Get License Name from host

[Joe9090]

Hi,

I apologise if this has been asked previously.  I did a search and couldn't find anything.

I have a script that loops though a number of IP addresses and connects to each host one at a time to retrieve information (not all hosts belong to a vCenter)

I'm trying to get license details.

In the script I can do:

$lm = Get-View -Id 'LicenseManager-ha-license-manager'

I can then do

PowerCLI C:\PSScripts> $lm

Source                   :

SourceAvailable          : False

Diagnostics              :

FeatureInfo              : {}

LicensedEdition          :

Licenses                 : {VMware vSphere 5 Essentials}

LicenseAssignmentManager :

Evaluation               : VMware.Vim.LicenseManagerEvaluationInfo

LinkedView               :

MoRef                    : LicenseManager-ha-license-manager

Client                   : VMware.Vim.VimClientImpl

and

PowerCLI C:\PSScripts> $lm.Licenses

LicenseKey      : JJ214-44LDN-6894D-0UE06-CTA45

EditionKey      : esxExpress.vram

Name            : VMware vSphere 5 Essentials

Total           : 66

Used            : 2

CostUnit        : cpuPackage

Properties      : {ProductName, ProductVersion, feature, feature...}

Labels          :

DynamicType     :

DynamicProperty :

But I can't do

$lm.Licenses.Name

I get no data back.

I can do:

PowerCLI C:\PSScripts> $lm.Licenses | select Name

Name

----

VMware vSphere 5 Essentials

but how do I then put "VMware vSphere 5 Essentials" into a variable?

I hope that makes sense?

Thanks

Joe

[dmmcsherry]

I can do:

PowerCLI C:\PSScripts> $lm.Licenses | select Name

Name

----

VMware vSphere 5 Essentials

but how do I then put "VMware vSphere 5 Essentials" into a variable?

You can just create a new variable from that command:

$lmname = $lm.Licenses | select Name

[Joe9090]

Hi

Thanks for that. 

However, if I get do it that way, then the contents of the variable becomes "@{Name=VMware vSphere 5 Essentials}" rather than "VMware vSphere 5 Essentials" when put into a CSV file.

Joe

[dmmcsherry]

No problem, to resolve that you would then just select it using:

$lmname.name