PowerCLI Script to the report on the failed VM jobs

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• The package PowerCLI script in the Windows executable file / install

  What are the options for packaging / embed PowerCLI script in Windows. EXE file? I would like for several departments to be able to run and collect information from the script without having direct access to the code. This would ensure that the code has been correctly run without modification.

  I know that PowerCLI will be available on these systems, searching for the PowerCLI is not necessary.

  I read that the Primal Script has this ability, but I want a solution that is free and easy to use, if possible.

  If it is not an executable file, maybe even a file coded which makes it difficult for a layman to make changes.

  Thanks in advance for the help!

  I used a similar function of Johan Akerstrom in the past (since I don't have the community installed Extensions).

  See his post Powershell script to generate an executable from a powershell script .

  For this one, I know there is no problem with parameter passing.

  Take this example script

  param(
  [parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string[]]$server)
  
  [void][system.reflection.assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Windows.Forms")
  Add-PSSnapin -Name VMware.VimAutomation.Core
  
  Connect-VIServer -Server $server[windows.forms.messagebox]::Show("Connected to " + $defaultViServer.Name)
  $VM = Get-VM[windows.forms.messagebox]::Show("I counted " + $VM.Count + " guests")
  
  Disconnect-VIServer -Confirm:$false
  

  Note that the script uses Windows Forms to the output data.

  You create the EXE file as follows. I recorded the example script under DoExeTest.ps1

  PS C:\Scripts >.\DoExeTest.ps1 new-PSExecutable
  Script source file: C:\Scripts\DoExeTest.ps1
  Output executable: C:\Scripts\doexetest.exe

  And when you run this, it displays 2 message boxes, one with the name of the vCenter and the other with the number of guests, the script is located in the vCenter.

  C:\Scripts>doexetest.exe 'Site '.

                

• PowerCLI Script to the list of virtual machines by their hosts

  Trying to find a simple script that will display a list of virtual to a CSV file and computers are that they currently host slot, but not lucky so far. Closer, I found is that of Alan Renouf below that lists the number of VMs per host, but not the actual names.

  Get-VMHost | Select @{N=“Cluster“; E={Get-Cluster -VMHost $_}}, Name, @{N=“NumVM“; E={($_ | Get-VM ). County}} | Sort Cluster, Name | Export-Csv -NoTypeInformation c:\clu-host-numvm.csv

  I'm sure it's something in the simple sense of get-vmhost | Get - vm, but should the listed host. Any ideas?

  Hello, Viewaskew-

  There is a property, VMHost, of computer virtual objects.  For example, you can use a Get - VM call forwarded to a Select-Object statement (then to Export-Csv), as:

  Get-VM | Select Name,VMHost | Export-Csv -Path c:\temp\VMsAndHostsInfo.csv -NoTypeInformation -UseCulture
  

  What to do for you?

• PowerCLI script for the deployment of virtual machines via the model using customizations comments

  Hello... I hope someone can give me a script that will do the following:

  (1) provision VMs in vCenter template (I need 125 + VMs created in the next day or two)

  (2) use the existing customizations of comments in vCenter

  (3) let me enter data warehouses available to be created on the virtual machines.  Example: I want that VMs on warehouses of specific data as LUN2, LUN5, LUN6, LUN12, LUN1, etc...  However, the script must have the ability to know when a data store is near the threshold of capacity, say 90%, so it can use one of the other warehouses available, identified in the script... similar to storage profiles.  We still have to adopt profiles storage but plan to do so once upgraded us to v5.1 in the next month or two.  We hope that this will help us keep our replicated LUN more organized during the use of SRM and copy to remote groups, our team of storage's configuration on 3PAR.

  
  Additional information: I will use 2 styles... Windows XP and Win7.  Their respective sizes are 40 and 60 GB due to all applications for stable DR.  Data warehouses are ea 500 GB.

  Please let me know if additional information is necessary... Thank you!!!

  Charles

  No, unfortunately you cannot specify a folder like this.

  You'll have to do a

  $folder = get-file-name WinXP

  New-VM-$folder file...

  Remove the line of New - VM WhatIf switch if you really want to start creating virtual machines.

