vSphere cli - script lack power
Hello world
I'm new to vsphere cli and need help to obtain power information that we need. I am trying to generate report by cluster vmware tools and I need additional information of the virtual machines namely, contact, created by and created the fields exported to my csv. Here is where I am at this time. I have the annotation of wrenching, however I do not know the commands script/right pull-out contact/createdby and created on the fields of a VM. I hope someone can help. Thank you.
Notice-EEG - ViewType virtualmachine - SearchRoot (get-cluster 'test') user.user-filter @{'Summary.Guest.ToolsVersionStatus ' =' guestToolsNeedUpgrade'} | Select Name,@{N='tools worm '; E={$_. Config.Tools.ToolsVersion}},@{N='Tools State; E={$_. Summary.Guest.ToolsVersionStatus}},@{N='Guest ' OS. E={$_. Config.GuestFullName}},@{N='VM. Notes; E={$_. Summary.Config.Annotation}} | Export-Csv - NoTypeInformation - UseCulture-path C:\test\test1.csv
Give it a try like this
Get-View -ViewType virtualmachine -SearchRoot (get-cluster '1Mike').id -Filter @{'Summary.Guest.ToolsVersionStatus'='guestToolsNeedUpgrade'} |Select Name,@{N='tools ver';E={$_.Config.Tools.ToolsVersion}}, @{N='Tools Status';E={$_.Summary.Guest.ToolsVersionStatus}}, @{N='Guest OS';E={$_.Config.GuestFullName}}, @{N='VM Notes';E={$_.Summary.Config.Annotation}}, @{N="Contact";E={ $key = $_.AvailableField | where {$_.Name -eq "Contact"} | Select -ExpandProperty Key $_.CustomValue | where {$_.Key -eq $key} | Select -ExpandProperty Value}} |Export-Csv -NoTypeInformation -UseCulture -Path C:\test\test1.csv
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