This is the script what I want to use:
$path = split-path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.path
$vcenter = Read-Host "Please enter the vCenter name where You want to connect"
Import-Module -Name VMware.VimAutomation.Core
Connect-VIserver $vcenter
$folderName = 'Datacenters'
$folder = Get-Folder -Name $folderName
$patches = Get-Content $path\patches.txt -Raw
$baseline = New-PatchBaseline -Name "Baseline$(Get-Random)" -Static -IncludePatch $patches
Attach-Baseline -Entity $folder -Baseline $baseline -Confirm:$false
Scan-Inventory -Entity $folder
Get-Compliance -baseline $baseline -entity $folder | select Entity, Status
Detach-Baseline -Entity $folder -Baseline $baseline -Confirm:$false
Remove-Baseline -Baseline $baseline -Confirm:$false
If I write multiple patch numbers into the txt - I tried the following methods - :
ESXi670-201912001,ESXi670-201905001
ESXi670-201905001ESXi670-201912001
Also I tried to separate the lines with enter, without comma, the script not able to compare with the $baseline variable.
The desired result would be: write the patch numbers into the text file, attach a new baseline to the vmware environment, and compare the installed patches on the hosts, with the patches what I wrote into the text.
Many thanks for the help!
The -IncludePatch parameter expects an array of items. First, I recommend removing the -Raw switch from Get-Content because that will read in the file contents as one, long string. Second, I recommend just listing the patches one line at a time. That combination will cause the file to be read as an array of strings with each string being a patch name.
# patches.txt Contents
ESXi670-201912001
ESXi670-201905001
# Update This Line
$patches = Get-Content $path\patches.txt