+1Hi there,
I have many PDs and inside these PDs I have many VMs. I want to be able to run NCLI (or the like) to unprotect VM’s using a wildcard if possible. Example:
ncli pd unprotect name=ProtectionDomain vm_name=VM*
Anyone have an idea on how to do this to unprotect machines by wildcard to remove a mass amount at once?
Best answer by Sergei Ivanov
Hi Aaron,
unfortunately, the traditional wildcard will not work there. You can use the following for-loop as a workaround:
for i in $(ncli pd list name=<PD-NAME> | grep "VM Name" | grep "<PART-OF-VM-NAME>" | awk {'print $NF'}); do ncli pd unprotect name=<PD-NAME> vm-names=$i; done
Just replace the <PD-NAME> from in the command above with the name of the Protection Domain and replace <PART-OF-VM-NAME> with what you would write before the * as if you used the wildcard. For example, if you want to remove only the VMs from the PD that have “accounting” in their name, put “accounting” there.
I know it is not a beautiful solution and it is rather slow, but it works.
+5Hi Aaron,
unfortunately, the traditional wildcard will not work there. You can use the following for-loop as a workaround:
for i in $(ncli pd list name=<PD-NAME> | grep "VM Name" | grep "<PART-OF-VM-NAME>" | awk {'print $NF'}); do ncli pd unprotect name=<PD-NAME> vm-names=$i; done
Just replace the <PD-NAME> from in the command above with the name of the Protection Domain and replace <PART-OF-VM-NAME> with what you would write before the * as if you used the wildcard. For example, if you want to remove only the VMs from the PD that have “accounting” in their name, put “accounting” there.
I know it is not a beautiful solution and it is rather slow, but it works.
+1I think that is exactly what I am looking for actually...i will test this out. thank you!
+1works like a charm...you’re right, a bit slow, but it does what i want! thanks!!
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