Setting Advanced Configurations for a Host

[astrolab]

I am trying to set the CimoemProvideEnabled value for all the hosts in a VC.

This works:

Get-VMHost myhost | Set-VMHostAdvancedConfiguration -Name UserVars.CIMoemProviderEnabled -Value ([System.Int32] 1 )

This does not :

$esxhosts

= Get-vmhost

foreach

($esxhost in $esxhosts)

{

Set-VMHostAdvancedConfiguration

-VMHost $_ -Name UserVars.CIMoemProviderEnabled -Value ([System.Int32] 1)

}

The error message is :

Set-VMHostAdvancedConfiguration : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'VMHost'. The argumen

t is null or empty.

Where is the error? Thanks

[alanrenouf · Accepted solution]

$esxhosts = Get-vmhost
foreach ($esxhost in $esxhosts)
{

Set-VMHostAdvancedConfiguration -VMHost $esxhost -Name UserVars.CIMoemProviderEnabled -Value ([System.Int32] 1)

}

Or

Get-vmhost | foreach {
     Set-VMHostAdvancedConfiguration -VMHost $_ -Name UserVars.CIMoemProviderEnabled -Value ([System.Int32] 1)
}

[RvdNieuwendijk]

You have to replace $_ with $esxhost.

Regards, Robert