Public/Start-RubrikVM.ps1
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function Start-RubrikVM { <# .SYNOPSIS Powers on a virtual machine within a connected Rubrik vCenter. .DESCRIPTION The Stop-RubrikVM cmdlet is used to send a power on request to any virtual machine visible to a Rubrik cluster. .NOTES Written by Chris Wahl for community usage Twitter: @ChrisWahl GitHub: chriswahl .LINK https://github.com/rubrikinc/PowerShell-Module .EXAMPLE Start-RubrikVM -VM 'Server1' This will send a power on request to Server1 #> [CmdletBinding()] Param( [Parameter(Mandatory = $true,Position = 0,HelpMessage = 'Virtual Machine',ValueFromPipeline = $true)] [Alias('Name')] [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()] [String]$VM, [Parameter(Mandatory = $false,Position = 1,HelpMessage = 'Rubrik FQDN or IP address')] [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()] [String]$Server = $global:RubrikConnection.server ) Process { TestRubrikConnection Write-Verbose -Message 'Gathering the VM ID' [string]$vmid = ((Get-RubrikVM -VM $VM).id) Write-Verbose -Message 'Powering on the VM' $uri = 'https://'+$Server+'/vm/power' try { $body = @{ vmId = $vmid powerState = $true } $r = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $uri -Headers $Header -Method Post -Body (ConvertTo-Json -InputObject $body) } catch { throw $_ } } # End of process } # End of function |