Add .vmx files for inventory

Hi all

We have a situation where we try to automate the contribution of virtual machines on our site of DR. Right now we simulate this by using a separate VMFS data store. We use a SAN NetApp reflecting a copy of this course for the DR Datacentre, remove us the mirror, and then mount the VMFS datastore. But what we find is that in the data store, the file needs to be renamed before that we can add vmx to the other site, maybe it's because it still exists in the environment "under tension"? I'm not sure.

So, what I want to achieve is to have a script that I can specify the data store, cluster and perhaps the resource group, and he gets all the vmx files into this data store. I've seen an excellent script by LucD (attached) which looks perfect but when I run it it does not seem to do anything, but produces also no errors, I think it has something to do with the way in which it is to find the location of the data store, but I'm not sure about this at all.

I hope that makes sense.

##############################
# These settings

$dsname = "HS1-DRS-SYS1.
$datacenter = "mycompany".
$cluster = "Leeds".
$virtualcenterserver = "hs1-vmc-001.


#####################################################################################################
#Actual script (do not do any changes below this line

SE connect-VIServer-Server $virtualcenterserver
$ESXname = get-Cluster $cluster | Get-VMHost | Select - 1 first
$dsBrowser = get-View (Get-View (Get-VMHost-name $ESXname) USER.USER). DatastoreBrowser
$folder = get-View (Get-data center-name $datacenter |) Get - Folder - name "vm") USER.USER
$pool = get-View (Get-Cluster-name $cluster |) Get - ResourcePool - name 'Resources') USER.USER
#cls
Write-Host ""
Write-Host "Welcome to the Recovery System data store"
Write-Host ""
Write-Host "this script will now begin adding all THE VMs.
Write-Host "of the data store" $dsname "on vSphere Server" $virtualcenterserver
Write-Host ""
{foreach ($dsImpl to $dsBrowser.Datastore)}
$ds = get-views $dsImpl
if($DS.) Summary.Name - not $dsname) {continue}

$datastorepath = '[' + $ds. Summary.Name + '] '.

$searchspec = new-Object VMware.Vim.HostDatastoreBrowserSearchSpec
$searchSpec.matchpattern = '*.vmx.

Write-Host 'search in the path' $datastorepath

$task = get-view ($dsBrowser.SearchDatastoreSubFolders_Task ($datastorePath, $searchSpec))
While ($task.Info.State - eq 'running' - or $task.Info.State - eq 'pending') {}
$task. UpdateViewData()
sleep 5
}
If ($task.info.result - not $null) {}
{foreach ($file in $task.info.Result)}

if($file.) FolderPath - match ".snapshot") {continue}
$found = $FALSE
{foreach ($vmx to $vms)
If (($file.)) FolderPath + $file. File [0]. (Path) - eq $vmx) {}
Write-Host "" tVM is registered. "
$found = $TRUE
}
}
If (- not $found - and $task.Info.Result [0].) File - don't $null) {}
$vmx = $file. FolderPath + $file. File [0]. Path
$params = @($null, $FALSE, $vmx, $pool.) MoRef, $null)
Write-Host "Inscription" $vmx
$folder. GetType(). GetMethod ("RegisterVM_Task"). Invoke ($folder, $params)
}

}
}
}

When I run the present to the point where it says 'Welcome in the store of data recovery system' etc. and then nothing comes. I noticed a thread where I got it (thanks again) and it is mentioned and the NFS datastore that we use not, I guess we use the traditional method.

Furthermore, we use vSphere 4.0.

I tried to drop the script to understand what it is myself, but nothing works unfortunately and I am now Powershell guru! I noticed that if I run across it caraa the $datastorepath return [].

Any help with this would be much appreciated.

Thanks in adavnce

Julian

OK, let's check if the DatastoreBrowser is all warehouses data on all nodes.

This allows to check.

foreach($esx in Get-Cluster $cluster | Get-VMHost){
    $dsBrowser = Get-View $ESX.ExtensionData.DatastoreBrowser
    foreach($dsObj in $dsBrowser.Datastore){
        $ds = Get-View $dsObj        Write-Host $esx.Name $ds.Name
    }
}

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