Get-VMHost | Get-View vs. ExtensionData

[Zsoldier]

Anyone notice a behavior difference in these two examples?  Is this a bug or expected behavior?

This returns nothing

$VMHost = Get-VMHost hostname

$VMHost.ExtensionData.Hardware.systeminfo.OtherIdentifyingInfo | where {$_.IdentifierType.Key -eq "servicetag"})

This returns the object I'm looking for:

$VMHost = Get-VMHost hostname | Get-View

$VMHost.Hardware.systeminfo.OtherIdentifyingInfo | where {$_.IdentifierType.Key -eq "servicetag"})

[RvdNieuwendijk · Accepted solution]

I have tried both examples. They have both a ')' too many at the end of line 2. After removing the ')' they both give the same result against a HP BL460C G7 ESXi 4.1U1 host.

Regards, Robert

[Zsoldier]

Nyargh!  I just tried these again.  My original lines didn't have the ")".  Still weird, I seem to only see this issue from my desktop PC, don't see the issue running in my Mac's Windows VM.  Thanks for confirming that I'm crazy.  :smileylaugh: