[BUG] govc.exe find . -type m -runtime.powerState poweredOn fails on Windows about govmomi

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[ralfgro]

I think the whole filter thing is broken in Windows or the syntax is different? I'm not a Windows guy and I did not find anything obvious in the readme/usage etc.

Windows

PS D:\govc\govc_Windows_x86_64> govc object.collect -type m /DE-WBE/host/vicluster_Lab runtime.powerState
VirtualMachine:vm-3281592  runtime.powerState  types.VirtualMachinePowerState  poweredOn
VirtualMachine:vm-2429189  runtime.powerState  types.VirtualMachinePowerState  poweredOn
VirtualMachine:vm-2429190  runtime.powerState  types.VirtualMachinePowerState  poweredOn
VirtualMachine:vm-2429184  runtime.powerState  types.VirtualMachinePowerState  poweredOff
VirtualMachine:vm-2429185  runtime.powerState  types.VirtualMachinePowerState  poweredOff
VirtualMachine:vm-934557  runtime.powerState  types.VirtualMachinePowerState  poweredOff
VirtualMachine:vm-1054922  runtime.powerState  types.VirtualMachinePowerState  poweredOff
VirtualMachine:vm-1310509  runtime.powerState  types.VirtualMachinePowerState  poweredOff

I can query the property runtime.powerState as expected, but I can't filter.

PS D:\govc\govc_Windows_x86_64> govc object.collect -type m /DE-WBE/host/vicluster_Lab -runtime.powerState poweredOn
govc : D:\govc\govc_Windows_x86_64\govc.exe: ServerFaultCode: InvalidProperty
At line:1 char:1
+ govc object.collect -type m /DE-WBE/host/vicluster_Lab -runtime.power ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (D:\govc\govc_Wi...InvalidProperty:String) [], RemoteException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NativeCommandError

On Linux its a no brainer and just works.

$ govc object.collect -type m /DE-WBE/host/vicluster_Lab -runtime.powerState poweredOn
VirtualMachine:vm-3281592  runtime.powerState  types.VirtualMachinePowerState  poweredOn
VirtualMachine:vm-2429189  runtime.powerState  types.VirtualMachinePowerState  poweredOn
VirtualMachine:vm-3280609  runtime.powerState  types.VirtualMachinePowerState  poweredOn
VirtualMachine:vm-2429190  runtime.powerState  types.VirtualMachinePowerState  poweredOn

[dougm]

I haven't touched Windows in ages.. if I had a machine I'd try quoting the args, esp. those with '/' in it:

govc object.collect "-type" m "/DE-WBE/host/vicluster_Lab" ...

I assume that's cmd.exe? Did you try w/ powershell or even bash? Last I tried bash on windows I think it came with a git distro and worked well, I'm sure there's plenty of other options these days.

[ralfgro]

Great hint, that works. I think I used it in powershell before, the quoting does the trick!

# govc object.collect "-type" m "/DE-WBE/host/vicluster_Lab" "-runtime.powerState" "poweredOn"
VirtualMachine:vm-2429189  runtime.powerState  types.VirtualMachinePowerState  poweredOn
VirtualMachine:vm-2429190  runtime.powerState  types.VirtualMachinePowerState  poweredOn
VirtualMachine:vm-3281592  runtime.powerState  types.VirtualMachinePowerState  poweredOn