PowerCLI rookie question about setting policy to multiple LUNS at once

[ccatano2000]

Does anyone know how I can modify the below scripts to include a list of say 10 luns, rather than a single one ?

Connect-VIServer -Server ESXSERVER01 -User root -Password Password01

esxcli = Get-EsxCli

esxcli.nmp.device.setpolicy($null,"naa.600xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0000", "VMW_PSP_RR")

I want to be able to have it set the policy for LUNS naa.600xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0000 through naa.600xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0010 ...  How do I list them  in the script ?

would I do them semicolon seperated as such :

esxcli.nmp.device.setpolicy($null,"naa.600xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0000";"naa.600xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0001";"naa.600xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0002", "VMW_PSP_RR")

???

[LucD · Accepted solution]

Afaik you can only specify 1 device to the setpolicy command (similar to what you can do with the -d parameter on the esxcli command).

The best way of doing what you are trying to achieve is to use a loop over an array.

Something like this

$luns = "naa.600xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0000","naa.600xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0001","naa.600xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0002",
    "naa.600xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0003","naa.600xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0004","naa.600xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0005",
    "naa.600xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0006","naa.600xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0007","naa.600xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0008",
    "naa.600xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0009","naa.600xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0010"
    
Connect-VIServer -Server ESXSERVER01 -User root -Password Password01
$esxcli = Get-EsxCli
$luns | %{
    esxcli.nmp.device.setpolicy($null,$_, "VMW_PSP_RR")
}

[ccatano2000]

thanks again LUCD,

So, essentially what I am doing is defining them prior to calling them from the script right ?

i use    $LUNS = "NAA1", "NAA2", "NAA3".....etc    to define the desired luns to modify,  then I call the script below which references "$LUNS="

right ?

thanks again for all your help,  I cant wait to give it a try.

chris

[LucD]

That is correct, you specify all LUNs in an array.

Then you iterate through the array.

Each iteration will have the element from the array in the $_ variable.

The iteration is in fac this

$luns | %{

...

}

The array ($luns) is piped (the | symbol) to the foreach loop.

The % is an alias for the foreach-object cmdlet.

Inside the loop (everything between the parenthesis) the value of the actual element for that iteration is available in the $_ variable.