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    <title>topic Re: Get Clone Source in VMware PowerCLI Discussions</title>
    <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Get-Clone-Source/m-p/1755244#M55521</link>
    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Found my own answer.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Changing the event type to "VmBeingClonedEvent", the Vm.Name property is the Source VM and the DestName is the new VM.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Here's some sample code for others that may be searching for this:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;# Get EventManager Obj&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;$em = get-view (get-view ServiceInstance).Content.EventManager&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt; &lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;# Instantiating Event Filter&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;$filter = New-Object VMware.Vim.EventFilterSpec&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;echo "$(date -format s) - Getting VM Clone Events"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;$filter.Type = "VmBeingClonedEvent" &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;$cloneEvents = $em.QueryEvents($filter)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;echo "$(date -format s) - Looping through VM Clone Events"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;$cloneObjs = @()&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;foreach ($nextEvent in $cloneEvents) {&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; echo "$(date -format s) - Next VM Clone: $($nextEvent.Vm.Name) -&amp;gt; $($nextEvent.DestName)"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; $o = New-Object System.Object&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; $o | add-member NoteProperty CreatedTime $nextEvent.CreatedTime # datetime VM was cloned&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; $o | add-member NoteProperty UserName $nextEvent.UserName # name of the user who cloned the VM&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; $o | add-member NoteProperty SourceVMName $nextEvent.Vm.Name # name of the VM&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; $o | add-member NoteProperty NewVMName $nextEvent.DestName # name of the VM&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; $o | add-member NoteProperty Message $nextEvent.FullFormattedMessage # message associated with event&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; $cloneObjs += $o&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;}&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:16:50 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Tocano</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2013-06-18T16:16:50Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Get Clone Source</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Get-Clone-Source/m-p/1755243#M55520</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;I'm trying to run a powercli script that, among other things, is trying to get a list of all cloned VMs. One important piece of data in this is what was the original source of that clone. I'm struggling to find that data.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Whether I run Get-VIEvent and find clone events or run a $filter.Type = "VmClonedEvent" and $events = $em.QueryEvents($filter), I get an object of type "VmClonedEvent" that, while having a SourceVm property, seems to be self-referencing (perhaps the &lt;EM&gt;source&lt;/EM&gt; of the Event) but doesn't refer to the original source VM of the clone.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Can someone let me know if getting that information is possible and if so where I can find it?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Any help would be appreciated.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thank you.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:40:04 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Get-Clone-Source/m-p/1755243#M55520</guid>
      <dc:creator>Tocano</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-06-17T17:40:04Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Get Clone Source</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Get-Clone-Source/m-p/1755244#M55521</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Found my own answer.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Changing the event type to "VmBeingClonedEvent", the Vm.Name property is the Source VM and the DestName is the new VM.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Here's some sample code for others that may be searching for this:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;# Get EventManager Obj&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;$em = get-view (get-view ServiceInstance).Content.EventManager&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt; &lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;# Instantiating Event Filter&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;$filter = New-Object VMware.Vim.EventFilterSpec&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;echo "$(date -format s) - Getting VM Clone Events"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;$filter.Type = "VmBeingClonedEvent" &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;$cloneEvents = $em.QueryEvents($filter)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;echo "$(date -format s) - Looping through VM Clone Events"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;$cloneObjs = @()&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;foreach ($nextEvent in $cloneEvents) {&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; echo "$(date -format s) - Next VM Clone: $($nextEvent.Vm.Name) -&amp;gt; $($nextEvent.DestName)"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; $o = New-Object System.Object&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; $o | add-member NoteProperty CreatedTime $nextEvent.CreatedTime # datetime VM was cloned&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; $o | add-member NoteProperty UserName $nextEvent.UserName # name of the user who cloned the VM&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; $o | add-member NoteProperty SourceVMName $nextEvent.Vm.Name # name of the VM&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; $o | add-member NoteProperty NewVMName $nextEvent.DestName # name of the VM&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; $o | add-member NoteProperty Message $nextEvent.FullFormattedMessage # message associated with event&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; $cloneObjs += $o&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;"&gt;}&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:16:50 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Get-Clone-Source/m-p/1755244#M55521</guid>
      <dc:creator>Tocano</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-06-18T16:16:50Z</dc:date>
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