need help with new-folder powercli5

[cryton2707]

Ok Im trying to use the new-folder function to create a folder structure

somthing like

tier1

     team a

          project a

          project b

     team b

     team c

tier2

     team a

          project a

          project c

     team b

     team c

Dev

     team a

          project a

          project b

          project c

     team b

     team c

The problem is I create tier 1 and sub folders ok

On creating "tier 2" and "team a".  When going down to create "project a" under "tier 2/team a"  then I hit problems because the paramater -location just says "team a" (i.e the folder above) and folder "project a" already exists under "tier 1/team a"

So I get an error.. What I want to know is how can I specify the location context.

Thanks

[LucD]

Could you perhaps include the script your are using ?

[cryton2707]

Example Code Im using..

$DC2="DataCenter1.MYVC.domain.com"

connect-viserver

-Server $DC2

New-Folder

-Name "Tier 1" -Location $DC2 -Server $DC2 -confirm:$false

New-Folder -

Name "Tier 1" -Location "Team a" -Server $DC2 -Confirm:$false

New-Folder

-Name "project a" -Location "Team a" -Server $DC2 -Confirm:$false

New-Folder

-Name "project b" -Location "Team a" -Server $DC2 -Confirm:$false

New-Folder -

Name "Team b" -Location "Tier 1" -Server $DC2 -Confirm:$false

New-Folder

-Name "Team c" -Location "Tier 1" -Server $DC2 -Confirm:$false

New-Folder -

Name "Tier 2" -Location $DC2 -Server $DC2 -Confirm:$false

New-Folder

-Name "Team a" -Location "Tier 2" -Server $DC2 -Confirm:$false

New-Folder

-Name "project a" -Location "Team a" -Server $DC2 -Confirm:$false

New-Folder -Name "project b" -Location "Team a" -Server $DC2 -Confirm:$false

[LucD]

When you reach Project a under Tier 2, the name Project a is not unique anymore.

A Get-Folder -Name "Project a" will return 2 folders.

The solution is to store the parent folders in a variable where needed.

Something like this for example

$DC2="DataCenter1.MYVC.domain.com" 
connect-viserver -Server $DC2 
$t1 = New-Folder -Name "Tier 1" -Location $DC2 -Server $DC2 -confirm:$false
 $t1a = New-Folder -Name "Team a" -Location $t1 -Server $DC2 -Confirm:$false
New-Folder -Name "project a" -Location $t1a -Server $DC2 -Confirm:$false
New-Folder -Name "project b" -Location $t1a -Server $DC2 -Confirm:$false
New-Folder -Name "Team b" -Location $t1 -Server $DC2 -Confirm:$false
New-Folder -Name "Team c" -Location $t1 -Server $DC2 -Confirm:$false
$t2 = New-Folder -Name "Tier 2" -Location $DC2 -Server $DC2 -Confirm:$false
$t2a = New-Folder -Name "Team a" -Location $t2 -Server $DC2 -Confirm:$false
New-Folder -Name "project a" -Location $t2a -Server $DC2 -Confirm:$false
New-Folder -Name "project b" -Location $t2a -Server $DC2 -Confirm:$false

The New-Folder cmdlet returns the unique folder object you created.

[cryton2707]

Hi that worked great in that the folder structure is now creating..

however.. Its creating yellow folders under (Hosts adn Clusters) rather than the Blue Folders under VM's and Templates.

Im presuming its somthing to do with setting a top level before with somthing like

$t1top = Get-Datacenter "DataCenter 2"
$t1 = new-Folder "Tier 3" -Location $t1top -Server $DC2 -confirm:$false

But the DataCeter 2 name shows the same under inventory and vms and templates.. So how do I distinguish were to create the folders.

[LucD · Accepted solution]

You use the hidden 'vm' folder.

Like this

$DC2="DataCenter1.MYVC.domain.com" 
connect-viserver -Server $DC2 
$vmFolder = Get-Folder -Name vm -Location (Get-Datacenter -Name "DataCenter 2")
$t1 = New-Folder -Name "Tier 1" -Location $vmFolder -Server $DC2 -confirm:$false 
$t1a = New-Folder -Name "Team a" -Location $t1 -Server $DC2 -Confirm:$false
New-Folder -Name "project a" -Location $t1a -Server $DC2 -Confirm:$false
New-Folder -Name "project b" -Location $t1a -Server $DC2 -Confirm:$false
New-Folder -Name "Team b" -Location $t1 -Server $DC2 -Confirm:$false
New-Folder -Name "Team c" -Location $t1 -Server $DC2 -Confirm:$false
$t2 = New-Folder -Name "Tier 2" -Location $vmFolder -Server $DC2 -Confirm:$false
$t2a = New-Folder -Name "Team a" -Location $t2 -Server $DC2 -Confirm:$false
New-Folder -Name "project a" -Location $t2a -Server $DC2 -Confirm:$false
New-Folder -Name "project b" -Location $t2a -Server $DC2 -Confirm:$false

[cryton2707]

Thanks for your help :smileycool: