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SWIS Verb Argument Requirements

It appears to that all arguments for each SWIS verb are required. In other words, I cannot use UpdateContainer to only update the description field. I would also have to reset the other arguments like name, owner, frequency, status calculator, and polling enabled

UpdateContainer Arguments.png

This is where I started, the problem being the arguments in green...how do I update description but not owner, frequency, etc..

Get-SwisData -SwisConnection $swis -Query "Select top 5 containerid from Orion.groups where name like '[0-9]%' order by name desc" |foreach {Invoke-SwisVerb -SwisConnection $swis -EntityName orion.groups -Verb updatecontainer @($_, description = 'Remote')

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mrxinu

Hey there!

No, Get-SwisObject was what I was shooting for - that'll give you all the details about the group (Orion.Container) so you know what the existing values are. Then you would use the verb to update only the portions that you want updated.

The update portion of the process is here:

https://github.com/solarwinds/OrionSDK/blob/master/Samples/PowerShell/Groups.ps1#L236-L270

Any questions? I'm happy to help real-time on a meeting if you're still stuck. Let me know.

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mrxinu

Do a Get-SwisObject, adjust the portions you want to change, and provide that to the verb to update it.

nerengm

@mrxinu. I assume you really meant Set-SwisObject. After looking into that, it looked to easy! But when I run this, I get that Set-SwisObject is not supported on groups?

PS U:\> Get-SwisData -SwisConnection $swis -Query "Select top 5 uri from Orion.groups where name like '[0-9]%' order by name desc" | Set-SwisObject $swis -Properties @{Description = 'RemoteV2'}

Set-SwisObject : Operation not supported on Orion.Groups
At line:1 char:126
+ ... ame desc" | Set-SwisObject $swis -Properties @{Description = 'RemoteV ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [Set-SwisObject], FaultException`1
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : SwisError,SwisPowerShell.SetSwisObject

Is this what you meant? If not, could you give me another hint?

mrxinu

Hey there!

The update portion of the process is here:

https://github.com/solarwinds/OrionSDK/blob/master/Samples/PowerShell/Groups.ps1#L236-L270

Any questions? I'm happy to help real-time on a meeting if you're still stuck. Let me know.

nerengm

Got it, that helped immensely. Final solution:

Get-SwisData $swis "SELECT top 5 ContainerID, Name, Owner, Frequency, StatusCalculator, Description, PollingEnabled FROM Orion.Container WHERE name like '[0-9]%' order by name desc" | foreach {Invoke-SwisVerb $swis "orion.container" "UpdateContainer" @($_.ContainerID, $_.Name, $_.Owner, $_.Frequency, $_.StatusCalculator, 'NewDescription', $_.PollingEnabled)}