PowerCLI script to rename csv vm

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• PowerCLI script to migrate virtual machines to the new vCenter environment

  Hello world

  in the next few weeks, we need about migrate 700 VMs (Windows/Linux) server to a new environment (new vCenter, new hosts, but VMs will remain on same data warehouses). VMs will be migrated not in one batch, but rather from time to time (which, however, can understand the need to migrate some 10s of virtual machines at the same time).

  Cluster names and folder structure will be identical to the old and the new vCenters. As host in the new vCenter names differ from those in the old vCenter, thought to provide a table of 'translation', which tells the script to save a given VM on host B (new vCenter) when having been registered in order to host a (old vCenter) and so on.

  I thought writing a PowerCLI script which, broadly speaking, can accomplish the following steps:

  • Connect to vCenterOld and vCenterNew
  • Correspondence table of host to read from a file (see step "register VM vCenterNew below)

  Then, in a loop:

  • Ask VM name
  • Get the settings of the virtual machine: Datastore/path, network/Portgroup, HA restart priority, host, folder, note
  • View the parameters and the VM name and request confirmation migrate the virtual machine
  • Turn off VM (closed OS gracefully, but force power off if power status is still not equal 'off' after a time given)
  • To unsubscribe from VM vCenterOld (removal of inventory)
  • Registry of the VM to the data store vCenterNew (assumptions: same folder as vCenterOld, host names are different, but for each source in vCenterOld host a host of destination in vCenterNew for you join the virtual machine to can be provided, that is, CSV)
  • The value of VM portgroup (same name as in vCenterOld)
  • Set VM HA restart priority
  • PowerON VM
  • Wait / check the VM (for example, ping) connectivity / continue immediately if the virtual machine is accessible or after a certain time if the virtual machine is still inaccessible
  • Confirm that the virtual machine has been migrated successfully, OR ask the user to check the connectivity of the virtual machine

  Now to my questions:

  • Is anyone know about an existing script that does something similar or contains parts that can be useful to compile a script like this?
  • How can vCenter two connections at the same time been managed within a PowerCLI script - or doesn't work at all and a connect/disconnect to/from the two vCenters must be completed for each virtual computer?

  Many thanks for any help.

  The following seems to work for me

  $vm = Get-VM -Name MyVM$nic = Get-NetworkAdapter -VM $vm $vdPG = $nic | select -ExpandProperty NetworkName
  
  Get-VDPortgroup -Name $vdPG
  

• PowerCli script prompts for user input

  Hello

  Below powercli script prompt for user input. Don't know how to fix it. I don't want it calls for the release of the user, as I am the code as part of the largest script runinng. How can I run in silent mode? Any help would be very happy.

  function VMHostDiskDetails {}

  $DateVar = get-date - uformat "% Y-%m-%d_%I.%M.%S.%p".

  $VMHosts = get-VMHost # get all the VM host

  $Datastores = $VMHosts | Get-Datastore # get the info from the data store for all VMHosts

  $VMHostStorage = $VMHosts | ForEach-Object {#Then, for each VMHosts, download the VMHostName

  $VMHost = $_. Name

  $_ | Get-VMHostStorage | Select-Object - expandProperty FileSystemVolumeInfo | `

  {ForEach-Object

  $VMHostStorageName = $_. Name

  Add-Member - InputObject $_ - MemberType NoteProperty-name FreeSpaceMB-value ($Datastores |) Where-Object {$_.} Name - eq $VMHostStorageName}). FreeSpaceMB - PassThru | `

  Add-Member - MemberType NoteProperty-Name HostName-value $VMHost - PassThru

  Add-Member - MemberType NoteProperty-name TimeStamp-value $DateVar

  }

  }

  $VMHostStorage | Select the host name, name, mode, Type, capacity, FreeSpaceMB, path, TimeStamp | Export-Csv VMHostStorage.csv - notype

  }

  VMHostDiskDetails

  Thank you

  M

  The 2nd line Add-Member does not have the object on the pipeline.

