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Importing VM annotation and notes from CSV file into vCenter
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| function Import-VMAnnotation { | |
| <# | |
| .SYNOPSIS | |
| Import VM information Annotation, Notes into VM Attributes | |
| .DESCRIPTION | |
| The function set Annotation, Notes on VM into vcenter, you will require Export-VMAnnotation function to export data into CSV file. | |
| .NOTES | |
| Author: Kunal Udapi | |
| http://kunaludapi.blogspot.com | |
| .PARAMETER N/a | |
| No Parameters Required | |
| .EXAMPLE | |
| PS> Import-VMAnnotation -CSV c:\Temp\VMCMDB.csv | |
| #> | |
| [CmdletBinding()] | |
| ##################################### | |
| ## ## Version: 1 | |
| ## Tested this script on successfully | |
| ## 1) Powershell v4 | |
| ## 2) Windows 8.1 | |
| ## 3) vSphere 5.5 (vcenter, esxi) | |
| ## 4) powercli 6.0 | |
| ##################################### | |
| Param ( | |
| [Parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=0)] | |
| [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] | |
| [string]$CSV | |
| ) | |
| Begin{ | |
| if (-not(Get-PSSnapin vmware.vimautomation.core -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) { | |
| Add-PSSnapin vmware.vimautomation.core | |
| } #if | |
| } #Begin | |
| Process{ | |
| $vmlist = Import-Csv $CSV | |
| $NonRequiredProperties = "" | |
| $properties = $vmlist | Get-Member -MemberType NoteProperty | Where-Object {($_.name -ne "VMName") -and ($_.name -ne "PowerState") -and ($_.name -ne "IPAddress") -and ($_.name -ne "FolderPath") -and ($_.name -ne "Notes")} | Select -ExpandProperty Name | |
| $CustomAttributes = Get-CustomAttribute -TargetType VirtualMachine | |
| foreach ($NotExist in $properties) { | |
| if (!($CustomAttributes.Name -contains $Notexist)) { | |
| Write-Host -BackgroundColor Yellow -ForegroundColor Black "###Custom Attribute `"$NotExist`" does not exist Creating it###" | |
| [void](New-CustomAttribute -Name $NotExist -TargetType VirtualMachine) | |
| } #if (-Not($CustomAttributes -contains $Notexist)) | |
| else { | |
| Write-Host -BackgroundColor DarkGreen "###Custom Attribute `"$NotExist`" exists, Skipping it###" | |
| } #else (!($CustomAttributes.Name -contains $Notexist)) | |
| } #foreach ($NotExist in $properties) | |
| Foreach ($VMObj in $VMList) { | |
| $vm = Get-VM $VMObj.VMName | |
| #$VMObj.VMName | |
| Write-Host -BackgroundColor DarkGreen "`t###Adding Notes and Annotation on Virtual Machine `"$Name`"###" | |
| [void]($vm | Set-VM -Notes $($VMObj.notes) -Confirm:$false) | |
| $Name = $vm.name | |
| Foreach ($Prop in $properties) { | |
| $PropValue = $VMObj.$prop | |
| Write-Host -BackgroundColor Yellow -ForegroundColor Black "`t`t###Adding value `"$PropValue`" to Attribute `"$prop`"###" | |
| [void]($VM | Set-Annotation -CustomAttribute $Prop -Value $Propvalue) | |
| } #Foreach ($Prop in $properties) | |
| } #Foreach ($VM in $VMList) | |
| } #Process | |
| End{ | |
| } #End | |
| } |
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