Hi LucD
Thank you so much, after lowering the time now the script identifies the host quickly
That helped
I have one more humble request
When a host is not going int Maintenance mode, i have added the task to be cancelled and thats working
However its going out of the loop and ends the script
I need something like this when a host cant get to maintenance mode after 5 minutes it needs to cancel the Maintenance mode task and move to the next ESXi host
Cancelling the task works and moving to the next host dosent work
Please see the text in bold
Help me please
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cls
$selectedCLuster = Get-Cluster | Select Name,DRSEnabled,DrsAutomationLevel|sort name | Out-GridView -OutputMode Single -Title "Select a Single cluster for patching "
## Check if the Cluster is DRS Enabled and if the cluster is fully Automated
if (Get-Cluster -name $selectedCLuster.Name |where {$_.DrsEnabled -eq 'true' -and $_.DrsAutomationLevel -eq 'FullyAutomated'} )
{cls
Write-Host " Your Cluster " $selectedCLuster.name "is Ready for Patching"
sleep 5
}
Else
{
cls
Write-Host " Cluster" $selectedCLuster.Name -ForegroundColor Yellow "'DRS IS NOT ENABLED or NOT FULLY AUTOMATED'. Unable to Patch the cluster"
Write-Host " Check with Cluster owner and Enable DRS & Set cluster Automation 'Fully Automated' "
break
}
## Select the ESXi host for Patching
$selectVMhost= Get-Cluster -Name $selectedCLuster.Name | Get-VMHost |sort name | Out-GridView -OutputMode Multiple -Title "You can select single or multiple ESXi host for patching "
## Save the Current ESXi configuration to a Variable
$ESXiconfigbeforePatching= Get-vmhost -Name $selectVMhost |Select-Object Name,connectionstate,
@{N='ESXi version';E={"$($_.Version) $($_.Build)"}},
@{N='ESXi Hardware';E={"$($_.ExtensionData.Hardware.SystemInfo.Vendor) $($_.ExtensionData.Hardware.SystemInfo.Model)"}},
@{N='ESXi CPU Type';E={$_.ProcessorType}} |Out-File -FilePath c:\temp\out.txt
Write-host " You selected the following hosts for patching "
## Display the current ESXI configuration which is taken before patching
$ESXiconfigbeforePatching
$title = 'It is Important to confirm that you really want to patch this cluster'
$question = 'Are you sure you want to proceed with ESXI reboots during patching ?'
$choices = New-Object Collections.ObjectModel.Collection[Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription]
$choices.Add((New-Object Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription -ArgumentList '&Yes'))
$choices.Add((New-Object Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription -ArgumentList '&No'))
$decision = $Host.UI.PromptForChoice($title, $question, $choices, 1)
if ($decision -eq 0) {
Write-Host 'Preparing for patching activity'
} else {
Write-Host 'Cancelling Patching job'
Write-Host 'Disconnecting from Virtual Centre'
Disconnect-VIServer -Server * -Confirm:$false
Break
}
Write-host "We care collecting ESXi datastore information "
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## Mount and Unmount CD
$mountedCDdrives = Get-VMHost $selectVMhost | Get-VM | Where { $_ | Get-CdDrive | Where { $_.ConnectionState.Connected -eq "True" } }
IF ($mountedCDdrives.Count -gt "0"){Write-Host "The following VMs on $($hostName.Name) have mounted CD Drives:";
$mountedCDdrives.Name;
$unmountDrives = Read-Host "Press "Y" to unmount these ISOs and continue. Anything else to skip ISO unmounting";
IF ($unmountDrives -eq "Y") {Write-Host "Unmounting ISOs on VMs..." -foreground "Yellow"; foreach ($vm in $mountedCDdrives) {Get-VM $vm | Get-CDDrive | Set-CDDrive -NoMedia -Confirm:$False}}ELSE{Write-Host "Skipping ISO unmounting..." -foreground "Yellow"}}ELSE{Write-Host "No VMs found with ISOs mounted. Continuing..." -foreground "Yellow"}
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$Endloop=$false
foreach ($vmHostname in $selectVMhost) {
Write-Host "Setting $vmHostname to maintenance mode" -ForegroundColor Magenta
get-VMHost $vmHostname | set-VMHost -state maintenance -confirm:$false -runasync |out-null
sleep 10
$count = 0
while ($true) {
if ( (get-VMHost $vmHostname).ConnectionState -eq "Maintenance") {
Write-Host (get-date) ": $vmHostname in maintenance mode" -foregroundcolor Green
break;
}
else {
Write-Host (get-date) ": waiting for $vmHostname to go into maintenance..." -foregroundcolor Yellow
## Sleeping for 30 Minutes initial value
#sleep 120
## Sleeping for 5 Minutes
Sleep 20
$count++
}
if ($count -gt 15) {
Write-Host (get-date) ": Waited too long for maintenance.. quiting!" -foregroundcolor Red
Write-Host (get-date) ": Cancelling Maintenance task of Host $vmHostname" -foregroundcolor Red
$task= get-task |Select-Object Name,id |where {$_.Name -eq 'EnterMaintenanceMode_Task'}
if ($cancelTask=Get-Task |where {$_.Name -eq 'EnterMaintenanceMode_Task' -or $_.id -eq $task } )
{
Write-Host 'True' -ForegroundColor Yellow
$cancelTask|Stop-Task -Confirm:$false
}
Else
{
Write-Host 'False' -ForegroundColor Cyan
}
## Comment End loop
#$Endloop=$true
#break;
}
}
#read-host "pause..."
if (!$Endloop) {
Write-Host (get-date) ":Rebooting $vmHostname..........!!!" -foregroundcolor Red -BackgroundColor White
#this is a failsafe in case you did something stupid to the codes and reboot is executed
if ( (get-VMHost $vmHostname).ConnectionState -eq "Maintenance") {
get-VMHost $vmHostname | restart-VMHost -confirm:$false -force | out-null
#ensure that its goes into NotResponding state first, because it takes awhile
while ((get-VMHost $vmHostname).ConnectionState -ne "NotResponding") {
sleep 5
}
$count = 0
while ($true) {
if ((get-VMHost $vmHostname).ConnectionState -eq "Maintenance") {
Write-Host (get-date) ": $vmHostname is up and in maintenance mode" -foregroundcolor Green
break ;
}
else {
Write-Host (get-date) ": waiting for $vmHostname to be online..." -foregroundcolor Yellow
## Adding sleep from 300 to 50 i.e from 30 minutes to 5 minutes
sleep 50
$count++
}
if ($count -gt 6) {
Write-Host (get-date) ": Waited too long for host to be up. quiting!" -foregroundcolor Red
$Endloop=$true
break;
}
}
}
else {
Write-Host (get-date) ": $vmHostname is not in maintenance, cannot reboot!" -foregroundcolor Red
## Commenting this entry to keep it inside the loop
#$Endloop=$true
break;
}
}
#read-host "pause..."
if (!$Endloop) {
Write-Host "Setting $vmHostname back online" -foregroundcolor Yellow
get-VMHost $vmHostname | set-VMHost -state connected -confirm:$false | out-null
sleep 10
If ((get-VMHost $vmHostname).ConnectionState -eq "Connected") {
Write-Host (get-date) ": $vmHostname is up and connected" -foregroundcolor Green
}
else {
Write-Host (get-date) ": Host did not get back online...quiting!" -foregroundcolor Red
$Endloop=$true
}
}
if ($Endloop) {break;}
}
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Many thanks
RXJ