  The 3rd line Add-Member had a parameter - PassThru.

  function VMHostDiskDetails {
  
       $DateVar = get-date -uformat "%Y-%m-%d_%I.%M.%S.%p"
  
       $VMHosts = Get-VMHost mmmstv004* # Get all the VM-Hosts
       $Datastores = $VMHosts | Get-Datastore # Get the Datastore info for all the VMHosts
  
       $VMHostStorage = $VMHosts | ForEach-Object { #Then, for each VMHosts, get the VMHostName
            $VMHost = $_.Name
  
            $_ | Get-VMHostStorage | Select-Object -expandProperty FileSystemVolumeInfo | `
  
            ForEach-Object {
                 $VMHostStorageName = $_.Name
                 Add-Member -InputObject $_ -MemberType NoteProperty -Name FreeSpaceMB -Value ($Datastores | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq $VMHostStorageName}).FreeSpaceMB -PassThru | `
                 Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name HostName -Value $VMHost -PassThru | `
                 Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name TimeStamp -Value $DateVar -PassThru
  
            }
       }
  
       $VMHostStorage | Select HostName,Name,AccessMode,Type,Capacity,FreeSpaceMB, Path, TimeStamp | Export-Csv VMHostStorage.csv -notype
  }
  
  VMHostDiskDetails
  

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• Problems with PowerCLI script variables

  Hello

  I hope that someone in the community can tell me where I was wrong in the script below. I have a few other PowerCLI scripts that work in a way similar to this work and these, but this one has a problem. The script is intended to collect information on a number of ESX objects in an array of arrays, $reportfinal, which can then be written to a CSV file that will have the column names for the objects, and each line will yield the values for RDM related objects for each virtual computer. The problem is that, rather than add the results to the table of $reportfinal, the results are crushed, and worse still, the values repeat themselves (for example the size of the various disks is reported as the same value).

  $report = @)

  $reportfinal = @)

  $VMs = get-VMHost | Get - VM | Get-View

  $rowcoll = "" | Select the virtual machine, VMController, SCSIBusShare, SCSIBusNumber, SCSIUnitNo, DeviceLabel, SCSISummary, DeviceFilename, DeviceCapKB, DeviceDiskMode, DeviceDiskUUID

  {ForEach ($VM to $VMs)

  #Clear table report for each virtual computer

  $report = @)

  Foreach ($SCSI_Controller in ($VM. Config.Hardware.Device | where {$_.} (({DeviceInfo.Label - like "SCSI *"})) {}

  $rowcoll. VM = $VM. Name

  $rowcoll. VMController = $SCSI_Controller.DeviceInfo.Label

  {Foreach ($Disk_Key to $SCSI_Controller.Device)}

  Foreach ($Disk_Device in ($VM. Config.Hardware.Device | where {$_.key - eq $Disk_Key})) {}

  $rowcoll. SCSIBusShare = $SCSI_Controller.SharedBus

  $rowcoll. SCSIBusNumber = $SCSI_Controller.BusNumber

  $rowcoll. SCSIUnitNo = $Disk_Device.UnitNumber

  $rowcoll. DeviceLabel = $Disk_Device.DeviceInfo.Label

  $rowcoll. SCSISummary = $SCSI_Controller.DeviceInfo.Summary

  $rowcoll. DeviceFilename = $Disk_Device.Backing.Filename

  $rowcoll. DeviceCapKB = $Disk_Device.CapacityInKB

  $rowcoll. DeviceDiskMode = $Disk_Device.Backing.DiskMode

  $rowcoll. DeviceDiskUUID = $Disk_Device.Backing.UUID

  }

  }

  }

  #Append the next line of the report data collection

  $report += $rowcoll

  #Append the next report to the final report data collection

  $reportfinal += $report

  }

  $reportfinal | Export-Csv-path D:\temp\SAP_Report_Disks_RDM_Mappings.csv - NoTypeInformation

  Note: Some parts of the script came another announcement on this forum about a script to display the ROW information for the list of virtual machines.

  See you soon,.

  Ed

  My mistake, I deleted the line wrong $report.

