vCenter: Removing VSC custom attributes

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 20:10:01 +0000

Well, yesterday I got pissed of those Virtual Storage Console custom attributes.

Currently we don’t use the Provisioning & Cloning feature of the VSC, thus we don’t need the custom attributes. After poking around, I decided to write a short PowerCLI script to do the task.

It’s really rather simple, so here goes:

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param( [string] $vCenter )

# Add the VI-Snapin if it isn't loaded already
if ( (Get-PSSnapin -Name "VMware.VimAutomation.Core" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $null )
{
 Add-PSSnapin -Name "VMware.VimAutomation.Core"
}

If ( !($vCenter) )
{
 Write-Host
 Write-Host "vcenter-remove-vsc-attributes: <vcenter-server>"
 Write-Host
 Write-Host " <vcenter-server> - DNS name of your vCenter server."
 Write-Host
 exit 1
}

Connect-VIServer -Server $vCenter

Remove-CustomAttribute -CustomAttribute "PnC.CustSpec", "PnC.Deployed", "PnC.GroupID", "PnC.Source" -Confirm:$false

Disconnect-VIServer -server $vCenter -Confirm:$false

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vCenter: Removing VSC custom attributes