get-hardware info script

[tdubb123]

getting an error from this. just wanted a second pair of eyes to check what I am doing wrong

$results= @()

foreach($dc in get-datacenter){

    foreach($cluster in get-cluster -location $dc) {

        foreach ($vmhost in $cluster) {       

$esxcli = get-esxcli -VMHost $vmhost

$info = "" | select esxHost, cluster, Datacenter, ESXVErsion, VendorNAme, Productname, SErialNumber

$info.esxHost = $vmhost.name

$info.cluster = $cluster.name

$info.DAtacenter = $dc.name

$info.VendorName = $esxcli.hardware.platform.get().VendorName

$info.Productname = $esxcli.hardware.platform.get().Productname

$info.Serialnumber = $esxcli.hardware.platform.get().Serialnumber

$results += $info

}}}

$results | Out-GridView

[LucD]

Which error?

[tdubb123]

error is

Get-EsxCli : Cannot bind parameter 'VMHost'. Cannot convert the "xxxxxxx" value of type "VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Impl.V1.Inventory.ClusterImpl" to type

"VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.Inventory.VMHost".

At line:7 char:30

+ $esxcli = get-esxcli -VMHost $vmhost

+                              ~~~~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Get-EsxCli], ParameterBindingException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CannotConvertArgumentNoMessage,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.EsxCli.GetEsxCli

[pezh0re · Accepted solution]

I think your inner foreach needs tweaking:

foreach($dc in get-datacenter){

    foreach($cluster in get-cluster -location $dc) {

        foreach ($vmhost in $($cluster | Get-VMHost)) { 

^^ that will return an array of VMhost objects and let you to proceed. (I'm away from my environment, so that may not be the exact syntax)

[tdubb123]

nice. that was it. Thanks

But report take a while to run through a large environment.

Would it be faster to use get-view instead of esxcli?

havent tried yet

[tdubb123]

I have some hosts that are in datacenters that dont have a cluster. Its a standalone host in a remote office(datacenter)

so my problem is when I do the cluster loop, it fails to grab the esx hosts that are not in a cluster (remote Offices) any idea what to . do?

$results= @()

$vmhosts = get-vmhost | ? {$_.powerstate -eq "PoweredOn"}

$i = 0

foreach($dc in get-datacenter){

   foreach($cluster in get-cluster -location $dc) {

        foreach ($vmhost in (get-cluster -name $cluster | get-vmhost | ? {$_.powerstate -eq "PoweredOn"} )) {    

$i++

$esxcli = get-esxcli -VMHost $vmhost

$hostview = get-vmhost $vmhost | Get-View

write-progress -Activity "Processing $($i) of $($vmhosts.count) " -CurrentOperation $vmhost -PercentComplete (($i/$vmhosts.count) * 100)

Start-sleep -Milliseconds 200

$info = "" | select esxHost, cluster, Datacenter, ESXVErsion, VendorNAme, Productname, SErialNumber, vcenter

$info.esxHost = $vmhost.name

$info.cluster = $cluster.name

$info.DAtacenter = $dc.name

$info.ESXVErsion = $hostview.config.product.fullname

$info.VendorName = $esxcli.hardware.platform.get().VendorName

$info.Productname = $esxcli.hardware.platform.get().Productname

$info.Serialnumber = $esxcli.hardware.platform.get().Serialnumber

$info.vcenter = $cluster.Uid.Split(":")[0].split("@")[1]

$results += $info

}}}

$results | Out-GridView