Hi guys,
Im the powercli world and i need some help.
I create an script for collect the active alarm on vcenter, the script work fine .
Now i need to send the result to a txt, i use :
$date = get-date -uFormat "%d%m%y"
$alarms | out-file C:\PS-Scripts\ReporteAlarmasvcenterXX-$date.txt
So, the script then the outputo to the txt file but when i execute again the script the output is send it to the same file,
How can a send the output to a new file? :-.( .,
I found that with the command get-date -format D i get the the date in the name of the file but when a tried .-format G "date + hour" i receive an error from the scrit , that the path is not found.
I need to change the path?
Thanks
Carlos
Maybe this can help you. I used it every time I need. Change what you need. This part of script make a directory (if not exists) with date of the day
# Define the backup target path (this path will be created if it doesn't exist)
$ParentBackupLocation = "C:\Reports\"
$ResourceFileLocation = $ParentBackupLocation + "Resources\"
$BackupLocation = $ResourceFileLocation + "{0:yyyy-MM-dd-tt}" -f (Get-Date)
$BackupLocationtest = Test-Path -path $BackupLocation
If ($BackupLocationtest -eq $false) {mkdir $BackupLocation | Out-Null}
Then you can put date into filename :
$Dateformat = get-date -f MMddyyyy
$filelocation=$BackupLocation + "\VCloud_Report_" + $Dateformat + ".txt"
Hi ,
Thanks for your quickly reply. One question, "Resources is the new file that is move to the sub-folder Parent backup localtion?
Best regards
Carlos
Hi,
Finally i follow your step but when i run the script i dont see the new file in the backuplocation
$alarms | out-file C:\Reports\VCloud_Report-$Dateformat.txt >>>>>>>>>>>><< Original file or first file generate during the day.
$ParentBackupLocation = "C:\Reports\"
$ResourceFileLocation = $ParentBackupLocation + "Resources\"
$BackupLocation = $ResourceFileLocation + "{0:yyyy-MM-dd-tt}" -f (Get-Date)
$BackupLocationtest = Test-Path -path $BackupLocation
If ($BackupLocationtest -eq $false) {mkdir $BackupLocation | Out-Null}
Then you can put date into filename :
$Dateformat = get-date -f MMddyyyy
$filelocation=$BackupLocation + "\VCloud_Report_" + $Dateformat + ".txt"
This is due to the >>>>>>>>>< $alarms | out-file C:\Reports\VCloud_Report-$Dateformat.txt
thanks!
With my script, you should have created those directory before ("Report" and "Resources"). Otherwise, it will not found the full path
Regards
@icrow1978 Simply use "Add-content". This will add the content to the new line. simple but effective.