VCloud metadata

[masonit]

Hi!

Is there a way to find vcloud director metadata using Veeam ps? I have done some testing with Find-VBRvCloudEntity. But no metadata info.

\Magnus

[Mildur]

Hi Magnus

What Metadata are you looking for?
The one from the VMs?


Thanks
Fabian

[masonit]

Hi!

Yes, but also metadata you can find under "Administration".

\Magnus

[oleg.feoktistov]

Hi Magnus,

We don't keep vCloud metadata in our powershell classes. So, the nearest ps way would be PowerCLI module.
For example, to pull organization metadata you would need Get-Org cmdlet together with metadata method:

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$org = Get-Org 
$org.ExtensionData.GetMetadata()

Thanks,
Oleg

[masonit]

Ok, thanks! I know I can use powercli but would be nice if it could be collected with Veeam ps. Then I would not have to think about authentication because it is already built-in Veeam.

Is it possible to collect Veeam credentials for a vcloud director and then use that credential objects when connecting with Powercli?

\Magnus

[oleg.feoktistov]

Noted obtaining metadata as a feature request. As for credentials case, there is no type conversion supported between Veeam and PowerCLI modules, and there is virtually no way (at least that I know of) to get plain password for VBR credentials through powershell. So, you'd still need to type in your password manually.
Thanks,
Oleg