Snapshot creator is not shown

[Mike-J-Leone]

When the snapshot plugin runs, I get all information except creator name; that column is always blank.(ideally, I would like vCheck to optionally also email the snapshot creator as a reminder, but I realize that's a separate script). But I would like to at least see the vCenter login of the user who created the script (if it was an AD account, seeing the real name of the user would be great, but even just the login would help).

This is vCheck v6.20-alpha-1 , I downloaded it about 2 weeks ago (2014-08-19).

[Mike-J-Leone]

Here's what I have found so far:

In the function "Get-SnapshotExtra", there is a test for "$report.ContainsKey($key)". This always seems to come out false for me. If I change the section to:

    if($report.ContainsKey($key)){
        $_ | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Creator -Value $report[$key].User
    } ELSE {
        $_ | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Creator -Value "Blank User Name"
    }

Then all my snapshots have a creator value of "Blank User Name". IOW, that if always fails, so there is never a creator name listed.

[Sneddo]

Will need to look at this in a bit more detail.

Looks like possibly a bug on line 70: $filter.Time.beginTime = (($snap.Created).AddDays(-5))

This doesn't use the $SnapshotAge variable which may be causing this issue. Can you try replacing line 70 with the following: $filter.Time.beginTime = (($snap.Created).AddDays(-$SnapshotAge ))

[ghost]

Just curious if there has been any further movement on this. We are seeing this issue as well.

[vScripter]

Can those users who are encountering issues provide version details about your environment?

• PowerCLI Version
• PowerShell Version
• vCenter Version
• OS version where you are running the script from

[ghost]

Sorry for the slow response: PowerCLI: 5.1 PowerShell: 4.0 vCenter: 5.5 OS: Windows 8.1

[mrclschstr]

Long story short: I experienced this issue within different environments and restructured the plugin fundamentally. It now uses the Get-VIEventPlus Cmdlet like in plugin "85 Snapshot Activity". You can find my restructured version here: https://github.com/mrclschstr/vCheck-vSphere/commit/78d99918752945aad3f3ed58fc5dd8cae813dbf3

Feel free to integrate this in your vChecks.

EDIT: Small update https://github.com/mrclschstr/vCheck-vSphere/commit/e8ed338679f2e5aaccc9a72020741637979a4dbe