Connect-VIServer vc-l-01a.corp.local -User administrator@vsphere.local -Password VMware1! Connect-OMServer vrops.corp1.local -User admin -Password VMware1! function Enable-OMMaintenance { <# .NOTES Script name: vRealize Operations Maintenance Mode.ps1 Created on: 07/26/2016 Author: Alan Renouf, @alanrenouf Dependencies: PowerCLI 6.0 R2 or later .DESCRIPTION Places a vSphere Inventory object into maintenance mode in vRealize Operations .Example Set All VMs with a name as backup as being in maintenance mode for 20 minutes: Get-VM backup* | Enable-OMMaintenance -MaintenanceTime 20 Name Health ResourceKind Description ---- ------ ------------ ----------- backup-089e13fd-7d7a-0 Grey VirtualMachine backup-d90e0b39-2618-0 Grey VirtualMachine backup-e48ca842-316a-0 Grey VirtualMachine backup-77da3713-919a-0 Grey VirtualMachine backup-c32f4da8-86c4-0 Grey VirtualMachine backup-c3fcb95c-cfe2-0 Grey VirtualMachine backup-4318bb1e-614a-0 Grey VirtualMachine #> [CmdletBinding()] param( [Parameter(Position=0, Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipeline=$true)] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [System.String] $Resource, [Parameter(Position=1, Mandatory=$true)] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [Int] $MaintenanceTime ) process { Foreach ($Entry in $resource) { $Item = Get-Inventory -Name $Entry | Get-OMResource if (-not $Item) { throw "$Entry not found" } Else { $Item.ExtensionData.MarkResourceAsBeingMaintained($MaintenanceTime) Get-Inventory -Name $Entry | Get-OMResource } } } } function Disable-OMMaintenance { <# .NOTES Script name: vRealize Operations Maintenance Mode.ps1 Created on: 07/26/2016 Author: Alan Renouf, @alanrenouf Dependencies: PowerCLI 6.0 R2 or later .DESCRIPTION Removes a vSphere Inventory object from maintenance mode in vRealize Operations .Example Disable maintenance mode for all VMs with a name of backup Get-VM backup* | Disable-OMMaintenance Name Health ResourceKind Description ---- ------ ------------ ----------- backup-089e13fd-7d7a-0 Grey VirtualMachine backup-d90e0b39-2618-0 Grey VirtualMachine backup-e48ca842-316a-0 Grey VirtualMachine backup-77da3713-919a-0 Grey VirtualMachine backup-c32f4da8-86c4-0 Yellow VirtualMachine backup-c3fcb95c-cfe2-0 Yellow VirtualMachine backup-4318bb1e-614a-0 Yellow VirtualMachine #> [CmdletBinding()] param( [Parameter(Position=0, Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipeline=$true)] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [System.String] $Resource ) process { Foreach ($Entry in $resource) { $Item = Get-Inventory -Name $Entry | Get-OMResource if (-not $Item) { throw "$Entry not found" } Else { $Item.ExtensionData.UnmarkResourceAsBeingMaintained() Get-Inventory -Name $Entry | Get-OMResource } } } } Write-Host "Enable a single host as being in maintenance mode for 1 minute" Enable-OMMaintenance -Resource ESX-01a* -MaintenanceTime 1 Write-Host "List All Host Resources and their state" Get-OMResource ESX-* | Select Name, State | FT Write-Host "Set All VMs with a name as backup as being in maintenance mode for 20 minutes" Get-VM backup* | Enable-OMMaintenance -MaintenanceTime 20 Write-Host "List All Backup VM Resources and their state" Get-VM backup* | Get-OMResource | Select Name, State | FT Write-Host "Disable maintenance mode for all VMs with a name as backup as we have completed our scheduled work" Get-VM backup* | Disable-OMMaintenance Write-Host "List All VM Resources and their state" Get-VM backup* | Get-OMResource | Select Name, State | FT