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Get-Tag, Get-TagCategory and Get-TagAssignment returns error

Adv-CODE-R — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 07:15:20 GMT

Get-Tag, Get-TagCategory and Get-TagAssignment returns error.

Example for Get-TagAssignment:

Get-TagAssignment : 10/26/2023 8:10:24 AM Get-TagAssignment com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.operation_not_found
{'messages': [com.vmware.vapi.std.localizable_message {'id': vapi.method.input.invalid.interface,
'default_message': Cannot find service 'com.vmware.cis.data.svc.resource_model'., 'args':
[com.vmware.cis.data.svc.resource_model]}], 'data':}
At line:1 char:1
+ Get-TagAssignment
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-TagAssignment], CisException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Impl.V1.Service.Tagging.Cis.TaggingServiceCisImpl.
   GetTagAssignment.Error,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.Tagging.GetTagAssignment

Performed:
1. Updated to latest PowerCLI module

2. Tested the other commands - everything works except for the Get-Tag related.

vCenter version -- v8.0

VMFS migration and upgrade related

Adv-CODE-R — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 10:39:37 GMT

Hello,

I have a question, is it advisable to modify the powershell powercli function --> update-vmfsdatastore ?

We want to migrate the vmfs disk file which contains within the same cluster and upgrade it to vmfs 6, the order of the upgrade would be

1st datastore will be a temporary

2nd datastore will be the datastore1 --> I will be moving the vmfs 5 disk file to temporarydatastore, when datastore1 becomes empty then I want to upgrade to vmfs 6 using powershell powercli. So in total I want to upgrade 10 datastores.

Is it advisable to make changes to the existing powercli Update-vmfsDatastore function?

For more clarity, I can share the existing powershell script

Re: Get-vSanView: Throws an error when this cmdlet is executed

Adv-CODE-R — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 10:00:04 GMT

Yes, connected to only one vCenter and verified it and it was one.

Re: Get-vSanView: Throws an error when this cmdlet is executed

Adv-CODE-R — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 09:38:12 GMT

Hi LucD,

Thank you.

PS C:\Users\a_200779653> $PSVersionTable

Name Value
---- -----
PSVersion 5.1.14393.5127
PSEdition Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion 10.0.14393.5127
CLRVersion 4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion 3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1

OS - windows server 2016 standard.

Get-vSanView: Throws an error when this cmdlet is executed

Adv-CODE-R — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 06:05:37 GMT

Hello,

I have encountered a new issue while running this cmdlet "Get-vSanView".

The error messages are :

1.) Core_BaseCmdlet_UnknownError, VMware.Vimautomation.Storage.Commands.Cmdlets.Vsan.GetVsanView.

2.) Vsan_GetVsanView_WriteNotFoundError, VMware.Vimautomation.Storage.Commands.Cmdlets.Vsan.GetVsanView.

Versions:
1. vCenter - v7

2. PowerCLI - v12.70

We upgraded the module to the latest version since it threw the same error message from above in the "PowerCLI v11"

We can connect to the vCenter without any problem, but errors out when we want vSan health check. We tried to connect to different vCenters to check if that's a problem but no luck.

We can see the cmdlets loaded into the PowerShell ISE (attached screenshots). Not sure what is that we are missing out here. Should I check anything at the vCenter level? or if something that is blocking it?

Kindly help.

Thanks in advance.

SRM Protected VM - Protection status reporting

Adv-CODE-R — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 08:22:15 GMT

Hello.

Need some help SRM Protected VM.

I came across multiple articles in the forum - I couldn't find the exact match or closest one to resolve my reporting issue. So, I have developed the script but the output is different from what I'm looking for, it would be great help if I find the solution.

Expected: I'm looking to get the protection status of the SRM protected VM which is within the protection group (Attached and Highlighted screengrab)

As seen in the web-client: Under Protection Status we would see these status(s) like - "OK", "Not configured", "Replication warning". So I'm looking to get Protection Status as an output in my report.

Could you please help me on how to proceed further with this, what parameter or cmdlet that needs to be in-place within the script.

Looking forward for to your help, Thank you.

Re: Convert Template to VM to Template after Patching

Adv-CODE-R — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 15:12:11 GMT

Thank you for your response earlier

Luc, I have another question:

I want to assign a IP address to the linux VM so, I would be running this script:

$VM = Get-VM -Name "Linux-Test-TemplateRHEL7"
$code = @'
ls > "tmp/test.txt"
ip address add 1.1.1.1/24 dev ens199 (network interface)
'@
Invoke-VMScript -VM $VM -ScriptType bash -ScriptText $code -GuestUser "<string>" -GuestPassword "<string>"

So the question is.. Do we have any way/cmdlets to get the information about the network interface of the linux VM? without logging into the VM after converting it from template to VM.

Because right now my script works but I was successful only after logging into the VM and manually finding the network interface (ens199).

Kindly help. Thanks in advance

Re: Convert Template to VM to Template after Patching

Adv-CODE-R — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 15:29:18 GMT

LucD,

Thank you for the response.

I was able to figure out about template to VM to template cmdlets and it works. But I'm stuck at assigning the IP address to the VM (Linux OS) using PowerShell - is there any possibility to assign IP address to the VM using powerCLI cmdlets.

I came across this cmdlet but this is for windows, not really sure if this works for Linux:

New-NetIPAddress

Kindly help.

Convert Template to VM to Template after Patching

Adv-CODE-R — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 11:35:04 GMT

Hi LucD,

I have a query..

1. Convert Template to VM
2. Power On the VM
3. Patch the VM with
3. Power Off
4. Convert to Template

Operating System: Linux

Looking forward to your reply, thanks for the help.

vPartition details from vCenter for all the residing VM's

Adv-CODE-R — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 08:23:57 GMT

Hello LucD,

I was looking for some help with my code kindly help

I was trying to generate a report from vCenter for all the VM's residing within (for now windows). Wanted to seek some help with code, since I'm the beginner and would like to get some help from you..

Here is the block of code which I was trying to figure out, but I'm not sure if this will fetch the vPartition (details of partitions within VM's like c drive, d drive etc..) of all the VMs:

$ValeCMReport = Get-VM | Select-Object
@{N=’Name’;E={$_.name}},
@{N=”Disk”;E={$_.DiskType}},
@{N=”Disk Capacity (in GB)”;E={$_.CapacityGB}},
@{N=”Disk Utilized (in GB)”;E={[math]::round(($_.CapacityGB))}},
@{N="Disk Consumed(in GB)";E={($_.CapacityGB -$_.FreeSpace)}},
@{N="Disk Free (in GB)";E={[math]::round($_.FreeSpace/1GB, 0)}},
@{N="Disk Free (in %)";E={[math]::Format("$_.FreeSpace {0:P2}" -f ($_.FreeSpace / $_.Size))}}

I was trying to export vPartition with these filters: (attached image)

Requirement will be that I want to export the vPartition details of all the VM's from a vCenter, it will be great help. Thank you in advance, Sir.