List all VMs without a tag

[staprinik]

I'm struggling to figure out how to list the VMs that don't have a tag named "LINUX" or "WINDOWS" in "OS" category.

For now, i can find all VMs without a tag, like that :

Get-VM | Where-Object{(Get-TagAssignment $_) -eq $null)}

But, this result can be false because VMs can have another tag (not LINUX or WINDOWS).

Any idea is welcome.

Regards

[LucD]

Try something like this.

Note that this will only check VMs that have a tag in the OS category.

$tagCategory = 'OS'

$tagNames = 'LINUX','WINDOWS'

Get-TagAssignment -Category $tagCategory | where {$tagNames -notcontains "$($_.Tag.Name)"}

[staprinik]

unfortunely, it doesn't work as expected.

No VM are displayed whereas, i'm sur that i've at least one with no tag.

To list all VMs that match the category "OS", i did that:

Get-TagAssignment -Category $tagCategory

and the result is that:

Uid : /VIServer=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Tag : OS/WINDOWS

Entity : PRD-webxxxxxxx

Id : com.vmware.cis.tagging.TagAssociationModel

Name : com.vmware.cis.tagging.TagAssociationModel

So, the mistake is probably in the "where-object" condition. But, i'm beginner, and don't know how to fix that.

[LucD]

Just to clarify, you also want to list the VMs that do not have a tag in the OS tag category assigned?
The above script only lists the VMs that have a tag in the OS tag category that is not LINUX or WINDOWS.

If that is the case, you probably want to run something like this

$SpecificTags = 'Cat1/Tag1','Cat1/Tag3'

Get-TagAssignment | where{$SpecificTags -notcontains $_.Tag.ToString()}

[staprinik]

sorry, i probably bad explained.

i want, all my VMs to be tagged with an OS tag (Linux or Windows).

So, to check, i want to list all VMs that don"t have OS tag.

But, this VMs can have another tag like backup.

To summ up:

CATEGORY	TAG
OS	LINUX
OS	WINDOWS
BACKUP	BACKUP-PRD
BACKUP	BACKUP-OFF

regards.

[staprinik]

$SpecificTags = 'Cat1/Tag1','Cat1/Tag3'

Get-TagAssignment | where{$SpecificTags -notcontains $_.Tag.ToString()}

this script list all VMs that have another tag than OS category but it don"t say if the tag OS category is set or not.

i explain:

the VM PRD-001 has 2 tags:

  - OS/LINUX

  - BACKUP/BACKUP-PRD

the VM PRD-002 has only one tag:

  - BACKUP/BACKUP-PRD

your script will display PRD-001 and PRD-002 because, they have BACKUP/BACKUP-PRD tag.

i want a script that display only PRD-002 because no OS tag is assigned.

[LucD]

Those were sample tags, in your case it should probably be

$SpecificTags = 'OS/LINUX','OS/WINDOWS'

Get-TagAssignment | where{$SpecificTags -notcontains $_.Tag.ToString()}

[staprinik]

Those were sample tags, in your case it should probably be

$SpecificTags = 'OS/LINUX','OS/WINDOWS'

Get-TagAssignment | where{$SpecificTags -notcontains $_.Tag.ToString()}

yes, thank you Luc, i'd well understood.

i had already replace samples tags by mines.

but i confirmed that it list tags not VM.

So, a VM that have a tag BACKUP/BACKUP-PRD will be displayed.

The goal is to display VMs that don't have OS/LINUX or OS/WINDOWS.

;-)

[LucD]

Something like this you mean?

$tgtCat = 'OS'

Get-TagAssignment |

Group-Object -Property {$_.Entity.Name}|

ForEach-Object -Process {

    if($_.Group.Tag.Category.Name -notcontains $tgtCat){

        $_.Name

    }

}

[staprinik]

we are close to the good answer i think.

when i run your script, it display nothing.

but, if i add an "else" like that :

if($_.Group.Tag.Category.Name -notcontains $tgtCat){

  $_.Name

}

else {

  $_.Name

}

all VMs are displayed expect the target one (the VM with no OS category tag)

[LucD]

That can only mean that all your VMs have a tag in the OS tagcategory but not with the tags LINUX or WINDOWS.
Which you said is not the case.

I give up.

[staprinik]

sorry for consumed your time.

But, in the web GUI, i have a test VM with no tag at all.

So, i wanted a script that warn me of a VM "OS untagged".

Never mind.

[LucD]

A light bulb moment.
I was forgetting the ones without any tags of course.

$tgtCat = 'OS'

Get-VM -PipelineVariable vm |

ForEach-Object -Process {

    $tags = Get-TagAssignment -Entity $_

    if($tags -eq $null){$vm}

    else{

        if($tags.Tag.Category.Name -notcontains $tgtCat){

            $vm

        }

    }

}

[staprinik]

YES !!! it works !!!

thank you very much Luc for the time spent and your availability.

[staprinik]

I want something like that :

foreach VM

  get tags of the VM

    foreach tag of tags

      get category of tag

        is this tag category == OS

          if yes, NEXT tag

          if not, display in the list

i hope, it will help

[sarikrizvi]

Use RVtool and get detail in excel and later on you can compare which VM has a Tag or not with filtering either it's false or not.

I didn't try with script so far , so not sure on that.