Set-Annotation on VDPortgroup fails

[Cambio]

set-Annotation -Entity (Get-VDPortgroup -name "k8s") -CustomAttribute "CIDR" -Value "24"

Results in:
Cannot convert the "k8s" value of type "VMware.VimAutomation.Vds.Impl.V1.VmwareVDPortgroupImpl" to type "VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.Inventory.Invent
oryItem"

$p=Get-VDPortgroup -name "k8s"
Set-Annotation -Entity [VMware.VimAutomation.Vds.Types.V1.VDPortgroup]$p -CustomAttribute "CIDR" -Value "24"

Results in:
Set-Annotation Value cannot be found for the mandatory parameter Entity

 

[LucD]

What does this return?

Get-VDPortgroup -Name 'k8s'
(Get-VDPortgroup -Name 'k8s').GetType()

[Cambio]

Get-VDPortgroup -Name 'k8s':

Name NumPorts PortBinding
---- -------- -----------
k8s 16 Static

 

(Get-VDPortgroup -Name 'k8s').GetType()

IsPublic IsSerial Name BaseType
-------- -------- ---- --------
False False VmwareVDPortgroupImpl VMware.VimAutomation.Vds.Impl.V1.VDPortgroupImpl

[LucD]

Seems Custom Attributes are not implemented for all inventory items.
Also the vdPortgroup object is not derived from an inventory item in the same way as for example a VM is.

In any case, you can use the API to fix this

 

 

$caName = 'CIDR'
$caValue = '24'
$vdpgName = 'k8s'

$ca = Get-CustomAttribute -Name $caName
$pg = Get-VDPortgroup -Name $vdpgName

$si = Get-View ServiceInstance
$fldMgr = Get-View -Id $si.Content.CustomFieldsManager
$fldMgr.SetField($pg.Id, $ca.Key, $caValue)

 

 

[Cambio]

Fantastic, thank you!

[pbknl]

I have the same issue but then for retrieving a custom attribute that's already set on a portgroup.

$test = Get-VDPortGroup -VDSwitch $dvsManagementObject -Name "test-portgroup"
Get-Annotation -Entity $test

Get-Annotation: Cannot bind parameter 'Entity'. Cannot convert the "test-portgroup" value of type "VMware.VimAutomation.Vds.Impl.V1.VmwareVDPortgroupImpl" to type "VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.Inventory.InventoryItem".

I've tried converting the workaround but can't get it working for retrieving attributes.

Any change you can push me in the right direction?

Thanks!

P

[pbknl]

Got it working, for anyone else looking:

        $customFieldMgr = Get-View ($global:DefaultVIServer.ExtensionData.Content.CustomFieldsManager)
        # Retrieve custom attributes from vcenter inventory and create lookup table
        $customKeyLookup = @{}
        $customNameLookup = @{}
        $customFieldMgr.Field | % {
            $customKeyLookup.Add($_.Key, $_.Name)
            $customNameLookup.Add($_.Name, $_.Key)
        }
        $networkView = Get-View -ViewType Network -Property Name,Value -Filter @{ "name" = $($vmotionPortgroupObject.name) }
        foreach($thisIndex in 0..$($networkView.Value.Key.Length-1)) {
            Write-Host "Portgroup $($vmotionPortgroupObject.name) has custom attribute $($customKeyLookup[$networkView.Value[$thisIndex].Key]) with value: $($networkView.Value[$thisIndex].Value)"
        }