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  How can I get the version of VMware View Agent running on a virtual machine with powercli or view Powercli?

  As much as I know there is no cmdlet PowerCLI for this, but you can use the Invoke-VMScript cmdlet and interrogate the Win32_Product class.

  By running the following. You can add a Where clause to return only the Agent of the view

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• count the number of targets, devices and paths by hba for each host with powercli 5.5

  Hi all

  I'm writing this Question again in the community, was not able to found the answer I was looking for in the nets:

  https://communities.VMware.com/thread/516226?start=0 & tstart = 0

  https://communities.VMware.com/thread/293531

  I went through the scripts provided in the community, but seems that t not work on powercli 5.5.

  ///

  # The target account, devices and paths for each host

  Get-Cluster $cluster | Get-VMHost | Sort-Object-property name. {ForEach-Object

  $VMHost = $_

  $VMHost | Get-VMHostHba-type FibreChannel | Sort-Object-property device | {ForEach-Object

  $VMHostHba = $_

  $ScsiLun = $VMHostHba | Get-ScsiLun

  If {($ScsiLun)

  $ScsiLunPath = $ScsiLun | Get-ScsiLunPath | `

  Where-Object {$_.} Name - like "$($VMHostHba.Device) *"} ".

  $Targets = ($ScsiLunPath |) »

  Group-object - property SanID | Measure - Object). County

  $Devices = ($ScsiLun |) Measure - Object). County

  $Paths = ($ScsiLunPath |) Measure - Object). County

  }

  Else {}

  $Targets = 0

  $Devices = 0

  $Paths = 0

  }

  $Report = "" | Select-Object - property VMHost, HBA, target devices, paths

  $Report.VMHost = $VMHost.Name

  $Report.HBA = $VMHostHba.Device

  $Report.Targets = $Targets

  $Report.Devices = $Devices

  $Report.Paths = $Paths

  $Report

  }

  }

  ///

  I went through the script LucD posted below: but it's not exactly what I'm looking for.

  LucD : can you please change the same for me please.   to count the number of paths per hba for each host with powercli 5.5, devices and targets.

  //

  $esx = get-VMHost < host name >

  foreach ($hba to (VMHostHba Get - VMHost $esx - type "FibreChannel")) {}

  $target = ((get - see $hba. VMhost). Config.StorageDevice.ScsiTopology.Adapter | where {$_.} Adapter - eq $hba. Key}). Goal

  $luns = get-ScsiLun - Hba $hba - LunType 'disk '.

  $nrPaths = ($target | % {$_.}) Lun.Count} | Measure - Object - sum). Sum

  Write-Host $hba. Device ' target: ' $target. County "devices:" $luns. County ' path: ' $nrPaths

  }

  //

  I'll be grateful for any help.

  Tarun Gupta

  Try something like this

  {foreach ($esx in Get-VMHost)

  foreach ($hba to (VMHostHba Get - VMHost $esx - type "FibreChannel")) {}

  $target = ((get - see $hba. VMhost). Config.StorageDevice.ScsiTopology.Adapter | where {$_.} Adapter - eq $hba. Key}). Goal

  $luns = get-ScsiLun - Hba $hba - LunType "disk" - ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

  $nrPaths = ($target | % {$_.}) Lun.Count} | Measure - Object - sum). Sum

  $props [ordered] = @ {}

  VMHost = $esx.name

  HBA = $hba. Name

  Target = $target. County

  Device = $luns. County

  Path = $nrPaths

  }

  New-object PSObject-property $props

  }

  }

• Unable to connect to vCD with PowerCLI

  Hi, can you help me with troubleshooting problem with connecting in vCD using PowerCLI.

  When I log in using my system administrator account

  Connect-CIServer vcdCell01 - User "username-password"pass"

  I get:

  Connect-CIServer: 11/30/2015 connect 12:19:21 AM-CIServer the

  Server returned "Unauthorized" with the status of the authorized 401 - no code.

  On line: 1 char: 1

  + Connect CIServer vcdCell01 - User "username-password 'pass' '.

  + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  + CategoryInfo: NotSpecified: (:)) [connect-CIServer], CIException)

  + FullyQualifiedErrorId: Cloud_ConnectivityServiceImpl_ConnectCloudServer

  _ConnectError, VMware.VimAutomation.Cloud.Commands.cmdlets.ConnectCIServer

  I can connect to the Web user interface using the same system administrator account.

  The only way I can connect with PowerCLI is when I create the local account in one of the organizations and Add - Org to order

  Connect-CIServer vcdCell01-user "localuser" - password 'localpass' - 'org' Org

  Help, please.

