Reports of data using powercli store

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• Browse data using PowerCLI warehouses

  We have a large installation of VMware 5.0 in several data centers, clusters and hosts.  If we remove a VM from the inventory without noticing the datastore he resided on and the need to add it to the inventory, you must go through each data store and browse through each one of them.

  Is there an easier way to search for a virtual machine using PowerCLI or another method?

  Hello, AliSarreshteh-

  Yes, nearby.  Like writing your piece of code get all files with "DES084" at the end of the file name.  Since you want to find all files with "DES084" anywhere in the name, I guess (not only at the end of the file name), you must add an another wildcard to the value of the - include parameter in the statement "dir".  As:

  ...## search for everything that has "DES084" in the namedir -Recurse -Path vmstores:\ -Include *DES084* | select Name,DatastoreFullPath,LastWriteTime | Export-Csv -NoTypeInformation -UseCulture -Path D:\MyVMDKInfo.csv
  

  What to do better for you?

• Clone a model in a specific folder on the data, with powercli store?

  I'm deploying approximately 135 VM from an unique model using powercli from a CSV file.

  Each line in the CSV file has a connection, course section instructor

  For example...

  Login Section instructor

  123456 5555 Foo EE123

  Here is the script

  SE connect-VIServer-Server 10.0.0.60 - Credential (Get-Credential)
  $Users = import-Csv c:\CSV\Data.csv
  {foreach ($User in $Users)
  $Login = $User.Login
  $Course = $User.Course
  $Section = $User.Section
  $Instructor = $User.Instructor
  $ResPool = $User.Section + "" + $User.Instructor
  New-VM - VMHost 10.0.0.10 - name $Login - ResourcePool "$ResPool" - model 'VM-model' - data store "datastore1".
  write "$Login Created" | Out-file "log.txt" - append
  }
  Disconnect-VIServer-Server 10.0.0.60 - confirm: $false

  I'm doing the data store a little cleaner when I deploy these machines and put all the machines in a folder located in the data store, for example. datastore1\spring2013\EE123\ (in reality would have $Course instead of EE123)

  Can someone help me with this.

  
  Thanks in advance

  Yes, you can use the ResourcePool parameter on the New - VM cmdlet to do this.

  But since you have resourcepools with the same name in the tree, you must be sure to only select the right pair.

  You use the location setting to indicate which branch of the tree you want.

  For example:

  $rpRoot = get-ResourcePoo-name 'Sprint 2013"

  $rpCourse = get-ResourcePoo-name 'Foo 5555"- location $rpRoot

  $rpServers = get-ResourcePoo-name "servers" - location $rpCourse

  $rpStudents = get-ResourcePoo-name 'students' - location $rpCourse

  New-VM-name--ResourcePool $rpStudents

  You can create this logic in a loop and use the name of a CSV file example

• Creating folders in the view of data with powercli store

  Hello

  We try to automate some parts of a build script and we want to create a folder in the view of data warehouses to move all the local disk.  the only place that I can create a folder has been the point of view of Cluster, DataCenter and VM.  is there a way to do this?

  Thank you

  Matt

  This is a hidden folder named "datastore".

  You can do

  $dsHome = Get-Folder -Name datastoreNew-Folder -Name MyFolder -Location $dsHome
  

  Note that there is 1 folder "data store" by the data center.

  If you have more than 1 data center in your vCenter, you need to indicate what you want "datastore" folder from the data center.

  $dc = Get-Datacenter -Name DC$dsHome = Get-Folder -Name datastore -Location $dcNew-Folder -Name MyFolder -Location $dsHome
  

• Get-view FileManager = vCenter only? How to interact with the data without her store?

  Hello

  I am trying to create a folder directly on a data store and copy a vmx file.  What I've read I need to use Get-file manager mode, but this seems to be only available on vCenter.

  Is there anyway to interact with the data using PowerCLI store when it connects directly to a box of ESX?

  Thanks for your help,

  KeV

  The shortcut notation

  Get-View FileManager
  

  is not available when connected to an ESX host.

  But you can get the object as follows

  Get-View (Get-View ServiceInstance).Content.FileManager
  

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• Questions about the data reporting PowerCLI store

  Hello

  I have a problem with a script that I use and I'm looking for an idea on the problem.

  I have a script that gathers pretty much all the information on the virtual machine in my cluster. (Disk size, free disc, data store).

  Most of the time, it works very well. But there is something that bothers me little. It doesn't report the data store that each VM is linked to. It works for most, but on a select few, it's not.

  I wonder if there is something in my script which is the first cause, or if it is a question of VSphere.
  
  My script and the output is attached.
  
  Thanks in advance for the help.
  
  -Aaron

  I was able to get the warehouses of missing data as well.

  That's when the VMDK are stored on more than 1 data store for a specific virtual machine.

  In this case, the line

      $myDS = Get-Datastore | Where { $_.Id -eq $VM.Datastore}
  

  nothing will store in $myDS because $VM. Data store is an array of MoRefs.

