Correct/easiest way of determining whether an appliance is OneView for Synergy or Virtual Appliance

[erikgraa]

Right now I am checking by try-catching-{} Get-OVComposerNode, but perhaps there is an easier way of distinguishing a OneView Virtual Appliance from OneView for Synergy?

[VincentBerger]

You can do a GET on /rest/appliance/nodeinfo/version. Specifically look at the modelNumber property
I don't think there is a native cmdlet for it, but you can always use Send-OVRequest

[erikgraa]

You can do a GET on /rest/appliance/nodeinfo/version. Specifically look at the modelNumber property
I don't think there is a native cmdlet for it, but you can always use Send-OVRequest

Thank you for the suggestion. The ModelName property has exactly what I need.

[ChrisLynchHPE]

The easiest way is to look at the $ConnectedSessions object created for you. This already populates a property called ApplianceType which derives from the ModelName property of the URI call Vincent mentioned.

So, if you wanted some logic to add to your scripts, do this:

# Check for Composer
($ConnectedSessions | Where Default).ApplianceType -eq 'Composer'

# Check for virtual machine
($ConnectedSessions | Where Default).ApplianceType -eq 'VMA'

There are more properties that what is shown by default, just like almost all PowerShell objects do. For instance:

[PS] C:\Users\clynch> $ConnectedSessions

ConnectionID Name              UserName      AuthLoginDomain Default
------------ ----              --------      --------------- -------
1            hpov1.dmain.local Administrator LOCAL           True

[PS] C:\Users\clynch> $ConnectedSessions | fl

ConnectionID    : 1
Name            : hpov1.domain.local
UserName        : Administrator
AuthLoginDomain : LOCAL
Default         : True


[PS] C:\Users\clynch> $ConnectedSessions | fl *

ConnectionId           : 1
Name                   : hpov1.domain.local
SessionID              : OTE4NDE4NzI4NTAwAru8ioplii1Jli-KKhivsnPhT-PRPGfMZ
Username               : Administrator
AuthLoginDomain        : LOCAL
ApplianceType          : VMA
AuthType               : Credentials
Default                : True
ActivePermissions      : {Infrastructure administrator: AllResources}
ApplianceSecurityRoles : {Backup administrator, Infrastructure administrator, Read only, Scope administrator…}

This is documented in the about_Appliance Connections help topic (online version).

[erikgraa]

Seems I forgot about that one. Thank you for taking the time to clarify.