  I used a few tricks of Python to connect to vCD. To connect as a system administrator, I had to use "Administrator@System" as the user.

  Maybe it will work for you if you use '-Org system?

• Download the virtual machine in a store of data with powercli

  Hello

  How to list the files of virtual machine on a store of data with PowerCLI

  I have a virtual machine and I want to see all the files in a data store (such as hard,.-flst.vmdk, .log, .nvram) using powercli. Is this possible?

  TKS.

  Try the following, it uses a function of my position of friendly units .

  Function Get-FriendlyUnit {}

  <>

  . Numbers converted small binary multiples SYNOPSIS

  . DESCRIPTION the function accepts a value and him will convert

  in the largest available binary unit.

  . Author NOTES: Luc relaxing

  . Value of the PARAMETER

  The value to convert.

  This number must be positive.

  . IEC PARAMETER

  A switch to indicate whether the function should return the CIS

  Unit, or the names of the units most commonly used names.

  The default is to use the commonly used unit names.

  . EXAMPLE OF

  PS > Get-FriendlyUnit-value 123456

  . EXAMPLE OF

  PS > 123456 | Get-FriendlyUnit - CIS

  . EXAMPLE OF

  PS > Get-FriendlyUnit-value 123456,789123, 45678

  #>

  (param

  [CmdletBinding()]

  [parameter (mandatory = $true, ValueFromPipeline = $true)]

  [double []] $Value,.

  [switch] $IEC

  )

  Begin {}

  $OldUnits = "B", "KB", "MB", "GB", "TB", "PB", "EB", "ZB", "YB".

  $IecUnits = 'B', 'KiB', 'MiB', "GiB", "TiB", "PIF", "BANK", "ZiB", "YiB".

  If ($IEC) {$units = $IecUnits} else {$units = $OldUnits}

  }

  {in process

  $Value | %{

  If ($_ - lt 0) {}

  Write-Error "Numbers must be positive."

  breaking

  }

  If ($value - gt 0) {}

  $modifier = [math]: Floor([Math]::Log($_,1KB)))

  }

  else {}

  $modifier = 0

  }

  New-object PSObject-property @ {}

  Value = $_ / [math]: Pow(1KB,$modifier)

  Unit = & {if ($modifier - lt $units. {Count) {$units [$modifier]} else {'1KO E {0}' f $modifier}}

  }

  }

  }

  }

  foreach ($vm in (Get-View - ViewType VirtualMachine - property Name, 'LayoutEx.File')) {}

  $vm. LayoutEx.File |

  Select @{N = "VM"; E = {$vm. Name}},

  @{N = 'Name'; E={$_. Name.Split(' ') [1]. "Split('/') [1]}},"

  @{N = "Path"; E={$_. Name}},

  @{N = 'FileType'; E={$_. Type}},

  @{N = "Datastore"; E={$_. Name.Split(']') [0]. TrimStart('[')}},

  @{N = "size"; E = {}

  $val = get-FriendlyUnit-value of $_. Size

  "{0:n2} {1}" f $val. Value, $val. Unit

  }}

  }

• in bulk license with PowerCLI 6.0 Release 2 broken?

  Hello

  I upgraded successfully to PowerCLI 6.0 Release 1 to PowerCLI 6.0 Release 2.

  After that, I wanted to add a new license to the license in bulk newly deployed ESXi Hosts with Auto deploy but encountered the following error:

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  New-Object: cannot find type [VMware.VimAutomation.License.Types.LicenseData]: check that the assembly containing this type is loaded.

  On line: 1 char: 16

  + $licenseData = new-Object VMware.VimAutomation.License.Types.LicenseData

  +                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  + CategoryInfo: InvalidType: (:)) [New-Object], PSArgumentException)

  + FullyQualifiedErrorId: TypeNotFound, Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewObjectCommand

  I'm sure that it worked with PowerCLI 6.0 Release 1.

  Did someone else run into it as well? Perhaps no work around?

  I appreciate your help.

  see you soon,

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  Hello

  It is a backward compatibility problem that was introduced in PowerCLI 6.0R2. It will be addressed in a version of the next patch very soon, but until then, you can work around

  replacement of

  'VMware.VimAutomation.License.Types.LicenseData '.

  with

  'VMware.VimAutomation.License.Types.V1.LicenseData '.

  Keep in mind that if you do the above to make your script works and later upgrade your PowerCLI to a version more recent that you should check back this change in scripts.

  -Dimitar Milov

• To connect to vCenter using the same Session with PowerCLI

  Hi all

  Is it possible that we can establish multiple connections to vCenter using the same session with Powercli.

