Hi,
is it possible to use UpdateViewData() method with Get-View on the ViewType “StoragePod” to Update the data of PodStorageDrsEntry.StorageDrsConfig.VmConfig for the VM names without using another Get-View (Get-View -Id $_.Id -Property Name) calls? The extra Get-View calls cost us some valuable seconds which I would like to save and in almost all other places, UpdateViewData() also works fine. So I think I am missing something or doing something wrong.
Unfortunately I cannot get it to run with UpdateViewData(), f.e.:
$_.UpdateViewData("PodStorageDrsEntry.StorageDrsConfig.VmConfig.Vm.Name")
MhodInvocationExcption: Exception calling "UpdateViewData" with "1" argument(s): ""
Example Code:
“PodStorageDrsEntry.StorageDrsConfig.PodConfig”,
“PodStorageDrsEntry.StorageDrsConfig.VmConfig”
$ViewType = “StoragePod”
(Get-View –ViewType $ViewType –Property $ViewProperties).ForEach(
{
$_.UpdateViewData(“ChildEntity.Name”)
[PSCustomObject][ordered]@{
Name = [string]$_.Name
Datastores = ($_.LinkedView.ChildEntity.Name) -join ‘, ‘
DatastoreIds = ($_.LinkedView.ChildEntity.MoRef) -join ‘, ‘
DrsEnabledVms = ((@($_.PodStorageDrsEntry.StorageDrsConfig.VmConfig).ForEach( { if ($_.Enabled -eq $true) { Get-View –Id $_.Vm –Property Name } })).Name) -join ‘, ‘
DrsDisabledVms = ((@($_.PodStorageDrsEntry.StorageDrsConfig.VmConfig).ForEach( { if ($_.Enabled -eq $false -or $_.Behavior -match “manual”) { Get-View –Id $_.Vm –Property Name } })).Name) -join ‘, ‘
}
}
)
(I have the same problem for other Api Types (f.e. in ClusterComputeResource -> $_.ConfigurationEx.DrsVmConfig)
(Perhaps LucD or mattboren can help?)
Thanks in advance,
Eize