Hi,
Thank you LucD for the help and guidance with setting up scheduled task time/date base don the local time zone(work nicely see below). I am now trying to add an exist at the beginning to let us know if the VM exist in VMware and if not just put a message on screen
#connect-viserver xxx
$TargetTime = Get-Date '24/07/20 23:30:00'
$snapName = 'Snaphot'
$snapDescription = 'Scheduled snapshot'
$snapMemory = $false
$snapQuiesce = $true
$emailAddr = 'xxx'
$fileName = '.\serverlist.csv'
Import-Csv -Path $fileName -UseCulture | %{
foreach ($vm in $fileName){
$not = get-vm -name $_.VMName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
If ($not){
Write "Server $vm exists VMware, will create Scheduled Task"
}
Else {
Write "Server $vm does not exist, try Nutanix or different Vcentre"
}
}
$vm = Get-VM -Name $_.VMName
If ($vm.Name -match "^NYC*") {
# Get the target timezone
$timezone = [System.TimeZoneInfo]::FindSystemTimeZoneById("Eastern Standard Time")
# Get the UTC time for the target timezone
$timezone = $TargetTime.AddHours(-$timezone.BaseUtcOffset.TotalHours)
}
elseif ($vm.Name -match "^PHILI*") {
# Get the target timezone
$timezone = [System.TimeZoneInfo]::FindSystemTimeZoneById("Eastern Standard Time")
# Get the UTC time for the target timezone
$timezone = $TargetTime.AddHours(-$timezone.BaseUtcOffset.TotalHours)
}
elseif ($vm.Name -match "^MINNI*") {
# Get the target timezone
$timezone = [System.TimeZoneInfo]::FindSystemTimeZoneById("Central Standard Time")
# Get the UTC time for the target timezone
$timezone = $TargetTime.AddHours(-$timezone.BaseUtcOffset.TotalHours)
}
elseif ($vm.Name -match "^UK*") {
# Get the target timezone
$timezone = [System.TimeZoneInfo]::FindSystemTimeZoneById("UTC")
# Get the UTC time for the target timezone
$timezone = $TargetTime.AddHours(-$timezone.BaseUtcOffset.TotalHours)
}
elseif ($vm.Name -match "^SERB*") {
# Get the target timezone
$timezone = [System.TimeZoneInfo]::FindSystemTimeZoneById("Central Europe Standard Time")
# Get the UTC time for the target timezone
$timezone = $TargetTime.AddHours(+$timezone.BaseUtcOffset.TotalHours)
}
elseif ($vm.Name -match "^DE*") {
# Get the target timezone
$timezone = [System.TimeZoneInfo]::FindSystemTimeZoneById("Central Europe Standard Time")
# Get the UTC time for the target timezone
$timezone = $TargetTime.AddHours(+$timezone.BaseUtcOffset.TotalHours)
}
elseif ($vm.Name -match "^FR*") {
# Get the target timezone
$timezone = [System.TimeZoneInfo]::FindSystemTimeZoneById("Central Europe Standard Time")
# Get the UTC time for the target timezone
$timezone = $TargetTime.AddHours(+$timezone.BaseUtcOffset.TotalHours)
}
elseif ($vm.Name -match "^SW*") {
# Get the target timezone
$timezone = [System.TimeZoneInfo]::FindSystemTimeZoneById("Central Europe Standard Time")
# Get the UTC time for the target timezone
$timezone = $TargetTime.AddHours(+$timezone.BaseUtcOffset.TotalHours)
}
elseif ($vm.Name -match "^IN*") {
# Get the target timezone
$timezone = [System.TimeZoneInfo]::FindSystemTimeZoneById("India Standard Time")
# Get the UTC time for the target timezone
$timezone = $TargetTime.AddHours(+$timezone.BaseUtcOffset.TotalHours)
}
elseif ($vm.Name -match "^HK*") {
# Get the target timezone
$timezone = [System.TimeZoneInfo]::FindSystemTimeZoneById("China Standard Time")
# Get the UTC time for the target timezone
$timezone = $TargetTime.AddHours(+$timezone.BaseUtcOffset.TotalHours)
}
elseif ($vm.Name -match "^AUS*") {
# Get the target timezone
$timezone = [System.TimeZoneInfo]::FindSystemTimeZoneById("AUS Eastern Standard Time")
# Get the UTC time for the target timezone
$timezone = $TargetTime.AddHours(+$timezone.BaseUtcOffset.TotalHours)
}
$si = get-view ServiceInstance
$scheduledTaskManager = Get-View $si.Content.ScheduledTaskManager
$spec = New-Object VMware.Vim.ScheduledTaskSpec
$spec.Name = "Patching Snapshot",$vm.Name -join ' '
$spec.Description = "Take a snapshot of $($vm.Name)"
$spec.Enabled = $true
$spec.Notification = $emailAddr
$spec.Scheduler = New-Object VMware.Vim.OnceTaskScheduler
$spec.Scheduler.runat = $timezone
$spec.Action = New-Object VMware.Vim.MethodAction
$spec.Action.Name = "CreateSnapshot_Task"
@($snapName,$snapDescription,$snapMemory,$snapQuiesce) | %{
$arg = New-Object VMware.Vim.MethodActionArgument
$arg.Value = $_
$spec.Action.Argument += $arg
}
$scheduledTaskManager.CreateObjectScheduledTask($vm.ExtensionData.MoRef, $spec)
}
disconnect-viserver -confirm:$false
The error i get it that the exist statement is returning the filename, i just missing something and help appreciated
Also for server not found i get
