PowerCLI Distributed Switch Export

[jwmarrott]

I like the export/import feature in v5.1 described in http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2034602

Is there a handy way to automate this with PowerCLI?  I am not looking for a generic import export script of a dvSwitch.  I have that.  I am looking for the specific PowerCLI equivalent.

[LucD]

Try something like this to export the dvSwitch config

$si = Get-View ServiceInstance 
$dvSwMgr = Get-View $si.Content.dvSwitchManager 

$dvsw = Get-VirtualSwitch -Distributed -Name dvSw1
$selection = New-Object VMware.Vim.DVSSelection
$selection.dvsUuid = $dvsw.ExtensionData.Uuid 

$dvswSaved = $dvSwMgr.DVSManagerExportEntity($selection)

$dvswSaved | Export-Clixml C:\dvswSaved.xml

And to import the dvSwitch configuration you can do

$si = Get-View ServiceInstance 
$dvSwMgr = Get-View $si.Content.dvSwitchManager

$dvswRestore = Import-Clixml C:\dvswSaved.xml 

$dvswImport = @()
$info = New-Object VMware.Vim.EntityBackupConfig 
$info.ConfigBlob = $dvswRestore.ConfigBlob 
$info.ConfigVersion = $dvswRestore.ConfigVersion
 $info.Container = $dvswRestore.Container 
$info.EntityType = $dvswRestore.EntityType
 $info.Key = $dvswRestore.Key
$info.Name = $dvswRestore.Name
$dvswImport += $info

$dvSwMgr.DVSManagerImportEntity(@($dvswImport),"applyToEntitySpecified")

The reason all the properties are copied on the restore is to avoid the serialisation/deserialisation problem.