Export-Csv several files

It is asked that we list all powered on virtual machines in a cluster to backup purposes.  I am able to get this information into a CSV file.  However, the backup engineer want a single file for each proxy server that uses this file to save these list of virtual machines.

A simple way to do this is the same as this:

# Author: Rhys Campbell
# 2009-09-22
# Split csv files
# Path to the csv file. Must contain a sequential unique whole ID column
$csvFile = "$Env:USERPROFILE\bigcsvFile.csv";
# Slot in how many files?
$split = 10;
# Get the content of the csv file
$content = import-Csv $csvFile.
# If we start with Id = 1 in the csv file
$start = 1;
$end = 0;
documents calc # per file
$records_per_file = [ent] [Math]: ceiling ($content.) Count / $split);
for ($i = 1; $i - $split; $i ++)
{
# Set the value of end of selection of records
$end += $records_per_file;
# Need to cast to int or we get an alphabetical comparison when we want a digital
$content | Where-Object {[int] $_.} ID - ge $start - and [int] $_. ID - the $end} | Export-Csv-Path "$Env:USERPROFILE\file$ i.csv '-NoTypeInformation;
# Update the starting value for record selection
$start = $end + 1;
}

Credit source: http://www.youdidwhatwithtsql.com/splitting-csv-files-with-powershell/374

I think that the next PowerCLI script will do the job.

param($Cluster,
      $NumberOfProxyServers = 3,
      $FileName = 'proxy')

$VMs = Get-Cluster $Cluster |
       Get-VM |
       Sort-Object -Property Name

$NumberOfVMs =$VMs.Count
$NumberOfVMsPerProxyServer = $NumberOfVMs/$NumberOfProxyServers

for($i = 0; $i -lt $NumberOfProxyServers; $i++)
{
  $Range = (($i*$NumberOfVMsPerProxyServer)..(($i+1)*$NumberOfVMsPerProxyServer-1))
  $VMs |
  Select-Object -Property Name |
  Select-Object -Index $Range |
  Export-Csv -Path "$FileName$i.csv" -NoTypeInformation -UseCulture
}

Save the script as a .ps1 file, for example, New - VMProxyFile.ps1 and run it as:

. \New-VMProxyFile-cluster "YourClustername".

Proxy file numbers starting by 0. I hope this isn't a problem.

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