  Try this one

  $reportfinal = @()
  
  $VMs = Get-View -ViewType VirtualMachine
  
  foreach ($VM in $VMs) {
  
       #Clear report array for each VM
  
       foreach ($SCSI_Controller in ($VM.Config.Hardware.Device | where {$_.DeviceInfo.Label -like "SCSI*" } )) {
  
            foreach ($Disk_Key in $SCSI_Controller.Device) {
                 foreach ($Disk_Device in ($VM.Config.Hardware.Device | where {$_.key -eq $Disk_Key } )) {
                      $rowcoll = "" | select VM, VMController, SCSIBusShare, SCSIBusNumber, SCSIUnitNo, DeviceLabel, SCSISummary, DeviceFilename, DeviceCapKB, DeviceDiskMode,DeviceDiskUUID
                    $rowcoll.VM = $VM.Name
                    $rowcoll.VMController = $SCSI_Controller.DeviceInfo.Label
                      $rowcoll.SCSIBusShare = $SCSI_Controller.SharedBus
                      $rowcoll.SCSIBusNumber = $SCSI_Controller.BusNumber
                      $rowcoll.SCSIUnitNo = $Disk_Device.UnitNumber
                      $rowcoll.DeviceLabel = $Disk_Device.DeviceInfo.Label
                      $rowcoll.SCSISummary = $SCSI_Controller.DeviceInfo.Summary
                      $rowcoll.DeviceFilename = $Disk_Device.Backing.Filename
                      $rowcoll.DeviceCapKB = $Disk_Device.CapacityInKB
                      $rowcoll.DeviceDiskMode = $Disk_Device.Backing.DiskMode
                      $rowcoll.DeviceDiskUUID = $Disk_Device.Backing.UUID
                      $reportfinal += $rowcoll
                 }
            }
       }
  
  }
  
  $reportfinal | Export-Csv -path C:\SAP_Report_Disks_RDM_Mappings.csv -NoTypeInformation
  

• PowerCLI script to display the number of vCPU by VMhost use

  Hi all

  I'm looking to get help here with powerCLI script to list each total number of ESXi vCPU host that is used to determine if there are any ESXi host CPU is more engaged.

  According to suggestion of performance in some blog vExpert, is around 1: 3 of Jepp core ratio: vCPU allocated, then how to display the report with the powerCLI for something like this:

  PRODESXi01
  Total of nuclei available: 32
  Used by the virtual machine: 28

  PRODESXi02
  Total of nuclei available: 32
  Used by the virtual machine: 38

  So according to the result above, the PRODESXi02 is more committed by 6vCPU allocated to the virtual machine.

  Note: The available total carrots is taken from the value of logical processors from the contents tab, when you click on the vSphere console.

  How to get this report using PowerCLI?

  Thank you

  You mean something like this?

  {Foreach ($esx in Get-VMHost)

  $vCPU = get-VM-location $esx | Measure-object-property NumCpu-sum | Select - ExpandProperty sum

  $esx | Select Name,@{N='pCPU'; E={$_. NumCpu}},

  @{N = 'vCPU'; E = {$vCPU}},

  @{N = "Ratio"; E = {[math]: Round ($vCPU / $_.)} (NumCpu, 1)}}

  }

• Collection for the PowerCLI scripting requirements

  Someone at - it a good model that helps you organize information, gathering process when you go to the management or to a customer to get for scripts and automation requirements that they want to do?  Y at - it a Web page or a book that puts this kind of thing in a structured methodology or at least one practical how to guide?

  For example, what kinds of questions should I go to make sure that I understand any of my script is supposed to do and help the management or the customer understand what THEY want to do, and get a consensus agreement on the functional requirements for my powerCLI script?

  Your suggestions of entry, welcome masters strategies.

  This question is not really unique for PowerCLI scripting, but all scripts/programs, to write (for yourself or for a customer |).

  And of course, there are always the classic answer "it depends".

  If it is a small task that you write yourself, the requirements are pretty obvious.

  Most of the time, you have the requirements in your head, but it does not have to write in schematic form.

  When you write for a customer, by definition be more formal (I guess).

  An article I like, is the Introduction to gather our creative use cases and requirements published in the Code review.

  Take a look.

• Can write us "PowerCLI Script" to get the details of card RAID HP (Firmware & Driver)?

  Can write us "PowerCLI Script" to get the details of card RAID HP (Firmware & Driver)

  For example: native ESX command below shows desired output for me.

