OK, I found some issue with Get-VMWareTools and Get-VMWareCDDrive CMDLET and found that the execution to query and extract information from the vCenter did not disconnect after the command is executed and therefore it lead to an issue where if you run Get-VMWareTools and decided to run Get-VMWareCDDrive CMDLET later in the same PowerShell console. In theory, it established 2 connection to the vCenter.
Hmmm… Fixed that issue by updating the Get-VMWareTools and Get-VMWareCDDrive CMDLET module to disconnect the session after process execution and perform some clean up on the PSSnapin.
Guess what? As promised, I have also done the Get-VMWareFloppy CMDLET module to retrieve the virtual floppy drive configuration information. Of Course, this Get-VMWareFloppy CMDLET does disconnect the session after process execution and perform some clean up on the PSSnapin. It is a behavior issue which I didn’t notice because I kept on closing the PowerShell console on each test.
That’s it. I have posted the Get-VMWareFloppy download link below. Have fun.
Download Link – http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Get-VMWareFloppy-e4c3c397
function Get-VMwareFloppy {
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Get the VMWare Virtual Machine virtual Floppy Drive configuration information.
.DESCRIPTION
Allows the administrator to get the virtual Floppy Drive configuration information
on the virtual machine from VMWare vCenter.
.PARAMETER ComputerName
ALIAS -VI
This parameter specify host connection to the VMWare vCenter
.PARAMETER GuestName
ALIAS -Guest
This parameter allows administrator to specify the VM Guest name
.PARAMETER Username
ALIAS -U
This parameter allows administrator to specify username to authenticate with the server.
.PARAMETER Password
ALIAS -P
This paramter allows administrator to specify the password to authenticate with the server.
.EXAMPLE
This example demostrate how to import the Get-VMWareFloppy.psm1 module and use the command
to query the VMWare vCenter for VMWare virtual Floppy Drive information on guest virtual machine
name VM1.
Import-Module C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\Get-VMWareFloppy.psm1
Get-VMWareFloppy -VI VMWarevCenter -U Redmond\VirtualCenterAdministrator -P C0nt0s0 -Guest VM1
GuestName : VM1
VMHost : esx11.redmond.com
UUID : 4212a615-e5c9-38be-a3ed-68a749d95791
OperatingSystem : Microsoft Windows 8 (64-bit)
PowerState : Suspended
NumberOfFloppyDrives : 1
ChangeVersion : 2013-10-10T03:55:08.656392Z
DeviceID : VirtualMachine-vm-41405/8000
DeviceName : Floppy drive 1
FloppyImagePath :
HostDevice :
RemoteDevice :
Connected : False
StartConnected : False
AllowGuestControl : True
Status : untried
.EXAMPLE
This example demostrate how to generate a report of all the VMWare virtual Floppy Drive information
for each virtual machine in VMWare vCenter and export to a CSV file.
Get-VMWareFloppy -ComputerName VMWarevCenter | Export-Csv C:\Temp\Get-VMWareFloppy.csv -NoTypeInformation
.NOTES
Title : PowerShell Get VMWare virtual Floppy Drive
FileName: Get-VMWareFloppy.psm1
Author : Ryen Kia Zhi Tang
Date : 16/10/2013
Blog : ryentang.blogspot.com
Version : 1.0
#>
param(
[Parameter(
Mandatory=$True,
ValueFromPipeline=$True,
ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$True)]
[Alias('VI')]
[String] $ComputerName = $env:COMPUTERNAME,
[Parameter(
Mandatory=$False,
ValueFromPipeline=$True,
ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$True)]
[Alias('U')]
[String] $Username,
[Parameter(
Mandatory=$False,
ValueFromPipeline=$True,
ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$True)]
[Alias('P')]
[String] $Password,
[Parameter(
Mandatory=$False,
ValueFromPipeline=$True,
ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$True)]
[Alias('Guest')]
[String] $GuestName
)
BEGIN {}
PROCESS {
# Add VMWare PowerCLI PSSnapin
Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core
# Verify Username and Password parameter is not null and construct PSCredential object for authentication
if(($Username -ne "") -and ($Password -ne "")){
# Construct Credential
$PWD = convertto-securestring $Password -asplaintext -force
$Credential = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList $Username,$PWD
# Establish connection using Credential Object
$Connection = Connect-VIServer -Server $ComputerName -Credential $Credential -Force -Verbose
# Verify Username and Password parameter is null and use Windows Integrated Authentication
}else{
# Establish connection using Windows Integrated Authentication
$Connection = Connect-VIServer -Server $ComputerName -Force -Verbose
}
# Verify GuestName parameter is not null
if($GuestName -ne "") {
# Get specific VM Guest
$VMs = Get-VM -Name $GuestName
}else{
# Get all VM Guests
$VMs = Get-VM
}
# Construct Result
foreach($VM in $VMs) {
foreach($vFloppyDrive in $(Get-FloppyDrive -VM $VM.Name)) {
$VM | Select @{L='GuestName';E={($_.Name)}},
@{L='VMHost';E={($VM.VMHost)}},
@{L='UUID';E={(((($VM).ExtensionData).Config).Uuid)}},
@{L='OperatingSystem';E={((($VM).Guest).OSFullName)}},
@{L='PowerState';E={($VM.PowerState)}},
@{L='NumberOfFloppyDrives';E={((Get-FloppyDrive -VM $VM.Name | Measure-Object).Count)}},
@{L='ChangeVersion';E={(((($VM).ExtensionData).Config).ChangeVersion)}},
@{L='DeviceID';E={($vFloppyDrive.ID)}},
@{L='DeviceName';E={($vFloppyDrive.Name)}},
@{L='FloppyImagePath';E={($vFloppyDrive.FloppyImagePath)}},
@{L='HostDevice';E={($vFloppyDrive.HostDevice)}},
@{L='RemoteDevice';E={($vFloppyDrive.RemoteDevice)}},
@{L='Connected';E={(((($vFloppyDrive).ExtensionData).Connectable).Connected)}},
@{L='StartConnected';E={(((($vFloppyDrive).ExtensionData).Connectable).StartConnected)}},
@{L='AllowGuestControl';E={(((($vFloppyDrive).ExtensionData).Connectable).AllowGuestControl)}},
@{L='Status';E={(((($vFloppyDrive).ExtensionData).Connectable).Status)}}
}
}
}
END { Disconnect-VIServer -Server $ComputerName -Confirm:$FALSE ; Remove-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core }
}
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