vCenter alarms and calling a powershell script

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• 'Command' in vCenter alarm

  Hi all

  We are recently receving bunch of vCPU alerts. We want to take these courses of the time period. So, I want to save the info to a database alert.

  I came to know the "run command" in vCenter alarm, which is great. I am able to run the powershell script example using that.

  I wonder if someone can help me on passing the parameters (green, red, metric, vCenterServer name etc.) script powershell is on my vCenterServer. I don't know that there should be a way. Any thoughts or ideas?

  My goal is to send the alarm information to the powershell script and then insert these data in databases so that we can have a story and that you can query easily.

  Thus, whenever there is a generated vCPU alert, powershell script will be executed and insert database values.

  Please let me know if there is a better way to do it.

  Thanks in advance,

  Rajesh.

  I think that the reasoning behind this folderpath and set the AppData environment variables is explained by Carter in step 1.

  These alarm scripts will run under the account of the vCenter Service service, and does not the vCenter uses environment variables.

  The non-existent folder is just a new folder you have to create yourself.

  Can you try to add a Start-Transcript (beginning of the script) and Stop-Transcript (end of the script) to your script?

  This will give you a log of what the script does.

• How to run multiple Powershell scripts in PowerCLI

  I have a large number of scripts that I would run into lots of PowerCLI. I found a way to call some Powershell scripts from a file of commands like the following (with the permission of Jan Egil Ring), which works very well except for scripts PowerCLI where a connection to a VC or ESX Server must be established before the script can be executed:

  PowerShell-command '& C:\MyScripts\script1.ps1 '.

  PowerShell-command '& C:\MyScripts\script2.ps1 '.

  PowerShell-command '& C:\MyScripts\script3.ps1 '.

  If a VC connection is on using Connect-VIServer PowerCLI, then scripts can each be run from the prompt without connection information and credentials, however, if scripts are placed in a file of DOS commands, it is necessary to place an order Connect-VIServer in each script, which will prompt you for credentials every time , so if I have 10 scripts, I will have to enter the credentials of 10 times. Is it possible to establish the connection and then run a set of Powershell scripts, or is there a way to integrate the identification information in the script so that it will connect to the VI server without asking confirmation?

  Thank you

  Ed Z

  2 options 1 persist credentials on disk, you can find the code on poshcode.org to do.

  Option 2 is to use - Session when using Connect-VIServer. The session is stored in the variable $defaultVIServer. If write you it to a file you can load this file and re-use this same session, assuming that it is still valid (i.e. it has not expired.)

• Unable to collect vCenter alarms/tasks/events

  Hello

  I have a journal Insight 3.0 and installing vCenter Server 5.5 U2b environment.

  I created a clone of Read-Only and add the following permissions:

  Global.Licenses

  Global.SetCustomField

  Host.Config.AdvancedConfig

  Host.Config.NetService

  Host.Config.Network

  Host.Config.Settings

  System.Anonymous

  System.Read

  System.View

  This role is spread from data centers (upper level) and connected to an AD user account.

  When I integrate Log Insight with my any snippet vCenter and it is saved correctly in the Administration tab for the particular Server vCenter (collect vCenter Server events, tasks and messages is checked), but nothing ever appears in vCenter alarms / tasks despite the fact that there are a lot of things for at least a month back. I use a custom range, which should be enough.

  I tried the same thing in our development environment with an administrator privileged account and it works fine, I get a lot of vCenter alarms and whatnot in the dashboards. However, I want to use the least permissions if possible.

  Am I missing a permission/privilege? Is there a log file I can check for errors/warnings?

  Can be set to RESPOND.

• In the Powershell script execution error: could not find the type [ordered]: make sure that the assembly containing this type is loaded.

  People,

  I am trying to load and run the PowerShell script of PowerCLI Module to check the CPU, memory and storage overcommitment. VMware PowerCLI Blog - VMware Blogs but somehow it is always stopped with the error: cannot find the [ordered] type: make sure that the assembly containing this type is loaded.