  But we needed equality PowerCLI ESX command below script

  # cat/proc/driver/cciss/cciss0

  cciss0: HP Smart Array P400i controller

  Board ID: 0x3235103c

  Firmware version: 7.22# cat/proc/driver/hpsa/hpsa0

  hpsa0: HP Smart Array P410i controller

  Board ID: 0x3245103c

  Firmware version: 5,70

  Driver version: HP HPSA driver (v 5.0.0 - 17vmw)

  The extracted following PowerCLI you will get server and type of controller, firmware version and the hpsa/Smart Storage Array controllers driver version based of:

  Get-VMhost | Sort | Select Name, Model,@{N='Controller Type'; E={(Get-VMHostHba -VMHost $_ | ? {$_.Model -imatch '.*(hpsa|smart).*'}).Model}},@{N='Controller Firmware'; E={($_.ExtensionData.Runtime.HealthSystemRuntime.SystemHealthInfo.NumericSensorInfo | ? {$_.Name -like '*hpsa*firmware*'}).Name}},@{N='hpsa Driver Version'; E={($_.ExtensionData.Runtime.HealthSystemRuntime.SystemHealthInfo.NumericSensorInfo | ? {$_.Name -like '*scsi-hpsa*'}).Name}} | Format-Table -Autosize
  

  The sample output:

  
  Name                     Model                Controller Type   Controller Firmware                           hpsa Driver Version----                     -----                ---------------   -------------------                           -------------------esxihost1022.local    ProLiant DL380 G6    Smart Array P410i    HP Smart Array Controller HPSA1 Firmware 6.40    Hewlett-Packard scsi-hpsa 5.0.0.60-1OEM.500.0.0.472560 2014-05-15 15:32:23.000esxihost1023.local    ProLiant DL380 G6    Smart Array P410i    HP Smart Array Controller HPSA1 Firmware 6.40    Hewlett-Packard scsi-hpsa 5.0.0.60-1OEM.500.0.0.472560 2014-05-15 15:32:23.000esxihost1024.local    ProLiant DL380 G6    Smart Array P410i    HP Smart Array Controller HPSA1 Firmware 6.40    Hewlett-Packard scsi-hpsa 5.0.0.60-1OEM.500.0.0.472560 2014-05-15 15:32:23.000esxihost1033.local    ProLiant DL360p Gen8    Smart Array P420i    HP Smart Array Controller HPSA1 Firmware 5.42    Hewlett-Packard scsi-hpsa 5.0.0.60-1OEM.500.0.0.472560 2014-05-15 15:32:23.000esxihost1034.local    ProLiant DL360p Gen8    Smart Array P420i    HP Smart Array Controller HPSA1 Firmware 5.42    Hewlett-Packard scsi-hpsa 5.0.0.60-1OEM.500.0.0.472560 2014-05-15 15:32:23.000esxihost1041.local    ProLiant DL380 G5    Smart Array P400    HP Smart Array Controller HPSA1 Firmware 7.24    VMware scsi-hpsa 5.0.0-17vmw.500.0.0.469512 2011-08-19 01:58:59.000esxihost1042.local    ProLiant DL380 G5    Smart Array P400    HP Smart Array Controller HPSA1 Firmware 7.24    VMware scsi-hpsa 5.0.0-17vmw.500.0.0.469512 2011-08-19 01:58:59.000esxihost1160.local    ProLiant BL460c Gen8    Smart Array P220i    HP Smart Array Controller HPSA1 Firmware 5.22    Hewlett-Packard scsi-hpsa 5.0.0-40OEM.500.0.0.472560 2012-08-24 21:04:51.000esxihost1161.local    ProLiant BL460c Gen8    Smart Array P220i    HP Smart Array Controller HPSA1 Firmware 5.22    Hewlett-Packard scsi-hpsa 5.0.0-40OEM.500.0.0.472560 2012-08-24 21:04:51.000
  

• PowerCLI script start vm and check the boot

  Hello

  I try to do a powercli script to start the virtual machine and check when the (windows) operating system is completely open and ready.

  How can I do?

  Maybe this helps...

