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To be able to identify certain VM has linked clone children a specific setting has to be read from the VM's snapshot config file. For the purpose of this I created two functions that enable reading full content of the vmsd file as well as searching for a specific setting in the vmsd file content.
105 lines
2.6 KiB
PowerShell
105 lines
2.6 KiB
PowerShell
function Get-VMSnapshotConfigContent {
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<#
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.SYNOPSIS
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Reads <vm name>.vmsd file content
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.DESCRIPTION
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Build the vmsd file http URI following https://code.vmware.com/apis/358/vsphere#/doc/vim.FileManager.html
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and reads its content with the session established by Connect-VIServer
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.INPUTS
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VirtualMachine
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.OUTPUTS
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String - the content of the vmsd file
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.NOTES
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Author: Dimitar Milov
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Version: 1.0
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.EXAMPLE
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Get-VM <MyVM> | Get-VMSnapshotConfigContent
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#>
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[CmdletBinding()]
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param(
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[Parameter(Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipeline=$true)]
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[ValidateNotNull()]
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[VMware.VimAutomation.Types.VirtualMachine]
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$VM
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)
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PROCESS {
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# Create web client from current session
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$sessionKey = $vm.GetClient().ConnectivityService.CurrentUserSession.SoapSessionKey
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$certValidationHandler = $vm.GetClient().ConnectivityService.GetValidationHandlerForCurrentServer()
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$webClient = [vmware.vimautomation.common.util10.httpclientUtil]::CreateHttpClientWithSessionReuse($certValidationHandler, $sessionKey, $null)
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# Build VMSD file http URI
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# https://code.vmware.com/apis/358/vsphere#/doc/vim.FileManager.html
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$vmName = $vm.Name
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$datastoreName = ($vm | Get-Datastore).Name
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$dcName = ($vm | Get-Datacenter).Name
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$serverAddress = $vm.GetClient().ConnectivityService.ServerAddress
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$vmsdUri = [uri]"https://$serverAddress/folder/$vmName/$vmName.vmsd?dcPath=$dcName&dsName=$datastoreName"
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# Get VMSD content as string
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$task = $webClient.GetAsync($vmsdUri)
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$task.Wait()
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$vmsdContent = $task.Result.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result
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# Dispose web client
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$webClient.Dispose()
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# Result
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$vmsdContent
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}
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}
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function Get-VMSnapshotConfigSetting {
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<#
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.SYNOPSIS
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Gets the value of a specified key from the snapshot config file content
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.DESCRIPTION
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Reads the VM's snapshot config file and searches for specified key.
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If key is found its value is returned as an output
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.INPUTS
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VirtualMachine and key
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.OUTPUTS
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String - config value for the specified key
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.NOTES
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Author: Dimitar Milov
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Version: 1.0
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.EXAMPLE
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Get-VM <MyVM> | Get-VMSnapshotConfigSetting -Key "numSentinels"
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#>
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[CmdletBinding()]
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param(
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[Parameter(Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipeline=$true)]
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[ValidateNotNull()]
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[VMware.VimAutomation.Types.VirtualMachine]
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$VM,
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[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
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[ValidateNotNull()]
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[string]
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$Key
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)
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PROCESS {
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$content = Get-VMSnapshotConfigContent -vm $vm
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$keyMatch = $content | Select-String ('{0} = "(?<value>.*)"' -f $key)
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if ($keyMatch.Matches -ne $null) {
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$keyMatch.Matches[0].Groups["value"].Value
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}
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}
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}
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