  As connect-viserver-Server "vcenter1" - domain\domainacnt of the username-password "Password".

  is to establish several connections and we want to limit, because we are in the process of report generation based on the web developing using Powercli with IIS.

  Please suggest.

  You can use the Session parameter on the cmdlet Connect-VIServer .

  I use this for the PowerShell Workflows, see workflow of PowerShell and PowerCLI

• I need a way to change the Login with PowerCLI 5.5 banner

  So I'm having a lot of problems with the fixing of the banner of connecting through Host Profiles.  It does not change the formatting at all, and it always shows not permitted even after the application.  Someone has found a way to define it with PowerCLI?  I saw ways to connect directly to the host ssh but I want to with a session PowerCLI, vCenter and does not direct connection to the host.  I would like to know if anyone has found anything!

  Thank you.

  We had a similar thread before, see script logon banner , but without using SSH, as I know there is no way to do it.

• Moving a hard drive with PowerCLI

  I have a vm with several discs. I have create a new virtual machine, to attach a disk of the virtual machine first to this hard new using New-disk and passing the path to the vmdk.

  The final bit, that I need is to remove the disc from the first virtual machine so that I can turn on the second. I can't work out how to do this with powerCLI, of course, it is quite easy using the GUI.

  Any ideas?

  Hello, Deanb61-

  Decent docs: Yes, VMware support site has legitimate documentation: https://www.vmware.com/support/developer/PowerCLI/.  From there, you can see the documentation for the desired version of PowerCLI.  Of course, check the latest version the most up-to-date docs/features/etc.  Particular, Get-disk hard Ref is currently at http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-55/index.jsp#com.vmware.powercli.cmdletref.doc/Get-HardDisk.html.

  You can find the name of the hard disk on the original VM with the first bit below and use that name, then remove the disk said.  Or, the second line of code just relies on the way to the store of data (filename) from the drive and deletes the given virtual machine disk.

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  ## or, just get the hard disk with the given filename, and remove itGet-HardDisk -VM myVM | Where-Object {$_.Filename -eq "[myDStore0] myVM/myVM1.vmdk"} | Remove-HardDisk -DeletePermanently:$false
  

  What to do for you?

• How to get "Display Name" of RAW LUN with PowerCLI

  Hello

  I have a question:

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• List of places scrape with powercli

  Hello

  I'm trying to script with powercli, but I'm not very good

  My goal is to list the location of the scratch for all my esx servers, and to link this information with the

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• Information collection of operating system prompted with PowerCLI

  Can I get information about local groups inside with PowerCLI Windows operating system?

  No, this cmdlet and scripts invoked through it, do not depend on any configuration 'remote access' in the guest OS.

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• Vswitch group permissions management standard port with PowerCLI

  Hi all

  I have many groups of ports on standard as well as switches distributed on ESX 5.0.

  I would like to know if there is a way to manipulate the permissions of those groups of port with PowerCLI.

  Is it possible, or you can help automate this work?

  Thank you!

  The easiest are discussions on dvSwitches.

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  For example

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• Average throughput of the network to a virtual machine with PowerCLI

  I would get average network throughput for a virtual machine with PowerCLI including all e-cards, the virtual machine has for the last week (not including NFS or storage of traffic-related).

  How best should add this report:

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• Parameter of LVM. EnableResignature problem with PowerCLI vpshere 5.1 and 5.1 U2 Powercli

  Use us SRM and you want to make sure that when done with test that the LVM. EnableResignature is set to return 0 since move us hosts often. I tried 2 different ways to do it and they both fail with "a specified parameter was not correct", all examples I see online are for esx 4.x and below, I didn't know someone check this in 5.x.  We are 5.1U1 and latest powercli.

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  }

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  }

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  work on 5.1 as well

  Function Set-VMHostResignature {}

  [CmdletBinding()]

  (Param

  [(Setting)

  Mandatory = $True,.

  ValueFromPipeline = $True

  )]

  [VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Impl.V1.Inventory.VMHostImpl []] $VMHost,.

  [(Setting)

  Mandatory = $True,.

  Position = 0

  )]

  [ValidateSet (0, 1)]

  [long] $Value

  )

  Begin {}

  $Option = new-Object Vmware.Vim .optionvalue - property @ {}

  Key = "LVM. EnableResignature ".

  Value = $Value

  }

  $OptionArray = $Option

  }

  {In process

  $VMHost | {ForEach-Object

  $ESX = get-view $_.ID

  $OptMgr = get - see $ESX. ConfigManager.AdvancedOption

  $OptMgr.UpdateOptions ($OptionArray)

  }

  }

  }

  Get-VMHost | Game-VMHostResignature-value 1