Add Vmx Path to VI Client using Powershell

admin — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:56:41 +0000

The following script is a request from David Gontie, who was kind enough to comment on a previous post.

He’d like to add the location of his vm’s to a custom field. This is especially handy if you store all the files for a vm in a single datastore.

Here you go David:

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# Script created by Hugo Peeters #
# http://www.peetersonline.nl   #
##############################
 
# Variables
$VCServerName = "MYVCSERVER"
$CustomFieldName = "VMX"
$ManagedObjectType = "VirtualMachine"
 
# Script
$VC = Connect-VIServer $VCServerName
$SI = Get-View ServiceInstance
$CFM = Get-View $SI.Content.CustomFieldsManager
 
$myCustomField = $CFM.Field | Where {$_.Name -eq $CustomFieldName}
If (!$myCustomField)
	{
	# Create Custom Field
	$FieldCopy = $CFM.Field[0]
	$CFM.AddCustomFieldDef($CustomFieldName,$ManagedObjectType,$FieldCopy.FieldDefPrivileges,$FieldCopy.FieldInstancePrivileges)
	$myCustomField = $CFM.Field | Where {$_.Name -eq $CustomFieldName}
	}
 
# Fill Custom Fields
$VMs = Get-VM
ForEach ($VM in $VMs)
	{
	$VMView = $VM | Get-View
	$VMXPath = $VMView.Config.Files.VMPathName
	# Compare value to current value
	If ($VMXPath -ne ($VMView.CustomValue | ?{$_.Key -eq $myCustomField.Key}).Value)
		{
		# Set Custom Value
		$VMView.setCustomValue($CustomFieldName,$VMXPath)
		}
	Clear-Variable VMXPath -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
	Clear-Variable VMView -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
	}
Disconnect-VIServer -Confirm:$False

Enjoy!
Hugo

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Add Vmx Path to VI Client using Powershell