Last week I posted a script to add Notes to a VM. After posting this script there was a little discussion on Twitter with @vmdoug, @gabvirtualworld if the Notes field is the right field to add this kind of information. So @vmdoug introduced me to the world of Custom Fields.
So I changed my CSV file and added the Field entry. This Field entry will be de name of your custom field. In my case I called it Description.
| VMName,Field,Note DC01,Description,Domain Controller VC01,Description,vCenter Server |
The following one-liner will fix this for you:
Import-Csv "D:\*.csv" | % { Get-VM $_.VMName |
Set-CustomField -Name $_.Field -Value $_.Note -Confirm:$false }
After running the script you will see the Description field with a new entry:
This one-liner will run very slow on a Large environment. So if you have large environment you should definitely check out LucD post on Alan Renouf’s Blog: http://www.virtu-al.net
ICT-Freak.nl 
Hi,
I am trying to write a vmotion script to test the cluster configuration.. so here is what I want and I am having hard luck writting the script in Power Cli
I want to use import-csv to do this.. I want all of my ESX host name in the CSV and then i should be able to move one of the VM to all host in the cluster for e.g.
1.2
2.3
3.4
4.1
1.3
3.2
2.4
is this some thing you can help me with this
Thanks
Bom dia, estou utilizando o comando abaixo para alterar o customfields das pastas, porém não está replicando para as pastas “filho” alguém sabe como fazer isso pelo powercli?
Get-Folder ‘nome_da_pasta’ | Set-Annotation -CustomAttribute Contato -Value e-mail
Obrigado