Custom Report -> HPE API and/or PowerShell

[gcj2021]

Hello - sucessfully pull in all server hardware using API, but the request now is to add the enclosure rack location as a column on the blade server report.

Since I can't create a custom report within OneView (we don't have global and won't be getting it), is there a way to create a custom report using the powershell commandlets? 

Thanks!

[ChrisLynch]

OneView Global Dashboard is a no-cost product that any OneView customer is entitled to download and use.

Rack information is an Index resource.  So, to get the rack information of servers, you can use the following to get the rack name associated with the server resource:

# Index base URI
$baseUri = '/rest/index/associations?name=RACK_TO_PHYSICAL_DEVICE&childUri={0}'

# Get list of rack mount servers
$Servers = Get-OVServer | Where { $null -eq $_.locationUri }

ForEach ($server in $Servers) {

    $uri = $baseUri -f $server.uri

    # Get the resource association
    $indexResource = Send-OVRequest -Uri $uri

    # Get the rack
    $associatedRack = Send-OVRequest -Uri $indexResource.members[0].parentUri

    Write-Host $server.name "is associated with" $associatedRack.name

}

[gcj2021]

Thanks @ChrisLynch ! Oddly that doesn't provide any output for me. It doesn't error and does finish, but nothing in the console. 

My pre-req command was just using Connect-OVMgmt to connect to my oneview appliance. 

[ChrisLynch · Accepted solution]

The code filters out BL and SY servers from the appliance.  Both of which have a different method of obtaining the rack information.  This code would work for those types of devices:

# Index base URI
$baseUri = '/rest/index/associations?name=RACK_TO_PHYSICAL_DEVICE&childUri={0}'

# Get list of rack mount servers
$Servers = Get-OVServer | Where { $null -ne $_.locationUri }

ForEach ($server in $Servers) {

    # The locationUri value is the Enclosure resource's URI
    $uri = $baseUri -f $server.locationUri

    # Get the enclosure resource only for reporting purposes
    $enclosureResource = Send-OVRequest -Uri $server.locationUri

    # Get the resource association
    $indexResource = Send-OVRequest -Uri $uri

    # Get the rack
    $associatedRack = Send-OVRequest -Uri $indexResource.members[0].parentUri

    "{0} is associated with {1} enclosure, associated with {2} rack" -f $server.name, $enclosureResource.name, $associatedRack.name | Write-Host

}

[gcj2021]

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@ChrisLynch  Perfecto! Thanks!!