  In fact you try to map the partitions in the guest OS with data warehouses that host the VMDK files.

  There is no easy solution for that I fear (there are number of threads in this community who are trying to do the same thing).

  I fear that there is no real solution for this problem

• 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

  }}

  }

• Automate the VMs using PowerCLI performance report

  Dear Experts,

  I want to automate the monthly performance report (CPU, memory, disk) of the Virtual Machines using PowerCLI or any other script. Basically, I want to do under the tasks mentioned on monthly basis:

  1. use of the CPU (of all virtual machines) statistical average based monthly (as a percentage). Same report for memory (in percent) and the disc (Kbps).

  2. is it possible folderwise? I have several clients in my support infrastructure and I made segregation in making records and for each of them, this report is necessary.

  3. export only these 3 reports in Excel.

  Details of the infrastructure: ESXi 4.0 and 4.1

  Dear Experts, your kind suggestions will be much appreciated? As it takes a lot of time as we do this manually.

  Thank you very much!

  No problem, with the Group-Object cmdlet we can divide the result by VM.

  $metrics = "cpu.usage.average","mem.usage.average","disk.usage.average"
  $start = (Get-Date).AddDays(-30)
  
  $folders = Get-Folder -Location (Get-Folder -Name vm -Location Datacenters)
  # $folders = Get-Folder -Name Folder1,Folder2,Folder3
  &{foreach($folder in $folders){
      $vms = Get-VM -Location $folder    if($vms){
        $stats = Get-Stat -Entity $vms -Stat $metrics -Start $start -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue      if($stats){
          $stats | Group-Object -Property {$_.Entity.Name} | %{
            New-Object PSObject -Property @{
              Folder = $folder.Name            VM = $_.Values[0]
              CpuAvg = ($_.Group | where {$_.MetricId -eq "cpu.usage.average"} | Measure-Object -Property Value -Average).Average            MemAvg = ($_.Group | where {$_.MetricId -eq "mem.usage.average"} | Measure-Object -Property Value -Average).Average            DiskAvg = ($_.Group | where {$_.MetricId -eq "disk.usage.average"} | Measure-Object -Property Value -Average).Average          }
          }
        }
      }
    }} | Export-Csv C:\report.csv -NoTypeInformation -UseCulture
  

• new-store data using the name of runtime

  Hello

  I know the name of runtime - vmhba2:0:0:201 and I would like to create a VMFS data store using PowerCLI. In the past, I'm sure I could use the runtime for the path parameter, but today I need the canonical name.

  So either 1) how to create the data store with the info I have, or 2) how obtain the canonical name of the runtime name would help me greatly.

  Thank you, Andy.

  Or all at once

  $esxName = 
  $runtimeName = "vmhba2:0:0:201" $dsName = "MyDS"
  $esx = Get-VMHost -Name $esxName $lun = Get-ScsiLun -VmHost $esx | where {$_.RuntimeName -eq $runtimeName}
  New-Datastore -VMHost $esx -Path $lun.CanonicalName
  

• Q re warning on a data store: use the store of data on disk

  We noticed a caveat on a data store:

  Warning
  Use of the data on disk store

  the ability for the data store is illustrated in the screenshot below

  We do not know how to solve this alarm.

  

  Thank you.

  ... 'Space put into service' greater than 'ability '.

  This is probably due to the thin provisioning or have pictures on disks.

  André

• Use the date field to store times

  Hi guys, in my form, I am currently using a date field to store the duration. The user is supposed to enter the time in hh: mm, however, when they enter in a wrong format, the default message appears "format should be dd/mm/yyyy" is it possible to change this message or there at - it another way to do such a thing? Maybe I need my own validation any on the input field?
  
  Any help will be appreciated.
  
  Thank you.

  OK, change the mask format to HH24 then try.

  -Clément

• Access report data USE

  Hello

  I wonder how I can access the following data USE (I like to add these details to my test database)

  1. Station-ID
  2. Serial number
  3. Date
  4. Time
  5. Operator
  6. Execution time
  7. Number of results
  8. Result of the object to measure

  Thank you best regards &,.

  Don1.

  Hi Don1,

  I'm scared, I can lead you down the wrong path.  I tried to change the schema to save a local variable without success, so I think it would be better to use only the steps of database to save this value directly in your database.

  To do this, you must use all types of step five database.  You must open a reference to the database (for help opening the database), create a SELECT statement that selects the column that you want to insert (something like "SELECT localvar FROM testtable") to help stage open SQL statement, then use the data operation stage to perform an operation Set and was able to insert the value in the table.  Close the SQL statement by using the SQL statement step close, and then close the reference to the database by using the step to close the database.  It makes much more sense, looking at the example of database comes with TestStand.  You can find the example in \Examples\Database\WritingAndReadingTableData.seq.  This example uses the types of step all five of database.

  I hope it's useful.  If you need any clarification on what, just let me know.

• Using PowerCLI to recover the capacity of volume comments data

  I am using PowerCLI to declare on the volume letter and free space associated with a guest computer.  I am currently addressing this problem through the extensiondata of the VM guest and then placing the properties I want in a PSObject.