  Here are some of the diagnostic result:

  $PSVersionTable

  Value name

  ----                           -----

  PSVersion 2.0

  PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0}

  BuildVersion 6.1.7601.17514

  PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.1

  WSManStackVersion 2.0

  CLRVersion 4.0.30319.1026

  SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1

  Get-ChildItem ' HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET frame Setup\NDP'-recurse |

  Get-ItemProperty-name of the EA - 0 Version |

  Where {$_.} PSChildName-match ' ^ (?) (S) \p {L} "} |"

  Select PSChildName, Version

  PSChildName Version

  -----------                       -------

  v2.0.50727 2.0.50727.5420

  3.0.30729.5420 v3.0

  Windows Communication Foundation 3.0.4506.5420

  Windows Presentation Foundation 3.0.6920.5011

  3.5.30729.5420 v3.5

  Customer 4.0.30319

  4.0.30319 full

  Get-PowerCLIVersion

  PowerCLI Version

  ----------------

  VMware vSphere PowerCLI 5.8 Release 1 build 2057893

  ---------------

  Versions of the snap

  ---------------

  Build VMWare AutoDeploy PowerCLI component 5.5 1983942

  Build VMWare ImageBuilder PowerCLI component 5.5 1983942

  Build license of VMware PowerCLI component 5.5 1265954

  Build VMware Storage PowerCLI component 5.8 2057894

  Build VDS's VMware PowerCLI component 5.8 2031581

  Build VMware vSphere PowerCLI component 5.8 2031581

  I installed Windows6. 1 -KB2819745- x 64 - MultiPkg.msu to enable Powershell v4.0 on my Windows 7 laptop, but still the script cannot be executed with the above error message.

  Any kind of aid and assistance would be greatly appreciated.

  Thank you

  Hello-

  Ah, yes--it is that review.

  Another option, because you are not able to go to .NET FX 4.5, is to remove the parts "[ordered]' of the code that you use.  This type Accelerator makes the hash table a dictionary sorted.  The effect to remove that from the code will be that the properties of the object that results will not be in the order in which they appear in the code.

  And, another option would be to install PowerShell v3 (the version in which the '[ordered]' feature has been added').  That shouldn't require a FX .NET newer than what you showed as having already installed on this computer.  However, as we have seen with the PSSnapin and PSv4 Exchange, you want to make sure that the PSSnapins / Modules you want to use are compatible with PowerShell v3.

• export and import vcenter alarms

  Hello

  I'm working on the migration of all the alarms configured production vcenter (running on 5.1) to another (race with 5.5). Y at - it a medium CLI script or the power to perform the same task.

  your quick response will be highly appreciated. I need this bad.

  Please see the resources below

  VMware KB: Restoration and copy of the Server vCenter alarms

  Download | stripeyfish

  Import/export script alarms between VC or synchronize alarms between 2 virtual centres

• PowerShell script and the Orchestrator

  Hi guys

  We managed to set up the PowerShell script to run a task in the Orchestrator, the only problem is that we cannot pass the input parameter

  $vCOuser = "xxxxxxxx".

  $vCOpass = "zzzzzzzz.

  $vCOparm = "C:\orchestrator\Test.html".

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  $vcoWS = New-WebServiceProxy - Uri http:// < server >: 8280/vmware-vmo-webcontrol/webservice? WSDL

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  $vcoWS

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  $workflow

  foreach ($element in $workflow)

  {

  $element.id

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  Hello!

  You can specify an array of WorkflowtokenAttribute objects and pass it to the executeWorkflow method:

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  $inparams
  
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  $workflowToken
  

  See the complete example here:

  http://www.vcoportal.de/2011/06/updated-calling-VCO-workflows-from-PowerShell/

  http://www.vcoportal.de/examples/PowerShell-VCO/

  Kind regards

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• Unable to wait 30 seconds and then call the TCL Script as Action?

  Hello and good afternoon all!

  I was browsing through different threads and did some research and I am unable to get my applet to wait 30 seconds and then call a script TCL to a succession of 'action '.  Here is the Basic script I am trying to run:

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  See you soon,.

  Travis

  See my response to https://supportforums.cisco.com/discussion/13009231/eem-applet-wont-fire... .  What you do not work, so you should not call tclsh to EEM anyway.

• Re: Script to retrieve vCenter roles and responsibilities

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  I need a script to do the following

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  List each of the role privilege. For example: data center-> Global etc...

  Thank you

  VK

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• vCenter alarms &amp; SNMP Trap

  Gang-

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