Hello folks , I need some help I am stuck with an easy task! but I could not make it to work
I need to create a new csv file that will contain only the VM names of those that failed to the telnet test
Note: for this test since the Telnet is success ( if ($cond -eq 'True')) I am using that , eventually I will move the code to accomplish this when the telnet fails if ($cond -eq 'False').
So I have a script that reads the vms from a csv file
(so far I am testing with 2 vms ),
CSV source as follow (dr_adhoc.csv):
vmname
VM-DR-XXXYXZ01
VM-DR-XXXYXZ02
$vms = Import-CSV H:....\dr_adhoc.csv
foreach ($vm in $vms){
$vmn = $vm.vmname
write-host "--- DR Phase 3/3 : Validating the telnet connection to :---" -ForegroundColor Cyan
Test-NetConnection -ComputerName $vmn -Port $port | Select-Object TcpTestSucceeded
$cond=$?
#write-host $cond
if ($cond -eq 'True'){
Get-VM -name $vmn | Select-Object name | Export-Csv "H:\Scripts\X\Y\Z\X\VM_list$(get-date -f MM-dd-yyyy).csv" -NoTypeInformation
}
Those were the results :
when I used Get-VM -name $vmn | Select-Object name | Export-Csv "H:\Scripts\X\Y\Z\X\VM_list$(get-date -f MM-dd-yyyy).csv" -NoTypeInformation
The csv file was created however it only contain the last server and ' " ' and not both:
"Name"
"VM-DR-XXXYXZ02"
when I used Get-VM -name $vmn |select name >> H:\Scripts\X\Y\Z\X\VM_list$(get-date -f MM-dd-yyyy).csv
it is the most closest solution , however ... as you can see it has more than the vm names I had colored on red the ones that I don't need to see
also it has blank lines 
Name
----
VM-DR-XXXYXZ01
Name
----
VM-DR-XXXYXZ02
Basically I would like to have a handy list of those vms that were not allowing the tcp connections , in that way I can re use that list to re run another script to resolve that tcp connection. : )
Thank you so much for the help!
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Hello LucD,
Thanks for helping me on the CSV file problem .
I got stuck one more time
so I added some functions to check the file shares on linux and I would like to have a handy csv list of all the vms that failed to mount the drives.
I am missing something because the csv file is empty I already printed the value of the array variable and the VM name is there , it is just not adding in the csv file .
If you happened to have some minutes , would you mind to help me ? 
... Here is what I have:
$vms = Import-CSV H:...~dr_adhoc.csv
#$report = @()
unable_mount = @()
foreach ($vm in $vms){
$vmn = $vm.vmname
write-host "--- DR Validation Started : ---" -ForegroundColor Cyan
$OS = Get-VM -name $vmn | Select-Object Guest -WarningAction SilentlyContinue
if ( ($OS -match "Linux") -or ($OS -match "red hat") )
{
function Enterprisenfs
{
$Enterprisemount=(Invoke-VMScript -VM $vmn -ScriptText "df -h | grep apps | grep -v log | wc -l" -GuestUser $Guestlinux -GuestPassword $GuestPasslinux -ScriptType Bash -WarningAction SilentlyContinue)
write-host "Entreprise Value (1/0)?:" $Enterprisemount
[int]$intNfs = [convert]::ToInt32($Enterprisemount)
switch ($intNfs)
{
1 { write-host "NFS mount present proceeding with the next DR validation" -ForegroundColor Cyan
break
}
0 {
write-host "NFS mount not found this step will mount the file system" -ForegroundColor Cyan
Invoke-VMScript -VM $vmn -ScriptText "mount -a " -GuestUser $Guestlinux -GuestPassword $GuestPasslinux -ScriptType Bash -WarningAction SilentlyContinue
