I have 2 sections of PowerShell code that exit the script on failure. After thinking about it I realized it would make more sense to pause on a failure and allow the admin time to remediate... then when the any key is paused, retry the same line in the CSV. Here's how it looks now:
#check tools status first
Write-Host ""
Write-Host "Checking VMware Tools Status before proceeding." -foreground green
Write-Host ""
foreach ($item in $vmlist) {
$vmname = $item.vmname
$ToolsStatus = (Get-VM $vmname).extensiondata.Guest.ToolsStatus -eq "toolsNotRunning"
if ($ToolsStatus -eq $true) {
Write-Host ""
Write-Host "Tools is not installed or running on $vmname. Remediate on guest and restart the script" -foreground Yellow
Write-Host "Script will continue to exit until tools is running on $vmname" -foreground yellow
Write-Host ""
exit
} else {
Write-Host ""
Write-Host "Tools running on all VMs, script will continue" -foreground green
Write-Host ""
}
}
I know how to put the pause in $Host.UI.RawUI.ReadKey('NoEcho,IncludeKeyDown')
, but I have no idea to do the loop so it retries.
I'm using similar code elsewhere to validate that VMs are powered up so this will work in both sections.
EDIT: Here's the re-worked script. Would this work?
foreach ($item in $vmlist) {
$vmname = $item.vmname
do {
$ToolsStatus = (Get-VM $vmname).extensiondata.Guest.ToolsStatus -eq "toolsNotRunning"
if ($ToolsStatus) {
Write-Host ""
Write-Host "Tools is not installed or running on $vmname." -Foreground yellow
Write-Host "Remediate VMware tools on $vmname and"
Write-host "Press any key to retry..."
$Host.UI.RawUI.ReadKey('NoEcho,IncludeKeyDown')
}
} until ($ToolsStatus -eq "PoweredOn")
Write-Host "Tools running on $vmname, script will continue" -Foreground green
}
Add a nested do..while
loop like this:
foreach ($item in $vmlist) {
$vmname = $item.vmname
do {
$ToolsMissing = (Get-VM $vmname).extensiondata.Guest.ToolsStatus -eq "toolsNotRunning"
if ($ToolsMissing) {
Write-Host "Tools is not installed or ..." -Foreground yellow
$Host.UI.RawUI.ReadKey('NoEcho,IncludeKeyDown')
}
} while ($ToolsMissing)
}
Write-Host "Tools running on all VMs, script will continue" -Foreground green