Adding multiple Annotations to a VM

[madpro]

Hi

I have several Annotations I want to add to a VM using Powercli, and a csv

In the csv I have

CustomeAttribute,Value

Customisation,Win10

IP,192.168.0.1

In the script

$attributes = Import-Csv C:\CustomAttribute.csv -Header ("CustomAttribute","Value")

foreach ($attribute in $attributes){

           Set-Annotation -Entity VMNAME  -CustomAttribute $_.CustomAttribute -Value $_.Value

}

I keep getting an error

Set-Annotation : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'CustomAttribute'. The argument is null. Provide

a valid value for the argument, and then try running the command again.

Can anyone help please?

Thanks

[LucD · Accepted solution]

Try your loop like this

foreach ($attribute in $attributes){

    Set-Annotation -Entity (Get-VM -Name VMNAME)  -CustomAttribute $attribute.CustomAttribute -Value $attribute.Value

}

[madpro]

That worked perfectly..

So, calling attribute.customattribute pulls that data from the row in the CSV?

Thanks

[LucD]

You already imported the content of the CSV in the array $attributes.

Then with the ForEach loop you take the content of that array row by row, and each row is stored in the variable $attribute.

Each column in the CSV is a property on each row object, and you retrieve the values of the two columns by addressing the properties $attribute.CustomAttribute and $attribute.Value

[madpro]

Great explanation, thanks