Unable to execute EnablePollingForNodes or DisablePollingForNodes

Martin_Crothers

The DisablePollingForNodes verb is not working for me.  It works in SWQL studio as exampled in: https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/sam/content/sam-asset-inventory-enable-for-multiple-nodes.htm.

But it doesn't work using the PowerShell module (SwisPowerShell).  I tested it using 8 different variations of how to include the NodeID in the call:

Import-Module SwisPowerShell

# SWIS Connection
$SwisHostname = "orion.example.com"
$SwisCredential = Get-Credential
$Swis = Connect-Swis -Hostname $SwisHostname -Credential $SwisCredential

# Node
[int]$NodeId = 5334

# Alternate ways to test
$TestArguments = @(
    $NodeId,
    "$NodeId",
    ("'" + $NodeId + "'"),
    "$NodeId"
)

foreach ($TestArgument in $TestArguments) {
    # Test with argument as array
    Invoke-SwisVerb -SwisConnection $Swis -EntityName "Orion.AssetInventory.Polling" -Verb "DisablePollingForNodes" -Arguments @($TestArgument)

    # Test with argument plain
    Invoke-SwisVerb -SwisConnection $Swis -EntityName "Orion.AssetInventory.Polling" -Verb "DisablePollingForNodes" -Arguments $TestArgument
}

The output for each different variation is the same:

Invoke-SwisVerb : Verb Orion.AssetInventory.Polling.DisablePollingForNodes cannot unpackage parameter 0 of type System.Int32[]
At line:23 char:5
+     Invoke-SwisVerb -SwisConnection $Swis -EntityName "Orion.AssetInv ...
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [Invoke-SwisVerb], FaultException`1
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : SwisError,SwisPowerShell.InvokeSwisVerb

Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

KMSigma.SWI

I think you are overthinking this.  The XML examples you are giving is what's actually being transmitted, but not what you need to send via the SWIS calls.

I'm looking in SWQL Studio and I'm only seeing one element needed.

That being 'nodeIds" as an integer.  (Or more technically an array of node Ids (indicated by the '[]' after the type.

Your call should (probably - have not had a chance to test yet) be:

Invoke-SwisVerb -SwisConnection $Swis -EntityName "Orion.AssetInventory.Polling" -Verb "DisablePollingForNodes" -Arguments @( $NodeId )

Since it'll accept an array, you can probably send it a list of IDs if you want.

$NodeIds = 1, 5, 11, 27, 42, 8675309
Invoke-SwisVerb -SwisConnection $Swis -EntityName "Orion.AssetInventory.Polling" -Verb "DisablePollingForNodes" -Arguments $NodeIds

Again - not tested, but this should work.