Change the VM with custom attributes defined in a CSV file

Hi all

I'm doing something that I think should be simple (but this is the first time I used powercli and am not a good code writer), but I find it hard to tell.

I created 2 custom attributes (owner and owner of the SSG system) in vCenter for my virtual machines. I have a list of vm names csv and their associates "owners". I would use powercli to read the csv file and connect to the VC server and the 'owners' of entry in the appropriate field.

I borrowed com code from various places on the internet and these forums but I can't seem to make it all work. I managed at least to read the information in the csv file and is displayed on the screen of my laptop. What I can't do is get 3 columns in the csv file to be recognized as variables (unless there is some default variables I don't know) I can put in the game-Annotation lines.

The code I have is:

# Input range, includes all IBD VM names that are registered.

$data = import-Csv "C:\Program Files (x 86) \VMware\Infrastructure\vSphere PowerCLI\scripts\vmowners1.csv"-Header ('Hostname', 'Owner', 'SSG owner')

# $data | Get-Member

Write-Output $data

# Loop over all the VMS in vCenter

ForEach ($row in $data)

{

# Create variables for the current virtual and its 'Contact' and 'Description' computer that are custom attribute fields. Also create a $note string to use Set-VM-Description

$hostname = get-VM-name $vmname;

# $contact = $vm | Get-Annotation CustomAttribute - user;

# $description = $vm | Get-Annotation - CustomAttribute Description;

# $note = $contact.name + ":'t" + $contact.value + "' not n" + $description.name + ":'t" + $description.value;

Set Annotation - entity $hostname - CustomAttribute "Business system owner" - value $SSG_owner

Set Annotation - entity $hostname - CustomAttribute "SSG system owner" - value $system_owner

# Set - VM - VM $vm - $note Description - confirm: $false;

}

The result, I get on my screen is:

PowerCLI C:\Program Files (x 86) \VMware\Infrastructure\vSphere PowerCLI\scripts >.\setvmownership.ps1

Owner of the company that owns SSG host name

-------- -------------- ---------

ABPPROXY-00-AH

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Get - VM: could not validate the argument on the parameter 'name '. The argument is null or empty. Provide an argument that is not null or empty, and then try the AGM of the order

in.

To C:\Program Files (x 86) \VMware\Infrastructure\vSphere PowerCLI\scripts\setvmownership.ps1:13 char: 29

+ $hostname = get-VM-name < < < < $vmname;

+ CategoryInfo: InvalidData: (:)) [Get - VM], ParameterBindingValidationException)

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId: ParameterArgumentValidationError, VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.GetVM

Set Annotation: Impossible to validate the argument on the parameter "entity". The argument is null. Supply a non-null argument, and try the command again.

C:\Program Files (x 86) \VMware\Infrastructure\vSphere PowerCLI\scripts\setvmownership.ps1:17 char: 23

+ Set-Annotation - entity < < < < $hostname - CustomAttribute "Business system owner" - value $SSG_owner

+ CategoryInfo: InvalidData: (:)) [game-Annotation], ParameterBindingValidationException)

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId: ParameterArgumentValidationError, VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.SetAnnotation

Set Annotation: Impossible to validate the argument on the parameter "entity". The argument is null. Supply a non-null argument, and try the command again.

C:\Program Files (x 86) \VMware\Infrastructure\vSphere PowerCLI\scripts\setvmownership.ps1:18 char: 23

+ Set-Annotation - entity < < < < $hostname - CustomAttribute "SSG system owner" - value $system_owner