  Start-VM - VM - runAsync

  $vm = get - vm

  Start-Sleep - seconds 20;

  $vm | Get-VMQuestion | Game-VMQuestion - version - confirm: $false;

  do

  {

  Start-Sleep - seconds 5;

  $toolsStatus = $vm.extensionData.Guest.ToolsStatus;

  } While ($toolsStatus - not "toolsOK");

• Create jobs that runs a powercli script every day at 20:00

  Hi all

  I'm looking for a way to add a powercli script to cron or schduler so that it runs every day at 20:00 say... I found average windows wrt link below

  http://social.msdn.Microsoft.com/forums/SharePoint/en-us/e63d0776-b4aa-4ab6-885c-a41fd0c83a7c/create-job-that-runs-a-PowerShell-script-every-day?Forum=sharepointgeneralprevious

  Is there better way that this can be done for powercli as well?

  Thank you

  AFAIK, except if you have a few programming specifialised run SW, Windows Scheduler did a good job.

  BTW, Alan has also made a post on this, see running a scheduled task PowerCLI

• Need a powercli script to create a new account a local administrator on all ESX and ESXi hosts in the vcenter

  Hi all

  If someone can help me with a powercli script to create a new account a local administrator on all ESX and ESXi hosts in the vcenter, create a role called admin and give all access except the root. This shoulb be past by a virtual centre.

  Very much appreciated to help him.

  Kind regards

  MelLvin

  I suspect that you posted your question to the wrong thread

  This requires only a minor change to the script above actually.

  Something like that

  $groupName = "group"$accountName = "user"$accountPswd = "password"$accountDescription = "A user"
  
  $esxlist = Get-VMHostforeach($esx in $esxlist){    Connect-VIServer -Server $esx -User root -Password "password"
  
      Try {      Get-VMHostAccount -Id $groupName -Group -ErrorAction Stop | Out-Null    }    Catch {      New-VMHostAccount -Id $groupName -GroupAccount | Out-Null    }
  
      $rootFolder = Get-Folder -Name ha-folder-root    Try{        $account = Get-VMHostAccount -Id $accountName -ErrorAction Stop |        Set-VMHostAccount -Password $accountPswd -Description $accountDescription -AssignGroups $groupName    }    Catch{        $account = New-VMHostAccount -Id $accountName -Password $accountPswd -Description $accountDescription -UserAccount -GrantShellAccess -AssignGroups $groupName    }
  
      $rootFolder = Get-Folder -Name ha-folder-root    New-VIPermission -Entity $rootFolder -Principal $account -Role admin
  
      Disconnect-VIServer -Confirm:$false}
  

• Change the PowerCLI Script to use the DRS and DRS storage

  Hello

  I have a PowerCLI script that specifies a host and a data store to create a new virtual machine, which has served us well. Now we have activated the DRS and DRS storage and I wonder what to change in order to take advantage of these features. Are there commands to specify a cluster and the cluster data store and let the DRS to decide the initial investment for a new virtual machine? At the moment we put all hosts and the warehouses of data as variables and use them in the line below.

  Thank you.

  $newVM = New-VM-name $NewVMname - VM $TemplateName Datastore - $datastore - VMHost $vHost - confirm: $false - location $myName

  You set a Datastorecluster?

  If Yes, then you can replace the value of parameter data with the datastorecluster object store.

  Replacing a VMHost with a cluster is not taken in charge I'm afraid.

  But you can use something like this

  New-VM-name TestVM Datastore - DSC - ResourcePool (Get-Cluster-name mycluster |) Get - Resourcepool - name of resources)

  This will automatically select the VMHost.

  The virtual machine appears in the root of the cluster.

  DSC is the name of a datastorecluster in the cluster mycluster

• PowerCLI Script Create Role in vCenter

  I'm looking for is a PowerCLI script to create a role in vCenter. I found this post, and I wonder if it can be adapted to my needs. What I need specifically is a script to create a role with all of the following privileges:

  System.Anonymous

  System.View

  System.Read

  Global.SetCustomField

  Datastore.AllocateSpace

  Network.Assign

  VirtualMachine.Inventory.Create

  VirtualMachine.Interact.PowerOn

  VirtualMachine.Interact.DeviceConnection

  VirtualMachine.Interact.SetCDMedia

  VirtualMachine.Interact.GuestControl

  VirtualMachine.Config.AddNewDisk

  VirtualMachine.Config.CPUCount

  VirtualMachine.Config.Memory

  VirtualMachine.Config.AddRemoveDevice

  VirtualMachine.Config.Resource

  VirtualMachine.Config.DiskExtend

  Resource.AssignVMToPool

  VApp.Import

  StoragePod.Config

  
  It is possible with a PowerCLI script?

