I see! Well I guess the reason for this is that within a Cluster you can have multiple ESX hosts with *different* Port groups? I suspect that in your situation all the hosts in the VM Cluster have the same DV Portgroups but you can imagine that it is possible to have ESX hosts in the same VM Cluster with different Portgroups. That's why a DV PG is only linked to an ESX host and not to the VM Cluster. However you would like to get a LOV of all the portgroups on all the hosts of all the vm clusters within 1 specific VDC. hmmmm you can't filter on that VDC but would it be possible to place your UCSD user in a specific VDC and wouldn't he than only see the PG's from his VDC? ... View more

Hi Tad, My point exactly, isn't it easier to just use a correct input type and then a smart Input Filter for filtering out the values you want? So for example you are saying you would like to have an input for Distributed Port Groups but you want it filtered on VM Cluster. So what you could do is first ask the user for the VM Cluster... Ask them for the ESX HOSTS (but you will only show the ones for that cluster with an input filter "Cloud Name" EQUALS ${vmcluster} ) and then show ask them to pick a DVPortgroup but only show the ones for the ESX hosts that they picked by using again a smart input filter. ? Wouldn't that be an easier solution? ... View more

Hi Tad, Do you actually need to create your own tabular report or is there already one? I found that there are many Tabular reports already that you can refer to when you create an input for a custom task. All you need to do is put the Table name in the Table Name field. A list of tables names can be found in https://<ucs Director>/app/javadocs/constant-values.html However it is still required to have an appropriate input type to Map too. ... View more

get-ucsserver | Get-UcsFabricLocale | Get-UcsFabricPath | Get-UcsDcxVc | select dn,switchid,operstate,adminstate,vnic,linkstate | where { $_.vnic } | sort dn | ft ... View more

This workflow does NOT do what it says. It does not use the Microsoft iSCSi initiator to connect to an iSCSi portal and mount any LUNS. Instead it will turn off your VM and add a LUN to the VM as a SCSi disk (not iSCSi). ... View more