Q: Is there a cmdlet to get jobs a vm is in

[serverbu]

Hello,

as the title implicates, we want to get all the jobs a specific vm is in.

'Till now we do this with a Get-VBRJob to get names of all jobs and pass this list, jobname by jobname through a loop, to Get-VBRJobObject and compare all vm-names in the result list with the one we are looking for, to see if the specific vm is in that job. If so the script returns the jobs name and Get-VBRJobObject is called with the next job name from Get-VBRJob.

Is there a more direct approach through a cmdlet? We've looked for something like '

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Get-VMsJobNames -name "VM Name"

' or '

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Find-JobsOfVM -name "VM Name"

' or likewise cmdlets but didn't found any cmdlet in help or documentation that implicateted such usage through its name.

Best regards

[veremin]

There is no need in additional commandlet, as everything can be done via the following one-liner:

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Get-VBRJob | ?{$_.GetObjectsInJob().name -eq "Name of VM"} | select name

Thanks.

[serverbu]

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Get-VBRJob | ?{$_.GetObjectsInJob().name -eq "Name of VM"} | select name

What exactly is returned by this?
I tried this with each and every vm name we have in any job, but it didn't seem to return anything at all.

[veremin]

The provided script returns names of jobs that have VM with the defined name as their source. Are you using individual VMs or containers (folders, resource pools, hosts, etc.) as jobs' source? What product version you're using? Thanks.

[serverbu]

The Problem was caused by a misstype in the script. After I corrected my misstype I got the expected result.

Thanks for your help.

[veremin]

Glad to hear my input was helpful. Don't hesitate to ask, should other assistance be needed.