Automation

If I run

get-datacenter | Get-VMHost | select Name, Parent

I get ouput like

Name                                                       Parent                                               
----                                                            ------                                               

svr1.example.com                                   Cluster 1

svr2.example.com                                   Cluster 1

svr3.example.com                                   Cluster 1

svr4.example.com                                   host

This is because my layout is as follows

Datacentre 1

-Cluster 1

--svr1

--svr2

--svr3

-svr4

svr4 is a standalone system in that datacenter.

Running

get-datacenter | Get-VMHost | ?{ $_.Parent -eq "host" }

Returns nothing though I would expect it to return "svr4"

get-datacenter | Get-VMHost | ?{ $_.Parent -ne "host" }

Returns everything.

Any Ideas?

Thanks in advance

The Parent property points to a Folder object, not a string with the name of the parent.

If you do

get-datacenter | Get-VMHost | ?{ $_.Parent.Name -eq "host" }

you should see the result you expect.

In the Folder object there is a Name property (which holds a string) that you can use in the where-clause.

Perfect, thanks.

Is there away to see what is returned (i.e. object or string) ?

Ryan

Yes, you can use the Get-Member cmdlet like this

Get-Datacenter | Get-VMhost | Get-Member

or the GetType function

Get-Datacenter | Get-VMhost | %{$_.Parent.GetType()}

Get-Datacenter | Get-VMhost | %{$_.Parent.Name.GetType()}

Thanks,

it seems powershell takes a wee bit of getting used to.

Ryan

Once you get past the step of thinking in "objects that have properties that pass through a pipeline", it becomes quite easy.

You'll start to appreciate it's ease of use and you will love it  :smileyhappy: