Hi

I am trying to automate disconnecting using  Disconnect-IscsiTarget but it insists on prompting me for confirmation. Not so good when you want to use this from Orchestrator.

The interaktiv behaviour:

PS C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\hitkit> .\disconnect_eql_volume.ps1

Successfully connected to the group 'DELL-EQL-S3G-T05-GRP01'

Confirm

Are you sure you want to perform this action?

Performing operation '' on Target ''.

[Y] Yes  [A] Yes to All  [N] No  [L] No to All  [S] Suspend  [?] Help (default is "Y"):

The script:

#Dell part

Import-Module 'C:\Program Files\EqualLogic\bin\EqlPSTools.dll'

Connect-EqlGroup -GroupAddress $groupAddress -GroupName $groupName -UserName $user -Password $password

$iTarget = (Get-EqlVolume -VolumeName $volumeName).ISCSITargetName

#Microsoft part

Disconnect-IscsiTarget -NodeAddress $iTarget

How may we run this command without user interaction?

I have tried this:

write-output 'Y' | Disconnect-IscsiTarget -NodeAddress $iTarget -PassThru

but get this error:

Disconnect-IscsiTarget : The input object cannot be bound to any parameters for the command either because the command

does not take pipeline input or the input and its properties do not match any of the parameters that take pipeline input.

I have also tried disconnecting all sessions beforehand inlcluding persistent connection.

I have also played with the confirm switch for the  Disconnect-IscsiTarget  but it gives the same interactive behaviour. I would believe that with the confirm switch, the default behavior would be non-interactive.

The disk is offline in Windows diskmanager and connected as a iscsitarget.

Best Regards,

Erik

I see you say you've played around with the -confirm switch and this may be a no-brainer, but since I have no opportunity to test at the moment I'm just going to throw it out here.

Have you tried passing the -confirm parameter in the format -confirm:$false? If not, try passing it like this:

Disconnect-IscsiTarget -NodeAddress $iTarget -confirm:$false

can you pass -confirm to this? default confirm is usually yes

write-output 'Y' | Disconnect-IscsiTarget -NodeAddress $iTarget -PassThru -confirm

• Edited by ImMax Tuesday, April 16, 2013 6:58 PM

By using "-Confirm:$false" the function returns without error messages but the target is not removed. The target is only removed when I answer yes to the dialog.

Erik 

can you pass -confirm to this? default confirm is usually yes

write-output 'Y' | Disconnect-IscsiTarget -NodeAddress $iTarget -PassThru -confirm

No change to the behaviour.

Hi,

Based on my research, -confirm parameter does not accept pipeline input:

-Confirm

Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.

And the default value of it is false.

For more details:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh826108(v=wps.620).aspx

Regards,

Yan Li

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Hi,

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Try this out:

  iscsicli SessionList | select-string "Session Id"

If you have a single connection and a single session, you can use 'iscsicli' do disconnect the session:

  $session=$(iscsicli sessionlist | select-string "Session Id" | Out-String).split("{:}")[1].TrimStart()

  iscsicli LogoutTarget $session

I hope this help.

Hi,

Based on my research, -confirm parameter does not accept pipeline input:

-Confirm

Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.

Required?	false
Position?	named
Default Value	false
Accept Pipeline Input?	false
Accept Wildcard Characters?	false

And the default value of it is false.

For more details:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh826108(v=wps.620).aspx

Regards,

Yan Li

 

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