help reqd with the 'get-customattribute' cmdlet

[Munster99]

Hey all

Can anyone help me with the cmdlet above pls?

What I'm trying to do is simply do a search in our VC against certain 'custom attributes' and confirm the VMs associated with them.

(i.e. custom attribute 'RED' has a VM servers called 'SERVER1,SERVER2 etc.')

i've tried to find the objects associated with this and all i get is the following objects:

ServerId
Server
Key
Name
TargetType
Uid
Client

So how can i use these to get something that reports back a VM servernames ???

As usual - Many thanks in advance for your help

Munster99

[LucD]

Not sure I "get" the question, but do you mean something like this

Get-VM | Get-Annotation -CustomAttribute "Red"

[Munster99]

thanks LucD

Wow, is that it ??? (I love powercli).

I've noticed it brings back ALL the entries is there a way to filter out the ones with no value please ?

munster99

[LucD · Accepted solution]

Sure, try it like this

Get-VM | Get-Annotation -CustomAttribute "Red" | Where {$_.Value}

[Munster99]

As per usual LucD your a life saver !

thanks

munster99