Create a Report of the Virtual Machines Associated with All Protection Groups

You can create a simple report containing information about the virtual machines associated with all protection groups.

Prerequisites

• Verify that you are connected to a vCenter Server system.
• Verify that you are connected to an SRM server.

Procedure

1. List all protection groups associated with the SRM server.

   $srmApi = $srmConnection.ExtensionData
   $protectionGroups = $srmApi.Protection.ListProtectionGroups()

2. Generate a report of the virtual machines associated with all protection groups.

   $protectionGroups | % {
       $protectionGroup = $_
       
       $protectionGroupInfo = $protectionGroup.GetInfo()
       
       # The following command lists the virtual machines associated with a protection group
       $vms = $protectionGroup.ListAssociatedVms()
       # The result of the above call is an array of references to the virtual machines at the vSphere API
       # To populate the data from the vSphere connection, call the UpdateViewData method on each virtual machine view object
       $vms | % { $_.UpdateViewData() }
       # After the data is populated, use it to generate a report
       $vms | %{
           $output = "" | select VmName, PgName
           $output.VmName = $_.Name
           $output.PgName = $protectionGroupInfo.Name
           $output
       }
   } | Format-Table @{Label="VM Name"; Expression={$_.VmName} }, @{Label="Protection group name"; Expression={$_.PgName} }