Hello community,
get-folder does not include the network folders under Home > Inventory > Networking. correct?
Is there an other command for these folders?
regards, Sven
I try to move around 400 Networks from a folder called "Old" (under Enterprise (Home > Infrastructure > Networking)) to dedicated folder Exampe1 and Example2 under Enterprise. It su.... by hand 😉
regards, Sven
The current Get-Folder cmdlet doesn't support the Network folders.
There is a network folder under each datacenter.
You can get the folder like this
$dc = Get-Datacenter MyDC
$net = Get-View $dc.ExtensionData.NetworkFolder
$netImpl = Get-VIObjectByVIView $net.MoRef
$netImpl
The $netImpl variable will hold the folder object.
You can now do things like
New-Folder -Name Test -Location $netImpl
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Hi Luc
Many thanks!
May you have a solution to move the networks into this Network folder?
Because I would like set the permission on this level and not on enterprise.
regards, Sven
That's possible but you will have to fall back on the SDK method.
The following creates a new folder Test under the network folder and then moves the portgroup, called testPG, to that folder.
$datacenterName = "MyDC"
$newFolder = "Test"
$pgName = "TestPG"
$dc = Get-Datacenter -Name $datacenterName
$networkFolder = Get-View $dc.ExtensionData.NetworkFolder $networkFolderImpl = Get-VIObjectByVIView $net.MoRef # Create subfolder
$dest = New-Folder -Name $newFolder -Location $netImpl
# Find portgroup
$pg = $networkFolder.ChildEntity | %{Get-View $_} | where {$_.Name -eq $tgtPG} # Move portgroup to folder
$dest.Extensiondata.MoveIntoFolder($pg.MoRef)
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I have to move arround 200 portgroups. Can I set
$pgName = "TestPG,TestPG1,TestPG2"
regards, Sven
You can, but you will have to change the condition on the Where clause.
Something like this
$datacenterName = "MyDC" $newFolder = "Test" $tgtName = "TestPG,TestPG1,TestPG2"
$dc = Get-Datacenter -Name $datacenterName $networkFolder = Get-View $dc.ExtensionData.NetworkFolder $networkFolderImpl = Get-VIObjectByVIView $networkFolder.MoRef # Create subfolder
$dest = New-Folder -Name $newFolder -Location $networkFolderImpl
# Find portgroup
$pg = $networkFolder.ChildEntity | %{Get-View $_} | where {$tgtName -contains $_.Name} # Move portgroup to folder
$dest.Extensiondata.MoveIntoFolder($pg.MoRef)
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I get an error
Get-VIObjectByVIView : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'VIView'. The argu
ment is null or empty. Supply an argument that is not null or empty and then tr
y the command again.
regards, Sven
There was a typo, it's corrected.
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