Copy the files from ESXi vmware.log

All,

Need a bit of help here. We were asked to keep the vmware*.log files in the folder of each VM. Using the viToolkitExtensions, I can get the files in each directory, but I can't get copied off in my server Windows so that they can be saved. It has been suggested that I use TkeDatastoreFile copy, but I ran into a wall, make it work. Here's what I have so far, once connected to the VC.

$x = get-VM VMNAME | Get - views | % {$_.config.files.vmpathname}

$y = $x Extract-TkeDatastorePathElements

$z = get-datastore $y.datastore | Get-tkedatastorefile | where {$_ .path - like "vmwareJournal"}

I can now browse each journal found in the folder, but I can't get copy-tkeDatastoreFile work to copy each file to a destination on the Server Windows where the script will run, for example D:\Data\logs. Any ideas on how I finish that?

Gary

Here's a transcript of a session that has worked for me. I added - noSize - noType and - noModification to Get TkeDatastoreFile because it speeds up things a bit.

C:\> get-datastore

Name                               FreeSpaceMB      CapacityMB
----                               -----------      ----------
Storage1                                 48292          225536

C:\> get-datastore Storage1 | Get-TkeDatastoreFile -noSize -noType -noModification | Where { $_.Path -like "*.log" }

Path                                                       Size Modification                   Datastore
----                                                       ---- ------------                   ---------
[Storage1] esxconsole-49341a...                               0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] esxconsole-49341a...                               0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] esxconsole-49341a...                               0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] esxconsole-49341a...                               0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] esxconsole-49341a...                               0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] Win2k3/vmware-7.log                                0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] Win2k3/vmware-8.log                                0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] Win2k3/vmware-9.log                                0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] Win2k3/vmware-10.log                               0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] Win2k3/vmware-11.log                               0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] Win2k3/vmware-12.log                               0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] Win2k3/vmware.log                                  0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] t/Win2k3/vmware-1...                               0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] t/Win2k3/vmware-2...                               0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] t/Win2k3/vmware-3...                               0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] t/Win2k3/vmware-4...                               0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] t/Win2k3/vmware.log                                0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] t/Ubuntu 8.04/vmw...                               0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] t/Ubuntu 8.04/vmw...                               0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] t/Ubuntu 8.04/vmw...                               0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] Ubuntu 8.04/vmwar...                               0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] Ubuntu 8.04/vmwar...                               0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] Ubuntu 8.04/vmwar...                               0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] Ubuntu 8.04/vmwar...                               0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] Ubuntu 8.04/vmwar...                               0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] Ubuntu 8.04/vmwar...                               0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] 2k8 64 bit/vmware...                               0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] 2k8 64 bit/vmware...                               0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] ESXi 3.5 Master I...                               0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] ESXi 3.5 Master I...                               0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] ESXi 3.5 Master I...                               0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] ESXi 3.5 Master I...                               0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] ESXi 3.5 Master I...                               0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] ESXi 3.5 Master I...                               0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] ESXi 3.5 Master I...                               0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] ESXi 3.5 Master I...                               0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] Openfiler/vmware.log                               0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] win2k3-64-vi4/vmw...                               0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] win2k3-64-vi4/vmw...                               0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] win2k3-64-vi4/vmw...                               0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] win2k3-64-vi4/vmw...                               0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] win2k3-64-vi4/vmw...                               0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] win2k3-64-vi4/vmw...                               0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] win2k3-64-vi4/vmw...                               0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] ESXi 4.0 Master I...                               0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] Demo VM 1/vmware.log                               0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1
[Storage1] Stat VM/vmware.log                                 0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1                      

C:\> $allLogs = get-datastore Storage1 | Get-TkeDatastoreFile -noSize -noType -noModification | Where { $_.Path -like "*.log" }
C:\> $z = $allLogs[40]
C:\> $z

Path                                                       Size Modification                   Datastore
----                                                       ---- ------------                   ---------
[Storage1] win2k3-64-vi4/vmw...                               0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1                      

C:\> $z.Path
[Storage1] win2k3-64-vi4/vmware-8.log
C:\> $datacenter = get-vm win2k3-64-vi4 | get-datacenter
Get-VM : 2/20/2009 8:14:50 AM    Get-VM        VM with name 'win2k3-64-vi4' not found, using the specified filter(s).
At line:1 char:21
+ $datacenter = get-vm <<<<  win2k3-64-vi4 | get-datacenter
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (:) [Get-VM], VimException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_ContainerCmdletBase_ObjectNotFoundByName,VMware.VimAutomation.Commands.GetVM

C:\> get-vm

Name                 PowerState Num CPUs Memory (MB)
----                 ---------- -------- -----------
ESXi 4.0 Master I... PoweredOff 1        2048
ESXi 4.0 Master I... PoweredOff 1        2048
ESXi 3.5 Master I... PoweredOff 1        1024
ESXi 4.0 Master I... PoweredOff 1        2048
ESXi 3.5 Master I... PoweredOff 1        1024
ESXi 4.0 Master I... PoweredOff 1        2048
ESXi 3.5 Master I... PoweredOff 1        1024
Stat VM              PoweredOff 1        256
Win 2003 SP2         PoweredOn  1        1024
Ubuntu 8.04          PoweredOff 2        512
2k8 64 bit -- Los... PoweredOff 1        2048
Win2k3-64bit-VC4     PoweredOn  1        1024
Openfiler NSA 30Gb   PoweredOff 1        512
ESXi 3.5 Master I... PoweredOff 1        1024
ESXi 3.5 Master I... PoweredOff 1        1024       

C:\> get-vm Win2k3-* | get-datacenter

Name                                     Id
----                                     --
ha-datacenter                            Datacenter-ha-datacenter                

C:\> $datacenter = get-vm Win2k3-* | get-datacenter
C:\> $z

Path                                                       Size Modification                   Datastore
----                                                       ---- ------------                   ---------
[Storage1] win2k3-64-vi4/vmw...                               0 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM           Storage1                      

C:\> Copy-TkeDatastoreFile -source $z.Path -destination c:\temp.log -sourceDatacenter $datacenter

Note that I use $z.Path as the source, not the argument $z whole.

In addition, local files refer to files that are local to ESX, as they begin by.

Tags: VMware

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