VJ_VMware_111's Posts

Hi Guys, I have a script for collecting the necessary information that i need about ESX hosts. The script was very fast, and runs in few minutes to get data from many vCenters. Now i wanted to include Tag information of ESX host in my output. This tag is to indicate ownership of the host. I added 'Get-TagAssignment -Entity $_.Name' to my script and hoped it will do the job, But all of a sudden the script became extremely slow, and takes hours to pull just from one VC. We have a mix of 5.5 and 6.0 VCs and hosts. I know that in 5.5, tags have to be retrieved from inventory service., which might be slowing this down. Also i am not able to find a hostsystem property for Tag, that i can include with get-view. I guess this is again due to the fact that it is stored in inventory service and not in vcenter server. Can you please help me here, and find a faster way to get the info. Thanks in advance! $vcenter = vcenter1 connect-viserver $vcenter Get-View -ViewType HostSystem -Property Name,Parent,Runtime.ConnectionState,Config.Product,Hardware,VM -Server $vcenter | %{         $obj = [ordered]@{             vCenter = $vcenter             Hostname = $_.Name             Ownership = Get-TagAssignment -Entity $_.Name             Cluster = &{                 $parent = Get-View -Id $_.Parent -Property Name,Parent                 while($parent -isnot [VMware.Vim.ClusterComputeResource] -and $parent -isnot [VMware.Vim.Datacenter]){                     $parent = Get-View -Id $parent.Parent -Property Name,Parent                 }                 if($parent -is [VMware.Vim.Datacenter]){                     ''                     $script:sa = 'Yes'                 }                 else{                     $parent.Name                     $script:sa = 'No'                 }             }             Stand_Alone = $script:sa             State = $_.runtime.connectionState             ESX_Version =$_.config.product.version             Build =$_.config.product.build             Model =$_.hardware.systemInfo.model             CPU_Sockets =$_.hardware.CpuInfo.numCpuPackages             CPU_Cores =$_.hardware.CpuInfo.numCpuCores             RAM_GB = [math]::Round((($_.hardware.memorySize)/(1GB)),1)             VM = $_.vm.Count         }         $HostReport += New-Object PSObject -Property $obj     } Thanks, VJ

Hello Guys, I am trying to connect to multiple vCenters with different logins that are securely stored in diff .xml files, as shown below. But it seems i cannot use switch statement output for credential switch. Please help out. Error: Connect-VIServer : Cannot bind parameter 'Credential'. Cannot convert the "switch" value of type "System.String" to type "System.Management.Automation.PSCredential". Script: $vcenters = get-content "C:\Scripts\VMware_Inventory\vcenters.txt" $cred = Import-Clixml -Path C:\Scripts\VMware_Inventory\cred.xml $cred_SAP = Import-Clixml -Path C:\Scripts\VMware_Inventory\cred_SAP.xml $cred_UNIX = Import-Clixml -Path C:\Scripts\VMware_Inventory\cred_UNIX.xml ForEach ($vcenter in $vcenters) { Connect-VIServer $vcenter -Credential switch ($vcenter) { vcenter1 {$cred} vcenter1 {$cred_SAP} vcenter1 {$cred_UNIX} } } Thanks, VJ

Hey Guys, I am trying to get OS, CPU, RAM, Disk information of a set of VMs from a text file. But the below script does not give OS. Can you please check it, and tell what can be wrong? Connect-VIServer vcenter Get-VM -Name (Get-Content "C:\VMs.txt") | Select Name, @{N="OS";E={Get-View $_.config.guestFullName}}, @{N="CPU";E={$_.numCPU}}, @{N="RAM";E={$_.memoryMB}}, @{N="HardDiskSizeGB";E={(Get-HardDisk -VM $_. | Measure-Object -Sum CapacityGB).Sum}} Thanks, VJ

