Hi Jerry,
PowerTool uses a PS Session variable called DefaultUcs which will store all the UCS session handles. You need to set the variable from your script so that you can execute any PowerTool cmdlet without specifying session handle every time.
Connect-Ucs using XML file should automatically set the required variable if it is not getting set then you can try the below snippet.
$ucsDomains = Connect-Ucs -Literalpath c:\path\to\file\domains.xml
# Create an array of type UcsHandle by specifying the size of the array as no of UCS domains session handles you have already connected.
$ucsSessionHandles = New-Object -TypeName Cisco.Ucs.UcsHandle[] $ucsDomains.Count
# Copy the value of the sessions one by one to the array you have created above
for($i =0; $i -lt $ucsDomains.Count; $i++)
{
$ucsSessionHandles[$i] = $ucsDomains[$i]
}
# Set the DefaultUcs PS Session variable using the below statement.
$ExecutionContext.SessionState.PSVariable.Set("DefaultUcs", $ucsSessionHandles)
Once you have done this you will be able to run any PowerTool cmdlet without specifying the session handle.
For ex: Get-UcsServer
Note:
If you are using UCS PowerTool Suite 2.0.1 and above then use this line for initialising the $ucsSessionHandles
$ucsSessionHandles = New-Object -TypeName Cisco.Ucsm.UcsHandle[] $ucsDomains.Count
Let me know if you need further help on this.
Thanks,
Sumanth
