Public/VMWare/Send-HostMetric.ps1
Function Send-HostMetric { <# .SYNOPSIS Sends common ESX Host metrics to Influx. .DESCRIPTION By default this cmdlet sends metrics for all ESX hosts returned by Get-VMHost. .PARAMETER Measure The name of the measure to be updated or created. .PARAMETER Tags An array of host tags to be included. Default: 'Name','Parent','State','PowerState','Version' .PARAMETER Hosts One or more hosts to be queried. .PARAMETER Stats Use this switch if you want to collect common host stats using Get-Stat. .PARAMETER Server The URL and port for the Influx REST API. Default: 'http://localhost:8086' .PARAMETER Database The name of the Influx database to write to. Default: 'vmware'. This must exist in Influx! .EXAMPLE Send-HostMetric -Measure 'TestESXHosts' -Tags Name,Parent -Hosts TestHost* Description ----------- This command will submit the specified tag and common ESX host data to a measure called 'TestESXHosts' for all hosts starting with 'TestHost' #> [cmdletbinding(SupportsShouldProcess = $true, ConfirmImpact = 'Medium')] param( [String] $Measure = 'ESXHost', [String[]] $Tags = ('Name', 'Parent', 'State', 'PowerState', 'Version'), [String[]] $Hosts = '*', [Switch] $Stats, [string] $Database = 'vmware', [string] $Server = 'http://localhost:8086' ) $MetricParams = @{ Measure = $Measure Tags = $Tags Hosts = $Hosts Stats = $Stats } $Metric = Get-HostMetric @MetricParams if ($Metric.Measure) { if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess($Metric.Measure)) { $Metric | Write-Influx -Database $Database -Server $Server } } } |