Hello VMware Powercli Experts, I have a requirement to make sure the password for connect-viserver is secured via '-AsSecureString' or 'Get-Credential'. I have listed the below 3 cases. Please let me know how to resolve this issue. Case 1 is using unsecured password and it works perfectly on all of our vCenters, except for the fact that it is unsecure. Case 2 is using '-AsSecureString', and it fails with all of 10 our vCenters. Case 3 is using 'Get-Credential' and it fails on 2 of our vCenters while it succeeds on rest of the 8 vCenters. Case 1: $Username = Read-Host -Prompt "Please enter your Username:" $Password = Read-Host -Prompt "Please enter your Password:" $vcenter = "vcenter1" Connect-VIServer $vcenter -User $Username -Password $Password Disconnect-VIServer $vcenter -Confirm:$false Output: Name                           Port  User                          ----                           ----  ----                          phx-esxvc-001                  443   corp\vj-a     Case 2: $Username = Read-Host -Prompt "Please enter your Username:" $Password = Read-Host -Prompt "Please enter your Password:" –AsSecureString $vcenter = "vcenter1" Connect-VIServer $vcenter -User $Username -Password $Password Disconnect-VIServer $vcenter -Confirm:$false Output: Connect-VIServer : 3/14/2017 11:28:20 AM    Connect-VIServer        Cannot complete login due to an incorrect user name or password.    At C:\Users\vj\Desktop\Desktop 1\My Scripts\Test\test2.ps1:4 char:1 + Connect-VIServer $vcenter -User $Username -Password $Password + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Connect-VIServer], InvalidLogin     + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Client20_ConnectivityServiceImpl_Reconnect_Exception,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.ConnectVIServer Disconnect-VIServer : 3/14/2017 11:28:20 AM    Disconnect-VIServer        Could not find VIServer with name 'vcenter1'.    At C:\Users\vj\Desktop\Desktop 1\My Scripts\Test\test2.ps1:5 char:1 + Disconnect-VIServer $vcenter -Confirm:$false + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (vcenter1:String) [Disconnect-VIServer], VimException     + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_ObnSelector_SelectObjectByNameCore_ObjectNotFound,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.DisconnectVIServer Disconnect-VIServer : 3/14/2017 11:28:20 AM    Disconnect-VIServer        Could not find any of the servers specified by name.    At C:\Users\vj\Desktop\Desktop 1\My Scripts\Test\test2.ps1:5 char:1 + Disconnect-VIServer $vcenter -Confirm:$false + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (VMware.VimAutom...Server[] Server:RuntimePropertyInfo) [Disconnect-VIServer], ServerObnFailureException     + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_ObnSelector_SetNewParameterValue_ServerSpecifiedButNotFound,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.DisconnectVIServer Case 3: $credential = Get-Credential $Username = $credential.GetNetworkCredential().username $Password = $credential.GetNetworkCredential().password $vcenter = "vcenter1" Connect-VIServer $vcenter -User $Username -Password $Password Disconnect-VIServer $vcenter -Confirm:$false Output: Connect-VIServer : 3/14/2017 11:43:53 AM    Connect-VIServer        Cannot complete login due to an incorrect user name or password.    At C:\Users\vj\Desktop\Desktop 1\My Scripts\Test\test3.ps1:5 char:1 + Connect-VIServer $vcenter -User $Username -Password $Password + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Connect-VIServer], InvalidLogin     + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Client20_ConnectivityServiceImpl_Reconnect_Exception,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.ConnectVIServer Disconnect-VIServer : 3/14/2017 11:43:53 AM    Disconnect-VIServer        Could not find VIServer with name 'vcenter1'.    At C:\Users\vj\Desktop\Desktop 1\My Scripts\Test\test3.ps1:6 char:1 + Disconnect-VIServer $vcenter -Confirm:$false + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (vcenter1:String) [Disconnect-VIServer], VimException     + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_ObnSelector_SelectObjectByNameCore_ObjectNotFound,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.DisconnectVIServer Disconnect-VIServer : 3/14/2017 11:43:53 AM    Disconnect-VIServer        Could not find any of the servers specified by name.    At C:\Users\vj\Desktop\Desktop 1\My Scripts\Test\test3.ps1:6 char:1 + Disconnect-VIServer $vcenter -Confirm:$false + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (VMware.VimAutom...Server[] Server:RuntimePropertyInfo) [Disconnect-VIServer], ServerObnFailureException     + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_ObnSelector_SetNewParameterValue_ServerSpecifiedButNotFound,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.DisconnectVIServer