Set-Annotation - Multiple items

[maishsk]

Hi all,

I was wondering is it possible to set multiple annotations on the same vm without having to repeat the set-annotation process.

For Example now I would do it like this

Get-VM | % {
set-annotation -Entity $_ -CustomAttribute "Attr1" -value "1"
set-annotation -Entity $_ -CustomAttribute "Attr2" -value "2"
}

Is there anyway of not having to repeat the set-annotation for each and every attribute? I cannot see how to pass a set of values to the CustomAttribute and values parameters.

Thanks in advance.

Maish

[LucD · Accepted solution]

I'm afraid that is not possible with the current PowerCLI build.

Even stranger, the Get-Annotation cmdlet allows an array for the CustomAttribute parameter, while the Set-Annotation cmdlet does not allow an array (as you discovered).

I think the explanation is that the underlying Set-Field method also doesn't do multiple custom attributes in 1 call.

[maishsk]

Thanks for the speedy reply Luc.

Do you know if this is on the roadmap to be fixed for a future build?

Maish

[LucD]

I don't know, remember I'm not VMW staff 🙂