How to Script Force Reset VM in ControlUp

A user asked if it is possible to script the Force Reset VM action in ControlUp. Another user shared a code snippet that uses the Invoke-CUAction and Invoke-CUQuery commands to reset the VM name that is passed through arguments. This can be found at https://support.controlup.com/docs/invoke-cuaction

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Is there a way to script the Force Reset VM action? Sending a reboot action via CU agent (currently used via scripting) doesn’t work when the computer is unresponsive.

you can using invoke-cuaction @member did you ever make that sba for reset vm? https://support.controlup.com/docs/invoke-cuaction

“`$monPath = ((Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\cuMonitor").imagepath).replace("\cuMonitor.exe",$null).replace(‘"’,$null)

get-Item "$monPath\powershell.dll"|import-module

$VMName = $args[0]

try {

get-cufolders | out-null

}

catch

{

if($_.exception.message.contains("not running properly"))

{

write-host "resetting monitor service"

restart-service -name cumonitor

start-sleep -seconds 60

}

}

$action = Get-CUAvailableActions -ActionId ‘CACAEFD6-696F-4D76-89A0-0820941BAD48’ ##reset

$creds = Get-CUCredentials -User ‘cuMonitor’

$computers = Invoke-CUQuery -Scheme main -table VMs -Fields ‘sName’ -where "sName = ‘$vmname’"

foreach($computer in $computers.Data)

{

Invoke-CUAction -ActionId ‘CACAEFD6-696F-4D76-89A0-0820941BAD48’ -Table ‘VMs’ -RecordsGuids $computer.key

}“`

It assumes the VM name is passed via arguments

Thanks!!

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