Set Advanced Setting for specific Cluster

[SCharchouf]

PowerCLI Version

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   VMware vSphere PowerCLI 6.3 Release 1 build 3737840

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I'm trying to change advanced settings for a specific Cluster using the below command, unfortunately nothing changed:

Get-AdvancedSetting -Entity (Get-Cluster -Name Cluster) -Name SettingName | Set-AdvancedSetting -Value NewValue

Could you please assist on this

[LucD]

Did you get an error?
Which specific setting were you trying to change?

[SCharchouf]

No error received and I have about 10 settings to implement for specif clusters on the first step:

"isolation.device.connectable.disable" -value $true

"isolation.device.edit.disable" -value $true

"isolation.tools.copy.disable" -value $true

"isolation.tools.diskShrink.disable" -value $true

"isolation.tools.diskWiper.disable" -value $true

"isolation.tools.dnd.disable" -value $true

"isolation.tools.paste.disable" -value $true

"isolation.tools.setGUIOptions.enable" -value $false

"log.keepOld" -value "10"

"log.rotateSize" -value "1024000"

[LucD]

These are advanced settings for VMs, not for clusters afaik.

[SCharchouf]

apologies, my bad,  mean that I need to update advanced settings for VMs in a specific cluster sorry

[LucD · Accepted solution]

Yes, something along these lines.

Get-Cluster -Name cluster | Get-Vm |

ForEach-Object -Process {

    Get-AdvancedSetting -Entity $_ -Name SettingName |

    Set-AdvancedSetting -Value NewValue -Confirm:$false

}

[LucD]

Or something like this (if you want to do the settings you listed earlier).

$data = @'

name,value

"isolation.device.connectable.disable",$true

"isolation.device.edit.disable",$true

"isolation.tools.copy.disable",$true

"isolation.tools.diskShrink.disable",$true

"isolation.tools.diskWiper.disable",$true

"isolation.tools.dnd.disable",$true

"isolation.tools.paste.disable",$true

"isolation.tools.setGUIOptions.enable",$false

"log.keepOld","10"

"log.rotateSize","1024000"

'@

$settings = ConvertFrom-Csv -InputObject $data

Get-Cluster -Name cluster | Get-VM -PipelineVariable vm |

ForEach-Object -Process {

    foreach ($row in $settings) {

        Get-AdvancedSetting -Entity $vm -Name $row.Name |

        Set-AdvancedSetting -Value $row.Value -Confirm:$false

    }

}

[SCharchouf]

Thank you LucD

I was inspired by your idea, I just have a problem I can't create a LOG file

Below the Script :

Connect-VIServer -Server X.X.X.X

$VMS = Get-Content C:PATH\List_VMs.txt

foreach ($vm in $VMS){

    New-advancedsetting -Entity $vm -Name isolation.device.connectable.disable -value $true -force -Confirm:$false

    New-advancedsetting -Entity $vm -Name isolation.device.edit.disable -value $true -force -Confirm:$false

    New-advancedsetting -Entity $vm -Name isolation.tools.copy.disable -value $true -force -Confirm:$false

}

Disconnect-VIserver -Confirm:$false

[LucD]

The New-AdvancedSetting cmdlet produces an object.
Do you want to capture specific properties of that object in a LOG file?

[SCharchouf]

Best option is to get a LOG regarding what was implemented in case of any issue we can trace

[LucD]

Something like this?

Connect-VIServer -Server X.X.X.X

$VMS = Get-Content C:PATH\List_VMs.txt

$report = foreach ($vm in $VMS){

    New-advancedsetting -Entity $vm -Name isolation.device.connectable.disable -value $true -force -Confirm:$false |

    select @{N='VM';E={$_.Entity.Name}},Name,Value

    New-advancedsetting -Entity $vm -Name isolation.device.edit.disable -value $true -force -Confirm:$false |

    select @{N='VM';E={$_.Entity.Name}},Name,Value

    New-advancedsetting -Entity $vm -Name isolation.tools.copy.disable -value $true -force -Confirm:$false |

    select @{N='VM';E={$_.Entity.Name}},Name,Value

}

Disconnect-VIserver -Confirm:$false

$report | Export-Csv -Path .\report.csv -NoTypeInformation -UseCulture

[SCharchouf]

you are the BOSS

it's working fine, just for information I get this message when I run the Script

          WARNING: Parameter 'Entity' is obsolete. This parameter no longer accepts multiple values.

PowerCLI version 6.3

[LucD]

That is a warning, you can ignore it.

You should consider upgrading your PowerCLI version, that is a rather old version.