Hi all,
Could use some help with my script. Here's the snippet that's having problems:
#Import VMware commands
Import-Module Vmware.VimAutomation.Vds
#Get Timestamp
$Timestamp = (Get-Date -Format "yyyy-MM-dd")
#Build array for vCenters
$vCenter = "vcenter", "vcenter2", "venter3", "vcenter4"
#Connect to vCenter server
connect-viserver $vCenter[0]
#Add the vSwitches to an array
$VDSArray = get-vdswitch
Back up each vDS switch to timestamped folder
foreach ($VDSwitch in $VDSArray)
{
get-vdswitch -Name $VDSwitch| export-vdswitch -Description "vCenter vDS Switch" -Destination ("E:\ScriptsOutput\BackupDVS\$Timestamp\" + $vCenter[0] + "_" + $VDSwitch + ".zip") -Force
}
#Disconnect from vCenter
disconnect-viserver $vCenter[0] -confirm:$false
Where it's all falling apart is at the "export-vdswitch", error below:
export-vdswitch : 9/27/2017 8:28:59 AM Export-VDSwitch The method is not supported in the API version 5.5.
At line:32 char:1
+ export-vdswitch $switch -Withoutportgroups -Description "Backup of $switch witho ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Export-VDSwitch], ViError
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Vds_Impl_VDSwitchServiceImpl_ExportVDSwitch_Error,VMware.VimAutomation.Vds.Commands.ExportVDSwitch
So I did some research on this error, all the other discussions told me to run a "Get-PSSnapin|ft -a" and see what it lists :
C:\> Get-PSSnapin|ft -a
Name PSVersion Description
---- --------- -----------
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core 3.0 This Windows PowerShell snap-in contains cmdlets used to manage components of Windows PowerShell.
VMware.VimAutomation.Core 3.0 This Windows PowerShell snap-in contains Windows PowerShell cmdlets for managing vSphere.
VMware.DeployAutomation 3.0 This Windows Powershell snap-in contains vSphere Auto Deploy related cmdlets for Rule-Based-Deployment
VMware.ImageBuilder 3.0 This Windows PowerShell snap-in contains VMware ESXi Image Builder cmdlets used to generate custom images.
As you can see it doesn't contain the following PSSnapin's: "VMware.VimAutomation.Vds, VMware.VumAutomation, VMware.VimAutomation.License" as is recommended in all the other troubleshooting discussions I've seen. Solution to that is supposed to be "Add-PSSnapin VMware.$x" but whenever I try that I get the following error:
C:\> Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Vds
Add-PSSnapin : The Windows PowerShell snap-in 'VMware.VimAutomation.Vds' is not installed on this computer.
At line:1 char:1
+ Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Vds
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (VMware.VimAutomation.Vds:String) [Add-PSSnapin], PSArgumentException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : AddPSSnapInRead,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.AddPSSnapinCommand
So that's where my dead-end is. If anyone could talk me through the issues I'm having it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
