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Powershell Error "Select-Object : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argum 'System.Object[]'."

I am not a strong powershell person and my Powercli script is failing with the following message: "Select-Object : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argum 'System.Object[]'." I have tried for hours to get this to work and have had no luck.. What am I missing.

if (-not (Get-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {
Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core}


#$viservers = "vcenter1","vcenter2","vcenter3","vcenter4"



$outFile = "C:\Work\Script_Logs\VMware\VM-host-info.csv" #Your Output location



$viservers = "serverABC234"
foreach ($singleViserver in $viservers)
{

Connect-VIServer $singleViserver
$HostReport = @()

Get-VMHost | Select @{N="Cluster Name";E={($_ | Get-Cluster).Name}}, Name,
     @{label="Location";expression={switch -wildcard ($_.Name)
{       
    "serverabc" {"Rack 832"}
	"servercde" {"Rack 744"}
	        default {"Unknown location"}
		}}} Notes, Version, Build, Model, ProcessorType
     @{N="NumCPU";E={($_| Get-View).Hardware.CpuInfo.NumCpuPackages}},
     @{N="Cores";E={($_| Get-View).Hardware.CpuInfo.NumCpuCores}} | Export-Csv $outFile –NoTypeInformation

DisConnect-VIServer -Server $viservers -Confirm:$false -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Write-Host "`n-=<SCRIPT COMPLETE>=-" -ForegroundColor Yellow

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Joshua Grantom

I made a few changes that I can see. I do not have access to PowerCLI so I cannot test it.

If (-not (Get-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue))
{ Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core}


#$viservers = "vcenter1","vcenter2","vcenter3","vcenter4"
$viservers = "serverABC234"

$outFilelocation = "C:\Work\Script_Logs\VMware" #Your Output location

ForEach ($singleViserver in $viservers)
{

Connect-VIServer $singleViserver
$HostReport = @()

Get-VMHost | Select @{N="Cluster Name";E={($_ | Get-Cluster).Name}},Name,@{N="Location";E={switch -wildcard ($_.Name){       
    "serverabc" {"Rack 832"; break}
	"servercde" {"Rack 744"; break}
	default {"Unknown location"; break}
    }}},Notes,Version,Build,Model,ProcessorType,
    @{N="NumCPU";E={($_ | Get-View).Hardware.CpuInfo.NumCpuPackages}},
    @{N="Cores";E={($_ | Get-View).Hardware.CpuInfo.NumCpuCores}} | Export-Csv "$outFilelocation\VM-host-info-$singleViserver.csv" –NoTypeInformation

Disconnect-VIServer -Server $singleViserver -Confirm:$false -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
}
Write-Host "`n-=<SCRIPT COMPLETE>=-" -ForegroundColor Yellow

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compdigit44

ASKER

Thanks for you help but getting errors try to run they script. I does not like the syntax around -ForegroundColor and also claim a terminator is missing

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compdigit44

ASKER

It worked ...thanks again :-)

Joshua Grantom

Glad to help

Powershell Error &quot;Select-Object : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argum 'System.Object[]'.&quot;

Powershell Error "Select-Object : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argum 'System.Object[]'."