Hal,
i'm trying to use your get-customefield cmdlet to work but having no joy.
i've saved the script and then if i try to do get-vm | get-customfield.ps1 -Name backup*
i get:
The term 'get-customfield.ps1' is not recognized as a cmdlet, function, operable program, or script file. Verify the term and try again
(i am in the directory this script is saved.)
so i added it to the toolkit extensions. as a cmdlet which i load in my powershell profile
TITLE: Get-CustomField.ps1
AUTHOR: Hal Rottenberg <hal@halr9000.com>
PURPOSE: Retrieve custom field data from any VMware Infrastructure "managed entity"
(i.e. VM, VMHost, Cluster, etc.).
USAGE: Use a Get cmdlet such as Get-VM or Get-Inventory and pipe to this script.
# Optionally, specify the Name parameter to modify items retrieved. Wildcards
# are permitted.
INPUT: By pipeline only, any managed entity.
OUTPUT: A custom object containing the fields Name, Value, InputObject, and Type
EXAMPLE:
PS> Get-Inventory | Get-CustomField.PS1 -name Service*
Name Value InputObject Type
---- ----- ----------- ----
ServiceLevel Gold 192.168.0.51 VMHostImpl
Cmdlet Get-customefield{
param (
$Include # Search by this custom field name (aka key)
)
Process {
If the object on the pipeline does not have a CustomFields property, ignore it
if ( !$_.CustomFields ) { continue }
Save this for later inclusion into the output custom object.
$InputObject = $_
An entity can be one of several types, it may be useful to know which one.
$Type = $InputObject.GetType().Name
$_.CustomFields | ForEach-Object {
If Name was provided, filter out the non-matches
if ( ( $Name -and ( $_.Key -like $Name )) -or !$Name ) {
Build custom object to hold output.
$Process = New-Object PSObject
$Process | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Name -Value $_.Key -PassThru |
Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Value $_.Value -PassThru |
Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name InputObject -Value $InputObject -PassThru |
Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Type -Value $Type
Write-Output $Process
}
}
}
}
now when i pass a value to it via the pipline , powershell plus recognises it as a cmdlet via autocomplete drop down list, but i get an error:
PS C:\Documents and Settings\camph009> Get-VM | Get-customefield -Name backup*
Get-customefield : A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'Name'.
At line:1 char:32
+ Get-VM | Get-customefield -Name <<<< backup*
where am i going wrong?
TIA.