  You can get the file to root like this

  Get-file-name of data centers

  The rest of your script seems ok.

• I want to move virtual machines to a folder called Linux name, but we have several file of the same name in our Datacenter, please give me PowerCLI Script to move exactly

  I want to move virtual machines to a folder called Linux name, but we have several file of the same name in our Datacenter, please give me PowerCLI Script to move exactly.

  I tried to use for the function FolderByPath below, but don't know how to use it and have worked. Please help me in this.

  Function Get-FolderByPath {}

  < #.

  . Records of recovery SYNOPSIS by giving a path

  . DESCRIPTION the function will retrieve a record by its

  path. The path can contain any type of leave (folder or)

  Data Center).

  . Author NOTES: Luc relaxing

  . Path PARAMETER

  The path to the folder.

  This is a required parameter.

  . Path PARAMETER

  The path to the folder.

  This is a required parameter.

  . PARAMETER separator

  The character used to separate the leaves in the

  path. The default value is ' / '.

  . EXAMPLE OF

  PS > Get-FolderByPath-path ' Datacenter/Folder1/Folder2 ".

  . EXAMPLE OF

  PS > Get-FolderByPath-path "Folder1 > Folder2"-separator ' > '

  # >

  (param

  [CmdletBinding()]

  [parameter (Mandatory = $true)]

  [System.String []] ${Path}.

  [tank] ${delimiter} = ' / '.

  )

  {in process

  If (((Get-PowerCLIConfiguration).)) DefaultVIServerMode - eq "Multiple") {}

  $vcs = $defaultVIServers

  }

  else {}

  $vcs = $defaultVIServers [0]

  }

  {foreach ($vc to $vcs)

  {foreach ($strPath in $Path)

  $root = get-file-name of the server data $vc centers

  $strPath.Split ($Separator) | %{

  $root = get-inventory-name $_-location $root - server $vc - NoRecursion

  If ((Get-stocks-localisation $root-NoRecursion |)) Select--ExpandProperty name)-contains "vm") {}

  $root = get-inventory-name "vm" - location $root - server $vc - NoRecursion

  }

  }

  $root | where {$_-is [VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Impl.V1.Inventory.FolderImpl]}|% {}}

  Get-file-name $_. Name - location $root. Parent - Server $vc

  }

  }

  }

  }

  }

  You can try to retrieve the object file by steps as well.

  Something like this for example

  $folder = get-data center-name 'LTX01-G8 | Get-file-name "LTX-servers | Get-file-name "LTX servers 0000 - 0299. Get-file-name Linux

  I guess the first qualification in your path was the data center.

• Add/update a powercli script - independent host license key

  Does anyone know how to add/update a license key with powercli script.

  I can do OK with LicenseAssignmentManager when connected to vcenter server, but I can't do when assigning a free license key to a stand-alone host as the ServiceInstance.Content.LicenseManager.LicenseAssignmentManager is $null.   (esx5-623860)

  See you soon,.

  Matt.

  Try something like this

  $licMgr = get-view-Id "LicenseManager-ha-license-manager.

  $licMgr.UpdateLicense ("00000-00000-00000-00000-00000", $null)

  It will assign a trial license.

  If you have a valid license key, replace the document "00000-00000-00000-00000-00000" with your key.

• Alert shadow in vSphere PowerCLI script

  Hi all

  I have been using the script from this site with great success.

  http://vnucleus.com/2011/07/PowerCLI-script-to-alert-on-snapshots-in-vSphere/

  What I'm trying to understand it how to change the script, then he will send a report, even if there are no snapshots on virtual machines?

  Can you get it someone please let me know what I should do?

  Thank you

  Ray

  Someis lost during the copy/paste, it seems.

  I've corrected the above lines, please try again.