Get-EsxCli Warning

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Get-EsxCli Warning

googleface opened this issue 5 years ago · comments

Hi Tony,

I'm having issues running this against a VC 5.5 box, I'm receiving this warning and the Export-VMHostInfo doesn't appear to be completing, it just sits there, unless it can take a large amount of time to complete? I did leave it about 20 mins and have a fairly small environment.

Do I need to amend the script to include the -V2 switch for this to work please?

PowerShell Version: 5.1.16299.1146
PowerCLI Version: 6.5 Release 1 build 4624819
vCenter Version: 5.5.0 / Build 4180647

Thanks
Scott

Jesus "Tony" Gonzalez Jr. · Answer 1 · Tue Aug 27 2019 21:36:59 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Can you check the CSV folder and tell me if anything is populating in the VMHosts CSV? There is no need to use the -V2 switch as we are pulling everything.

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On Tue, Aug 27, 2019, 6:24 AM googleface ***@***.***> wrote: Hi Tony, I'm having issues running this against a VC 5.5 box, I'm receiving this warning and the Export-VMHostInfo doesn't appear to be completing, it just sits there, unless it can take a large amount of time to complete? I did leave it about 20 mins and have a fairly small environment. [image: image] <https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/23346932/63774790-e78ede80-c8d5-11e9-8f3d-e361a822c971.png> Do I need to amend the script to include the -V2 switch for this to work please? PowerShell Version: 5.1.16299.1146 PowerCLI Version: 6.5 Release 1 build 4624819 vCenter Version: 5.5.0 / Build 4180647 Thanks Scott — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#6?email_source=notifications&email_token=AJETFLPYYPRZHXACIUSWGDTQGUTJDA5CNFSM4IQEOB3KYY3PNVWWK3TUL52HS4DFUVEXG43VMWVGG33NNVSW45C7NFSM4HHU3HVQ>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AJETFLIOVSMCOTECWEMF2MDQGUTJDANCNFSM4IQEOB3A> .

jtrainmar · Answer 2 · Tue Aug 27 2019 21:39:07 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Also, please run powershell as administrator when attempting to run vDiagram.

googleface · Answer 3 · Tue Aug 27 2019 21:46:35 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Hi Tony, I have stopped the script and have an empty VMHosts CSV, I am running Powershell as an admin. Thx

jtrainmar · Answer 4 · Tue Aug 27 2019 22:01:26 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Can you try to run a Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -InvalidCertificateAction Ignore

Jesus "Tony" Gonzalez Jr. · Answer 5 · Tue Aug 27 2019 22:19:44 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

googleface I'm going to try to spin up a 5.5 lab later today but I suspect jtrainmar (Jason) will be looking into this as well. He is one of the co-authors and should be able to also assist. I'm at VMworld this week so my availability is going to be hit or miss.

googleface · Answer 6 · Tue Aug 27 2019 22:41:27 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

@jtrainmar my mistake I had 2 sessions open, 1 wasn't an admin, I can run Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -InvalidCertificateAction Ignore successfully and I am trying to re-run the script again, it still appears to be taking some time though, only 28 hosts on this VC, how long should that take to run roughly please? appreciate your prmpt responses guys...

googleface · Answer 7 · Tue Aug 27 2019 22:43:14 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

It's been running 10 mins now the VMhost csv isn't growing in size.

jtrainmar · Answer 8 · Tue Aug 27 2019 22:48:29 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

28 hosts will take some time to run the full collection, we have had some in testing take hours to complete.

googleface · Answer 9 · Tue Aug 27 2019 22:49:40 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

ok thanks, I will be more patient and let you know how it goes.

googleface · Answer 10 · Tue Aug 27 2019 23:30:44 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Patience is a virtue :-) it's looking better, apologies for premature issue creation, will let you know if I come accross any further issues.

jtrainmar · Answer 11 · Wed Aug 28 2019 00:17:05 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Patience is definitely needed sometimes. It can take quite a long time to complete, depending on the environment, but we believe it is definitely worth the wait.

googleface · Answer 12 · Wed Aug 28 2019 15:08:20 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Still going chaps and some 'Not Complete' sections

Jesus "Tony" Gonzalez Jr. · Answer 13 · Wed Aug 28 2019 15:48:52 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

There are a couple of oddity's there.

Do you have any Distributed Switches and Port Groups? Based on what this is showing is that you do have Distributed Switches but nothing under them.
Are you using DRS? If you have a lot of rules this could take a bit to pull the data.

Remember the larger the environment the larger it will take to run. Also verify that you have not been disconnected from the vCenter.

googleface · Answer 14 · Wed Aug 28 2019 15:57:56 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Hi Tony, I just checked that, no DS's at all, all standard switches and their is only 1 cluster with DRS enabled, let me re-run it.

googleface · Answer 15 · Wed Aug 28 2019 20:36:12 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Hi Tony, it's still sticking on Export DRS Cluster Group Info, it's not creating the csv.

Jesus "Tony" Gonzalez Jr. · Answer 16 · Wed Aug 28 2019 21:48:36 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

And you say there is only 1 DRS rule? Maybe uncheck that one for now and don't create that drawing. See if you the script will progress and export the remaining values.

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googleface · Answer 17 · Thu Aug 29 2019 23:14:18 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

HI Tony, I have managed to export all the csv apart from the drs ones and the Linked Mode one. I have started the draw visio but it's stuck on create vm to host, any ideas please? Thx

Jesus "Tony" Gonzalez Jr. · Answer 18 · Thu Aug 29 2019 23:18:40 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

How many hosts/vms are we talking about here? The draws could take awhile based on the size of your environment, keep in mind that each shape will have the metadata within it. Let it run go have some breakfast/lunch, as long as task manager shows Powershell still using cycles it's running. If your still having issues I can jump on a Webex with you next week when I'm back from VMworld, unless Jason has availability.

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googleface · Answer 19 · Thu Aug 29 2019 23:21:15 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

It's a small environment, VM's: 458, Hosts: 28, it's been running since 08:00 U.K. time. Is that not long enough for that size of environment? Thx

Jesus "Tony" Gonzalez Jr. · Answer 20 · Thu Aug 29 2019 23:40:31 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

It shouldn't take too long. Can you look at the minimized Powershell Window and see if its spitting out errors.

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googleface · Answer 21 · Thu Aug 29 2019 23:46:47 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I can hover over both windows but cannot get focus on them, sure not sure I can see the live errors/messages, I'll terminate it and run it again. Thx

googleface · Answer 22 · Fri Aug 30 2019 16:41:16 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Hi Tony, still no diagram created. Please give me a shout after VMworld has finished. Thx