Don't feel bad, this one was a hard one to figure out.
function Get-vCenterScheduledTask{
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Retrieve vCenter Scheduled Tasks.
.DESCRIPTION
Retrieve vCenter Scheduled Tasks.
.NOTES
Source: Automating vSphere Administration
Authors: Luc Dekens, Arnim van Lieshout, Jonathan Medd,
Alan Renouf, Glenn Sizemore
.EXAMPLE
Get-vCenterScheduledTask | Select-Object Name,Description,NextRunTime,PrevRunTime,State,Notification
#>
$si = Get-View ServiceInstance
$scheduledTaskManager = Get-View $si.Content.ScheduledTaskManager
$tasks = $scheduledTaskManager.RetrieveEntityScheduledTask($null)
$scheduledtasks = foreach ($task in $tasks){(Get-View $task).info}
$scheduledtasks
}
In your particular case, you can pull for specific VM by using the the "RetrieveObjectScheduledTask" Method like so:
$si = Get-View ServiceInstance
$scheduledTaskManager = Get-view $si.content.ScheduledTaskManager
$tasksforVM = $scheduledTaskManager.RetrieveObjectScheduledTask($vm.extensiondata.moref)
$scheduledtasksforVM = foreach ($task in $tasksforVM){(get-view $task).info}
$scheduledtasksforVM
Example to reconfigure an existing scheduled task:
vmsch =
Get-vCenterScheduledTask |
where {
$_
.Name -match
"something completely idiotic so nothing bad happens by running this without knowing what they are doing"}
Foreach ($task in $vmsch)
{
$spec = New-Object VMware.Vim.ScheduledTaskSpec
$spec.name = $task.name
$spec.description = $task.description
$spec.enabled = $true
$spec.scheduler = New-Object VMware.Vim.OnceTaskScheduler
$spec.scheduler.runAt = $task.scheduler.runAt
$spec.action = New-Object VMware.Vim.MethodAction
$spec.action.name = "CreateSnapshot_Task"
$spec.action.argument = New-Object VMware.Vim.MethodActionArgument[] (4)
$spec.action.argument[0] = New-Object VMware.Vim.MethodActionArgument
$spec.action.argument[0].value = ""
$spec.action.argument[1] = New-Object VMware.Vim.MethodActionArgument
$spec.action.argument[1].value = ""
$spec.action.argument[2] = New-Object VMware.Vim.MethodActionArgument
$spec.action.argument[2].value = $true
$spec.action.argument[3] = New-Object VMware.Vim.MethodActionArgument
$spec.action.argument[3].value = $false
$spec.notification = ""
$_this = Get-View -Id $task.ScheduledTask
$_this.ReconfigureScheduledTask($spec)
}