• 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)}}

  }

• PowerCLI script to list the df - hl on all ESX hosts?

  Hi Expert,

  I have more than 100 esx host, and I need to list all the df - hl out for my report. Y at - it instead of connect on each esx host to get under output, powercli script that I can use to remove similar information?

  Size of filesystem used Avail use % mounted on

  / dev/sdaa2 20G 1.5 G 17G 8%.

  / dev/CCISS/c0d0p1 1.1 G 118 M 909 M 12% / Boot

  / dev/sdaa6 9.7 G 151 M 9.0 G 2% / Home

  / dev/sdaa7 9.7 G 151 M 9.0 G 2% / tmp

  / dev/sdaa5 9.7 G 317 M 8.9 G 4% / var

  / dev/sdaa8 494M 212 M 257M 46% /vmimages

  Please advice. Thank you

  Are you allowed to enable SSH on servers ESX (i)?

  And are you allowed to establish a SSH session on each ESX (i) Server?

  You have an account and a password on each ESX (i) server that can run the command 'df '?

  If it is Yes, then you can use something like plink.exe in consequence of PuTTY to connect to each ESX (i) server, run the command "df" and retrieve the output.

  There are several available examples to use plink.

  And don't forget that you will need a fingerprint for each server ESX (i) will be stored on the client from which you are running the script.

• Help change the script to a report

  I tried, but have been unable to make this script in a report.  Here's the script I would like to make a report:

  {foreach ($VMHost in Get-VMHost)
  $esx = get-view-Id $VMHost.id
  {foreach ($vSwitch to $esx.Config.Network.Vswitch)}
  Write-Host $vSwitch.Name
  Write-Host "' tmac changes:" $vSwitch.Spec.Policy.Security.macChanges
  Write-Host "' tForged passes:" $vSwitch.Spec.Policy.Security.ForgedTransmits
  }
  }

  I would also add the esx host name in the output.  I would like the output to this format if possible:

  esxservername, mac, wrought changes passes

  I was looking at this script as sort of a model, but when I went to replace parts of the script it just did not work properly.  This script is the VM information, but I'm looking for the script above be put in this type of report format.  Or am I wrong in that the script above is only good for just posting out on-screen during the launch in powerCLI?

  $report = foreach ($vm in (Get - VM | where {$_.})) PowerState - eq 'Receiving'})) {}
  Get-NetworkAdapter - VM $vm | `
  Select @{N = "VMname"; E = {$vm. Name}},
  @{N = "MAC address"; E={$_. MacAddress}}
  }

  $report | Export-Csv «.\output.csv"- NoTypeInformation - UseCulture

  Thanks in advance for any help.

  Hi Mark,

  The following script will give you the report of your choice:

  Get-View -ViewType HostSystem | ForEach-Object {
    $VMHostView =$_
    $VMHostView.Config.Network.vSwitch | ForEach-Object {
      $Report = "" | Select-Object -Property VMHost,vSwitch,"MAC Changes","Forged Transmits"
      $Report.VMHost = $VMHostView.Name
      $Report.vSwitch = $_.Name
      $Report."MAC Changes" = $_.Spec.Policy.Security.macChanges
      $Report."Forged Transmits" = $_.Spec.Policy.Security.ForgedTransmits
      $Report
    }
  }
  

  Best regards, Robert

• PowerCLI script to check the setting of syslog on a whole cluster?

  Hey guys,.

  I'm looking for a way to check the setting configured for syslog remote on a large cluster of ESXi. Is it possible to easily check by cluster?

  Thanks in advance,

  The following PowerCLI script will give you the servers remote syslog for all hosts in a cluster:

  Get-Cluster "MyCluster" | Get-VMHost | ForEach-Object {
    $VMhost = $_
    $VMHost | Get-VMHostSysLogServer | ForEach-Object {
      $Report = "" | Select-Object -Property VMHost,SyslogServer,Port
      $Report.VMHost = $VMhost.Name
      $Report.SyslogServer = $_.Host
      $Report.Port = $_.Port
      $Report
    }
  }
  

  Best regards, Robert

• 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");

• 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}
  

• 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
  

• 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

• 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.