Virtual Center Server Settings revealed by Powershell (2)

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1. Changing your VMware license server | PeetersOnline.nl says:

   October 10, 2008 at 10:09

   [...] showed you
2. 

   Alan Renouf says:

   October 10, 2008 at 10:20

   Now that is useful, I was wondering how to find out information about the license server, great post.
3. 

   Forbes Guthrie says:

   December 30, 2008 at 20:27

   Hi Hugo,
   love the PowerShell scripts so far, keep them coming! I would like to add a License Server query to your “Custom Fields” script, so that I can show if each host is correctly connected to our License Server.

   I have been looking at the “LicenseState”:
   http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vc-sdk/visdk25pubs/ReferenceGuide/vim.LicenseManager.LicenseState.html

   Is this even possible with this different Managed Object Type? If so where am I going wrong (here’s the relevant code)?

   $ManagedObjectType = “LicenseManager”

   …

   ForEach ($VMHostView in $VMHostViews)
   {
   $License = $VMHostView.Content.LicenseManagerState
   # Compare value to current value
   If ($License -ne ($VMView.CustomValue | ?{$_.Key -eq $myCustomField.Key}).Value)
   {
   # Set Custom Value
   $VMHostView.setCustomValue($CustomFieldName,$License)
   }
   }

   Any help appreciated, Forbes.
4. 

   admin says:

   January 1, 2009 at 14:47

   @Forbes Guthrie
   Hi Forbes,
   Thanks!
   Just leave $ManagedObjectType = “HostSystem”
   This variable is only used to define to which object the custom field should be attached.
   Hugo
5. 

   Forbes Guthrie says:

   January 5, 2009 at 18:18

   @admin

   Hi Hugo,

   I’ve tried it with both, but no luck. I can run this against VC, but all it gives is the license server of VC itself. I would like to run this (or something similar) against each host (I’m have an ongoing license issue with several hosts which I need to monitor). Can you spot anything wrong with this:

   . “C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\VIToolkitForWindows\Scripts\Initialize-VIToolkitEnvironment.ps1″

   # Variables
   $VCServerName = “VCSERVER”
   $CustomFieldName = “LicenseState”
   $ManagedObjectType = “HostSystem”

   # 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)
   }

   # Fill Custom Fields
   $VMHosts = Get-VMHost
   $VMHostViews = $VMHosts | Get-View
   ForEach ($VMHostView in $VMHostViews)
   {
   $LicenseState = $VMHostView.Content.LicenseManagerState
   # Compare value to current value
   If ($LicenseState -ne ($VMView.CustomValue | ?{$_.Key -eq $myCustomField.Key}).Value)
   {
   # Set Custom Value
   $VMHostView.setCustomValue($CustomFieldName,$LicenseState)
   }
   }
   Disconnect-VIServer -Confirm:$False

   Many thanks, Forbes.
6. 

   admin says:

   January 5, 2009 at 20:17

   @Forbes Guthrie
   Then the issue us in this line:
   $LicenseState = $VMHostView.Content.LicenseManagerState
   This apparently retrieves the VC Licence State, not the ESX Server Licence State.
   I’ll take a look if I can find the proper field.
   Hugo
7. 

   Forbes Guthrie says:

   January 5, 2009 at 22:50

   That’s great, thanks for your effort.
8. Getting detailed VMware license information with Powershell | PeetersOnline.nl says:

   January 6, 2009 at 8:31

   [...] have showed you before how to access the License Manager with the Powershell VMware VI Toolkit. But the properties of the [...]
9. 

   admin says:

   January 6, 2009 at 8:32

   Forbes,
   I have done some investigation and created a new post on how to do this:
   http://www.peetersonline.nl/index.php/vmware/getting-detailed-vmware-license-information-with-powershell/
   Hope that helps!
   Hugo
10. 

    Forbes Guthrie says:

    January 6, 2009 at 17:31

    Fantastic, thank you Hugo. I’ll let you know how it goes.