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adrianallan
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new-cluster parameters boolean & int32

I need help passing the correct parameters to my command..

For this example the value of the HAEnabled in the xml file is “true” a text string.

New-Cluster -Location $_.Datacenter -Name $_.Cluster -HAEnabled ($_.HAEnabled)

I’ve tried doing: $cHAE = http://System.Convert::ToBoolean($_.HAEnabled) and then using the $cHAE in the command = this did not work

I’ve also tried casting it directly in the command like this: -HAEnabled $_.HAEnabled = this did not work

If I do this: -HAEnabled $true = this works but of course I’m reading a file with multiple cluster definitions in it.

Hopefully one of you have run accros this and has a solution that will work for how I cast stuff in general.

Thanks in advance

The file contents look like this (Dataclust.xml)

DataCenter : MyDatacenter

Cluster : MyCluster

HAEnabled : True

HAFail : 1

DRSAuto : FullyAutomated

DRSEnable : True

DrsMode : FullyAutomated

HAAdm : True

VMSwap : WithVM

HARestart : Medium

HAIso : DoNothing

Part of the script below:

$Global:clust = Import-Clixml c:\scripts\DataClust.xml

$clust | foreach-Object{

New-Cluster -Location $_.Datacenter -Name $_.Cluster -DrsMode $_.DRSMode -DrsAutomationLevel $_.DrsAuto -HAEnabled ($_.HAEnabled) -HAAdmissionControlEnabled ($_.HAAdm)

-HAFailoverLevel $_.HAFail -HARestartPriority $_.HARestart -DrsAutomationLevel $_.DrsAuto -HAIsolationResponse $_.HAIso -VMSwapfilePolicy $_.VMSwap -DrsEnabled $_.DRSEnable -DrsMode $_.DRSMode

}

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LucD
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Sorry, my typo. Should have said

New-Cluster -Location $_.Datacenter -Name $_.Cluster -HAEnabled:($_.HAEnabled -eq "true")

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You could do this

New-Cluster -Location $_.Datacenter -Name $_.Cluster -HAEnabled ($_.HAEnabled -eq "true")

The comparison will return $true or $false depending if the variable contains respectively "true" or "false".

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adrianallan
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I tried the compare but I get this error ?

New-Cluster : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument 'False'.

At C:\SCRIPTS\VMmigrationAF.ps1:30 char:14

+ New-Cluster <<<< -Location $_.Datacenter -Name $_.Cluster -DrsMode $_.DRSMode -DrsAutomationLevel $_.DrsAuto`

+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (Smiley Happy , ParameterBindingException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,VMware.VimAutomation.VimAutomation.Commands.NewCluster

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New-Cluster -Location $_.Datacenter -Name $_.Cluster -DrsMode $_.DRSMode -DrsAutomationLevel $_.DrsAuto`

-HAEnabled ($_.HAEnabled -eq "True")

#-HAAdmissionControlEnabled ($_.HAAdm -eq "true")`

  1. -HAFailoverLevel $_.HAFail -HARestartPriority $_.HARestart `

  2. -HAIsolationResponse $_.HAIso -VMSwapfilePolicy $_.VMSwap -DrsEnabled ($_.DRSEnable -eq "true")

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LucD
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Sorry, my typo. Should have said

New-Cluster -Location $_.Datacenter -Name $_.Cluster -HAEnabled:($_.HAEnabled -eq "true")

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adrianallan
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That helped alot

But now I'm getting this error: (Even though its creating most of the clusters)

New-Cluster : 3/13/2010 9:22:56 PM New-Cluster 0B40DFB1-F9A7-4320-AAD0-5F56098669DA Exception of type 'VMware.

VimAutomation.Types.InvalidArgumentException' was thrown.

At C:\SCRIPTS\VMmigrationAF.ps1:30 char:15

+ New-Cluster <<<< -Location $_.Datacenter -Name $_.Cluster -DrsMode $_.DRSMode -DrsAutomationLevel $_.DrsAuto `

+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (Smiley Happy , InvalidArgumentException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Client20_VmHostServiceImpl_CheckClusterHaFeatures_InvalidHaState,VMware.VimAutomation.Vi

mAutomation.Commands.NewCluster

Not yet sure what is throwing it

New-Cluster -Location $_.Datacenter -Name $_.Cluster -DrsMode $_.DRSMode -DrsAutomationLevel $_.DrsAuto `

-HAAdmissionControlEnabled: ($_.HAAdm -eq "True") -HAEnabled: ($_.HAEnabled -eq "True")`

-HAFailoverLevel $_.HAFail -HARestartPriority $_.HARestart `

-HAIsolationResponse $_.HAIso -VMSwapfilePolicy $_.VMSwap -DrsEnabled: ($_.DRSEnable -eq "true")

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adrianallan
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Ok I see it only happens where the records have HAEnabled = False

What I finally did to correct the issue was to do a set-cluster after the fact as the new-cluster cmdlet seems to have a flaw in it (or so is my current thought)

Set-Cluster -Cluster $_.Cluster -HAEnabled:($_.HAEnabled -eq "True") -Confirm:$False

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