  The question that I am running is that numeric values keep coming up as zero when it is inside the loop for, although they correctly resolve by themselves.  One thing I found interesting was these two upcoming properties like "System.Nullable [long"] when executing GetType(), but I don't know if that is related to the question.

  The script is below, and I changed the font color on the problem section.  I'd appreciate any help.

  # Pre - performance Variables

  $USCulture = New-Object - TypeName System.Globalization.CultureInfo - ArgumentList "en - us".

  $USCulture.NumberFormat.PercentDecimalDigits = 2

  $USCulture.NumberFormat.NumberDecimalDigits = 2

  Guest computers #Get

  [table] $vmguests = $vmcluster | Get - VM

  foreach ($vmguest to $vmguests)

  {

  $vmguestinfo = new-Object - TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSObject

  $vmguestinfo | Add-Member - MemberType NoteProperty-Name "Hostname" - value $vmguest.extensiondata.guest.Hostname

  $vmguestinfo | Add-Member - MemberType NoteProperty-Name "GuestState"-$vmguest.extensiondata.guest.GuestState value

  $vmguestinfo | Add-Member - MemberType NoteProperty-Name 'GuestFullName'-$vmguest.extensiondata.guest.GuestFullName value

  $vmguesthdds = $vmguest. ExtensionData.Guest.Disk

  for ($i = 0; $i - lt $vmguesthdds. Length; $i++)

  {

  $vmguestinfo | Add-Member - MemberType NoteProperty-Name ' DiskPath$ I '-$vmguesthdds [$i] value. DiskPath

  $vmguestinfo | Add-Member - MemberType ScriptProperty-Name ' CapacityGB$ I "-value {($vmguesthdds [$i]. Capacity). ToString ("N", $USCulture)}

  $vmguestinfo | Add-Member - MemberType ScriptProperty-Name ' UsedSpaceGB$ I "-value {[System.Decimal]: Subtract ($vmguesthdds [$i].} Capacity, $vmguesthdds [$i]. FreeSpace). ToString ("N", $USCulture)}

  $vmguestinfo | Add-Member - MemberType ScriptProperty-Name ' FreeSpacePercent$ I "-value {[System.Decimal]: Divide ($vmguesthdds [$i].} FreeSpace), ($vmguesthdds [$i]. Capacity). ToString ("P", $USCulture)}

  }

  [table] $vmguestresults += $vmguestinfo

  }

  Thank you

  Yes, he had a few typos in the code.

  I corrected which, in the code and the attachment.

  Try this one.

  I'm afraid that I can't achieve this GitHub repository.

  A search on your GitHub account does not return either

• Need help to report on the configurations of the virtual machine using PowerCLI

  Hi guys,.

  I try to shoot down vCenter virtual computer configuration details and am not having much luck with vCPU multicore machines.

  Looking at the lists of VMS in vSphere Client, it offers a column "Number of CPU" basis and does not include any other granularity (i.e. in terms of casings & carrots as opposed to simply 'CPU Count').

  I thought that maybe I have better luck using PowerCLI and essentially, the cmdlet "Get - VM" has the kind of information I'm looking for, but I find that it lacks a bit when it comes to vCPU details.  Essentially, it turns out that does not do much better than the list of virtual machines in vSphere Client because it produces only a "CPU Num" value, which is not particularly useful.

  For example, if "processors Num" 4, that '4' means?  This could mean one of the following:

  • 1 x 4 drivers
    
  • Core 2 x 2
    
  • Basic 4 x 1
    

  I hope someone out there can help produce me a list of virtual machines with details of configuration that includes both sockets & carrots for vCPU?

  Thanks in advance!

  Try like this

  Get-VM | Select Name, @{N="CPU";E={$_.ExtensionData.Config.hardware.numCPU/$_.ExtensionData.Config.hardware.numCoresPerSocket}}, @{N="Core per CPU";E={$_.ExtensionData.Config.hardware.numCoresPerSocket}}
  

• Way to the commands per second using PowerCLI

  You can use powerCLI for average orders per second of a virtual machine on a historical period in the same way, as you can with cpu.usagemhz.average?

  Just to clarify:

  Does

  datastore.numberreadaveraged.Average

  give me information on the entire data store connected to the virtual machine? Or is information specific to just the VM I comment on?

  (In this case, I'm eager to get all the IOPs for all all of the virtual disks connected to a specific virtual machine)

  It gives you the IOPS / s specific to entire virtual machine and not the data store.

  Also - I'm the zeros for my data when I launch the present.  I see in vSphere client commands per second only to the data in real time, not for the last day, week or year.  Is it because of my level settings statistics?

  Yes, vCenter 5.0 and place unfortunately don't collect statistics of e/s long term on a per-VM level more.

  However, you can still add these values to return to lower levels of statistics as described in this article:

  http://alpacapowered.WordPress.com/2012/12/17/control-vCenter-performance-counter-collection-and-get-back-VM-IOPS-statistics/