Script for Move vm from one folder to other folder

[Natarajvd]

I am looking Script for moving VM from one folder to other folder even Duplicated folder name exist on VC .The below script works fine in Unique folder structure.

$VMfolder = @()

$VMfolder = import-csv "C:\Users\Nataraj\Desktop\04-$($datacenter)-vms-with-FolderPath.csv" | Sort-Object -Property Path

foreach($guest in $VMfolder){

     $key = @()

     $key =  Split-Path $guest.Path | split-path -leaf

     if ($key -eq $datacenter) {

          Write-Host "Root folder $guest.path"

          ##

          Move-VM (Get-VM $guest.Name) -Destination (Get-folder $key)

          }

          else

          {

          Move-VM (Get-VM $guest.Name) -Destination "VM"

          }

}

[MinoDC]

sorry sorry sorry Luc...:smileycry:

I've ran the command on test environment with single datacenter...and it works fine:

Move-VM -VM "vSphere Management Assistant (vMA)" -Destination ESXi-BL01 -InventoryLocation 'MGMT'

As it worked on this environment, I thought, unfortunately, that it also worked in production , instead I've tried to run same command in production environment that has multi datacenter:

and receive the error:

Move-VM : 23/01/2019 11:44:06 Move-VM The specified parameter 'InventoryLocation' expects a single value, but your name criteria 'MGMT' corresponds to multiple values.

At line:1 char:1

+ Move-VM -VM 'vSphere Management Assistant (vMA)' -Destination esxcedn ...

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

    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidResult: (System.Collecti...dObjectInterop]:List`1) [Move-VM], VimException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_ObnSelector_SelectObjectByNameCore_MoreResultsThanExpected,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.MoveVM

Move-VM : 23/01/2019 10:44:06 Move-VM FolderContainer parameter: Could not find any of the objects specified by name.

At line:1 char:1

+ Move-VM -VM 'vSphere Management Assistant (vMA)' -Destination esxcedn ...

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

    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (VMware.VimAutom...ventoryLocation:RuntimePropertyInfo) [Move-VM], ObnRecordProcessingFailedException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_ObnSelector_SetNewParameterValue_ObjectNotFoundCritical,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.MoveVM

then I've tried with this:

Move-VM -VM "vSphere Management Assistant (vMA)" -Destination ESXi-BL01 -InventoryLocation 'CED PRODUCTION\MGMT'

and receive this error

Move-VM : 23/01/2019 11:45:19 Move-VM Could not find FolderContainer with name 'CED PRODUCTION\MGMT'.

At line:1 char:1

+ Move-VM -VM 'vSphere Management Assistant (vMA)' -Destination esxcedn ...

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

    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (CED NAZIONALE/CISIA:String) [Move-VM], VimException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_ObnSelector_SelectObjectByNameCore_ObjectNotFound,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.MoveVM

Move-VM : 23/01/2019 10:45:19 Move-VM FolderContainer parameter: Could not find any of the objects specified by name.

At line:1 char:1

+ Move-VM -VM 'vSphere Management Assistant (vMA)' -Destination esxcedn ...

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

    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (VMware.VimAutom...ventoryLocation:RuntimePropertyInfo) [Move-VM], ObnRecordProcessingFailedException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_ObnSelector_SetNewParameterValue_ObjectNotFoundCritical,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.MoveVM

sorry again for the wrong reply

[LucD]

You are using OBN to resolve the InventoryLocation and Destination.
Can you try the same but the actual objects instead of the strings?

Move-VM -VM "vSphere Management Assistant (vMA)" -Destination (Get-VMHost -Name ESXi-BL01) -InventoryLocation (Get-Folder -Name'MGMT')

[MinoDC]

Hi LucD.

It's works if you have unique folder in all datacenter.

Alternatively , if you have the same folder name in multi datacenter, it works in this way (with Location parameter):

Move-VM -VM "vSphere Management Assistant (vMA)" -Destination (Get-VMHost -Name ESXi-BL01) -InventoryLocation (Get-Folder -Name 'MGMT' -Location 'CED PRODUCTION')

How can I insert all info in script ?

And...

How can create a right script where export in csv right information ?

THANKS.

[LucD]

Well, those scripts aren't mine... :smileygrin:

But in your environment, I would add the Datacenter to the export.
A outer ForEach loop over all the datacenters.

You can add the -Location $dc to the Get-Inventory, Get-VM and Get-Folder cmdlets.

If you need help on that let me know.

Or as an alternative, migrate datacenter by datacenter.

[MinoDC]

Then I'll try with a better script.

If I have problems I will write.

Thank you so much for helping me to find the Move-VM problem.