Missing something mapping all VMs to an ISO

[rblake]

My one-liner:

Get-Cluster "clustername" | Get-VM | ForEach {Set-CDDrive -VM $_ -IsoPath "[OverlyLongDSName] ISO/updates.iso" -Connected $true}

Complains that:

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   2 |  Get-Cluster "clustername" | Get-VM | ForEach {Set-CDDrive -VM $_ -IsoPath …
     |                                                        ~~~
     | A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'VM'.

I feel like this is something simple that I'm missing, but what is it?

[LucD]

You will have to a Get-CDDrive first

Get-Cluster "clustername" | Get-VM | 
ForEach-Object -Process {
    Get-CDDrive -VM $_ |
    Set-CDDrive -IsoPath "[OverlyLongDSName] ISO/updates.iso" -Connected $true
}

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[rblake]

Works great!  As a side note for anyone else seeing this, I added a check to only hit the Windows boxes because the Linux ones don't need / can't use it, and on the reverse, when disconnecting them all, wants you to answer a question before proceeding.  (And for my needs, I don't need to do that or work around it.)

Get-Cluster "clustername" | Get-VM | Where {$_.Guest -match 'windows'} | ForEach {Get-CDDrive -VM $_ | Set-CDDrive -IsoPath "[OverlyLongDatastorePath] ISO/updates.iso" -Connected $true -confirm:$false} 

Get-Cluster "clustername" | Get-VM | Where {$_.Guest -match 'windows'} | ForEach {Get-CDDrive -VM $_ | Set-CDDrive -NoMedia -Connected $false -confirm:$false }