get all vms but with exception from import list

[vespavbb]

Hi,

I´m struggling with a simple question here.

I want to get all VM ´s but with an exception of some VM´s from a List which comes from a simple txt file.

If I do it like here, the output is twice or more, it depands how many objects are in the txt file. So the loop is wrong, or is there are smarter way? I guess so... Thanks

$excludeVM = Get-Content 'C:\test\exclude.txt' 
$includeVM =  foreach ($vm in $excludeVM) {get-cluster Cluster01 | get-vm | where {$_.Name -notlike $vm }  | Sort-Object -Property name } -Unique
$includeVM

[LucD · Accepted solution]

You could do something like this

$excludeVM = Get-Content 'C:\test\exclude.txt' 
$includeVM = Get-Cluster | Get-VM | where{$excludeVM -notcontains $_.Name} | Sort-Object -Property Name
$includeVM

[vespavbb]

Thank you, thant works for me,

how would you do the exception thing with tag´s on VM´s

Exclude VM´s where  Tag -like "ignore*" in category "exception"

[LucD · Accepted solution]

Something like this

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$tag = Get-Tag -Name 'ignore' -Category 'exception'
Get-Cluster | Get-VM | where{ (Get-TagAssignment -Entity $_).Tag.Id -notcontains $tag.Id}