I am attempting to use someold code I originally got from here:
Get-VMFolderPath to check in which vm folder our vm resides | VMware and Powershell
Which extracts the folder the VM resides in given a VM object.
I am finding it problematic when connected to 2 vcenters and end up getting:
System.Object[]\System.Object[]\SupportCase\SupportVeeamJob9\
instead of
DC\vm\SupportCase\SupportVeeamJob9\
Thoughts? Bug? Any help appreciated.
Dion
PSvmware's code:
functionGet-VMFolderPath
{
<#
.Synopsis
Get vm folder path. From Datacenter to folder that keeps the vm.
.Description
This function returns vm folder path. As a parameter it takes the
current folder in which the vm resides. This function can throw
either 'name' or 'moref' output. Moref output can be obtained
using the -moref switch.
.Example
get-vm 'vm123' | get-vmfolderpath
Function will take folderid parameter from pipeline
.Example
get-vmfolderpath (get-vm myvm123|get-view).parent
Function has to take as first parameter the moref of vm parent
folder.
DC\VM\folfder2\folderX\vmvm123
Parameter will be the folderX moref
.Example
get-vmfolderpath (get-vm myvm123|get-view).parent -moref
Instead of names in output, morefs will be given.
.Parameter folderid
This is the moref of the parent directory for vm.Our starting
point.Can be obtained in serveral ways. One way is to get it
by: (get-vm 'vm123'|get-view).parent
or: (get-view -viewtype virtualmachine -Filter @{'name'=
'vm123'}).parent
.Parameter moref
Add -moref when invoking function to obtain moref values
.Notes
NAME: Get-VMFolderPath
AUTHOR: Grzegorz Kulikowski
LASTEDIT: 09/14/2012
NOT WORKING ? #powercli @ irc.freenode.net
.Link
https://psvmware.wordpress.com
#>
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true)]
[string]$folderid,
[switch]$moref
)
$folderparent=get-view$folderid
if($folderparent.name-ne'vm'){
if($moref){$path=$folderparent.moref.toString()+'\'+$path}
else{
$path=$folderparent.name+'\'+$path
}
if($folderparent.parent){
if($moref){get-vmfolderpath$folderparent.parent.tostring()-moref}
else{
get-vmfolderpath($folderparent.parent.tostring())
}
}
}else{
if($moref){
return(get-view$folderparent.parent).moref.tostring()+"\"+$folderparent.moref.tostring()+"\"+$path
}else{
return(get-view$folderparent.parent).name.toString()+'\'+$folderparent.name.toString()+'\'+$path
}
}
}