Get VMWare resource status

The following function will query one or more vSphere servers for overall status, configuration status as well as any configuration issues. It can also filter on Name, if you just want to get a quick status of one or more named resources.

It returns an object for ease of further processing, such as piping out to CSV etc.


function Get-VMWareResourceStatus {
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Get resource status from VMWare vSphere
.DESCRIPTION
Get overall status, configuration status and any configuration issues on VMWare resources by querying vSphere.
.EXAMPLE
Get-VMWareResourceStatus -VIServer 'VIServer01' -ResourceType 'VirtualMachine'
Get the resource status of all virtual machines from 'VIServer01'
.EXAMPLE
Get-VMWareResourceStatus -VIServer 'VIServer01','VIServer02' -Name 'ESXHost01' -ResourceType 'HostSystem'
Get the resource status of ESX host 'ESXHost01' by querying VIServer01 and VIServer02
.EXAMPLE
Get-VMWareResourceStatus -VIServer 'VIServer01' -Name 'Server01','Server02' -ResourceType 'VirtualMachine'
Get resource status for Server01 and Server02 from VIServer01
.NOTES
Author: Øyvind Kallstad
Date: 15.10.2014
Version: 1.0
#>
[CmdletBinding()]
param (
# vSphere server(s) to connect to
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
[string[]] $VIServer,
# Name(s) used to filter the result
[Parameter()]
[string[]] $Name,
# ResourceType to search for
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
[ValidateSet('ClusterComputeResource','ComputeResource','Datacenter','Datastore','DistributedVirtualPortgroup','DistributedVirtualSwitch','Folder','HostSystem','Network','ResourcePool','StoragePod','VirtualApp','VirtualMachine','VmwareDistributedVirtualSwitch')]
[string] $ResourceType
)
try {
# Check if VMWare snapin is loaded, and load it if it's not
if ((Get-PSSnapin Name 'VMWare.VimAutomation.Core' ErrorAction 'SilentlyContinue') -eq $null) {
Add-PSSnapin Name 'VMWare.VimAutomation.Core'
Write-Verbose 'VMWare.VimAutomation.Core snapin loaded'
}
# Connect to VIserver(s)
Connect-VIServer Server $VIServer WarningAction 'SilentlyContinue' | Out-Null
Write-Verbose 'Connected to VIServer(s)'
if ($PSBoundParameters['Name']) {
# if more than one name is given, generate correct regex for the filtering
if ($Name.Length -gt 1) {
$regexString = ($Name | ForEach-Object {"($($_)`$)"}) -Join '|'
Get-View ViewType $ResourceType Property Name,OverallStatus,ConfigStatus,ConfigIssue Filter @{"Name"=$regexString} | Select-Object Name,OverallStatus,ConfigStatus,ConfigIssue
}
# if only one name is given, the filter is easier
else {
Get-View ViewType $ResourceType Property Name,OverallStatus,ConfigStatus,ConfigIssue Filter @{"Name"="$($Name)`$"} | Select-Object Name,OverallStatus,ConfigStatus,ConfigIssue
}
Write-Verbose 'Got data from vSphere'
}
# if the name parameter is not used, no filtering is done
else {
Get-View ViewType $ResourceType Property Name,OverallStatus,ConfigStatus,ConfigIssue | Select-Object Name,OverallStatus,ConfigStatus,ConfigIssue
Write-Verbose 'Got data from vSphere'
}
}
catch {
Write-Warning $_.Exception.Message
}
}

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