$enttemp=(Invoke-VMScript -VM $vmn -ScriptText "mount -a " -GuestUser $Guestlinux -GuestPassword $GuestPasslinux -ScriptType Bash -WarningAction SilentlyContinue)
Write-Host "mount status" $enttemp
if (($enttemp -match "busy") -or ($enttemp -match "Failed") )
{
Write-Host "Unable to mount, Adding server in csv file"
#This line does not work## $unable_mount += Get-VM -name $vmn | Select-Object nameT
##This line in some how works b## Get-VM -name $vmn | Select-Object name >> H:~\VMunable_tomount.csv
break
}
Invoke-VMScript -VM $vmn -ScriptText "df -h | grep iodocapps | grep -v log " -GuestUser $Guestlinux -GuestPassword $GuestPasslinux -ScriptType Bash -WarningAction SilentlyContinue
Enterprisenfs
break
}
}
# I also tried to place the instruction here to capture the vm name that had the problem mounting the shares#
#This line does not work## $unable_mount += Get-VM -name $vmn | Select-Object name
}
}
$unable_mount| Export-Csv "$Tempvmlist" -NoTypeInformation -UseCulture
(Get-Content -Path "$Tempvmlist") | Foreach-Object {$_ -replace '"', ''} | Out-File -FilePath $Radminvmlist$(get-date -f MM-dd-yyyy).csvRemove-Item –path "$Tempvmlist" -ErrorAction Ignore
I got stuck and could not find it my problem .
Thanks
Interesting , I tried that ... I got the length of the vm name
content of the vm file
Length 12
Import-Module "VMware.VimAutomation.Core"
$mountvmlist = "H:~VM_unablemount"
$Tempvmlist = "H:~VM_temp_list.csv"
function Invoke-Enterprisenfs {
param(
[string]$VMName
)
$result = Invoke-VMScript -VM $VMName -ScriptText "df -h | grep apps | grep -v log | wc -l" -GuestUser $Guestlinux -GuestPassword $GuestPasslinux -ScriptType Bash -WarningAction SilentlyContinue
$intNfs = [int]$result.ScriptOutput
write-host "Entreprise Value (1/0)?:" $intNfs
switch ($intNfs) {
1 {
write-host "NFS mount present proceeding with the next DR validation" -ForegroundColor Cyan
break
}
0 {
write-host "NFS mount not found this step will mount the file system" -ForegroundColor Cyan
$result = Invoke-VMScript -VM $vmn -ScriptText "mount -a " -GuestUser $Guestlinux -GuestPassword $GuestPasslinux -ScriptType Bash -WarningAction SilentlyContinue
Write-Host "mount status" $result.ScriptOutput
if (($result.ScriptOutput -match "busy") -or ($result.ScriptOutput -match "Failed") ) {
Write-Host "Unable to mount, Adding server in csv file"
$VMName
break
}
$result = Invoke-VMScript -VM $vmn -ScriptText "df -h | grep iodocapps | grep -v log " -GuestUser $Guestlinux -GuestPassword $GuestPasslinux -ScriptType Bash -WarningAction SilentlyContinue
break
}
}
}
$vms = (Import-CSV D:\Scripts\vscript\RH\Juan\DR\dr_adhoc.csv).vmname
$unable_mount = @()
Write-Host "--- DR Validation Started : ---" -ForegroundColor Cyan
foreach ($vm in $vms) {
Write-Host "Looking at $($vm)"
$OS = (Get-VM -name $vm -WarningAction SilentlyContinue).Guest.OSFullName
if ( $OS -and ($OS -match "Linux" -or $OS -match "red hat")) {
Write-Host "`tOS: $($OS)"
$unable_mount += Invoke-Enterprisenfs -VMName $vm
write-host "vm list: $unable_mount"
}
}
$unable_mount| Export-Csv "$Tempvmlist" -NoTypeInformation -UseCulture
(Get-Content -Path "$Tempvmlist") | Foreach-Object {$_ -replace '"', ''} | Out-File -FilePath $mountvmlist$(Get-Date -f MM-dd-yyyy).csv -ErrorAction Ignore