenter = $event.Datacenter.Name

$csvline.Cluster = $event.ComputeResource.Name

$csvline.VM = $event.VM.Name

$csvline.Description = $event.FullFormattedMessage

$csvline.vcenter = ([uri](Get-View -Id $event.Entity.Entity -Property Client).Client.ServiceUrl).Host

$report += $csvline

}

$report | Export-csv -NoTypeInformation E:\output_file.csv

Thank you!!!

[LucD · Accepted solution]

Try with this line

$csvline.vcenter = ([uri](Get-View -Id $event.VM.VM).Client.ServiceUrl).Host

[avagham]

Thank much LucD, this command is working fine.

However, for few VMs it is giving below error, any idea why i'm getting below error? I tried to find "vm-258333" and it is running in one of vCenter.

Get-View : 9/23/2020 2:13:48 PM Get-View View with Id  'VirtualMachine-vm-258333' was not found on the server(s).

At line:15 char:27

+ $csvline.vcenter = ([uri](Get-View -Id $event.VM.VM).Client.ServiceUr ...

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

    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (:) [Get-View], VimException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_GetView_WriteNotFoundError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.DotNetInterop.GetVIView

[LucD]

That is what I meant with my earlier remark.
When that VM in the meantime doesn't exist anymore, you will see this error.

There are 2 options:

- you ignore the error by adding -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue on the Get-View cmdlet

- you use another property, for example Datacenter, and hope that that one still exists when running the script

[avagham]

I understood your point. I will choose option 1 and continue to run the script.

Thanks for your help as always!!