Trying add the number of nics for each host on my Inventory script below

[G0nz0UK]

Hello,

I'm simply trying to add the number of nics each host has on this script below and I can't seem to figure it out, would someone kindly advise here?

Get-VMHost -PipelineVariable esx |
ForEach-Object -Process {
    $esxcli = Get-EsxCli -VMHost $esx -V2
    $platform = $esxcli.hardware.platform.get.Invoke()
    $cpu = $esxcli.hardware.cpu.global.get.Invoke()
    [PSCustomObject]@{
        Cluster = (Get-Cluster -VMHost $esx).Name
        Name = $esx.Name
        Version = $esx.Version
        VendorName = $platform.VendorName
        ProductName = $platform.ProductName
        SerialNumber = $platform.SerialNumber
        PowerState = $esx.PowerState
        Uptime = ((Get-Date) - $esx.ExtensionData.Runtime.BootTime).ToString("dd' days 'hh' hours 'mm' minutes 'ss' seconds'")
        ConnectionState = $esx.ConnectionState
        Status = $esx.State
        HA = $esx.ExtensionData.Summary.Runtime.DasHostState.State
        NoVM = $esx.ExtensionData.VM.Count
        Processor = $esx.ExtensionData.Hardware.CpuPkg[0].Description
        NumCPU = $esx.NumCpu
        ProcSpeedGhz = [math]::Round($esx.ExtensionData.Hardware.CpuInfo.Hz/(1000*1000*1000),1)
        ProcSockets = $cpu.CPUPackages
        ProcCoresPerSocket = $cpu.CPUCores / $cpu.CPUPackages
        HTStatus = if($cpu.HyperthreadingActive){'Active'}else{'Not Active'}
        MemoryGB = $esx.MemoryTotalGB
        NoNic = $esxcli.network.nic.list.Invoke().Count
        BIOSVersion = $esx.ExtensionData.Hardware.BiosInfo.BiosVersion
        BIOSVendor = $esx.ExtensionData.Hardware.BiosInfo.Vendor
        BIOSReleaseDate = $esx.ExtensionData.Hardware.BiosInfo.ReleaseDate
        EVCMode = (Get-Cluster -VMHost $esx).EVCMode
    }
} | Export-Csv C:\vmware\reports\vmhostinfo.csv -NoTypeInformation -UseCulture

Thanks

[LucD]

You mean this line?

$esxcli.network.nic.list.Invoke().Count

Seems to work ok for me

[G0nz0UK]

I'll try and add that shortly thanks! Do you know the one for logical processors, I have the physical number using:

NumCPU = $esx.NumCpu

[G0nz0UK]

I tried adding that to my script above btw:

 You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.

At line:8 char:1

+ $esxcli.network.nic.list.Invoke().Count 

[LucD]

That looks as if there is nothing in $esxcli.

[G0nz0UK]

I think I'm confusing myself.  How should it look in my config.

I have this added at the top:

ForEach-Object -Process {
$esxcli = Get-EsxCli -VMHost $esx -V2

[LucD]

Provided your code starts with these lines, there should be an object in $esxcli

Get-VMHost -PipelineVariable esx |
ForEach-Object -Process {
    $esxcli = Get-EsxCli -VMHost $esx -V2

Perhaps there is an ESXi node in a "funny" state in your environment that causes this error.
Perhaps explicitly test with just 1 ESXi node that you know is ok. 

Get-VMHost -Name <MyEsx> -PipelineVariable esx |
ForEach-Object -Process {
    $esxcli = Get-EsxCli -VMHost $esx -V2

[G0nz0UK]

Thanks that worked.