How to increase the number each time a host name is validated.

[Cyborg5000]

Iam trying to automate a few things
is there any provision of increasing the names/numbers
like example if the last host name was used as
vw-aus-bl004
based on the count of provisioning i would like to have next 4 sets of host names..
Like 

vw-aus-bl005

vw-aus-bl006

vw-aus-bl007

vw-aus-bl008

 

and further...till 900

[mLipok]

My crystal ball said to me: Yes. This is possible. But can you talk a little more about what you are trying to do, and which features you want to use ?

Edited February 14, 2022 by mLipok

[Cyborg5000]

Thanks @mLipok for helping and replying to this topic.....appreciate your help and time...

 

Iam trying to get get vm provisioning a bit simpler using browser to read the requirements and the form that user submits.
like cpu, ram, hdd and the count of vm's required.

Using this information, and powershell i would be checking the host names used for that particular Business unit on the exsi

once i get this info, with another script i need to have host names further that can be used....like the example above 

if the last host name was used as
vw-aus-bl004
based on the count of provisioning i would like to have next 4 sets of host names..
Like 

vw-aus-bl005

vw-aus-bl006

vw-aus-bl007

vw-aus-bl008

[Nine]

Try this :

#include <Array.au3>

Local Const $PREFIX = "vw-aus-bl"
Local $iCurrent = 4

Local $aName = GenerateHostNames($iCurrent, 5)
_ArrayDisplay($aName)

Func GenerateHostNames(ByRef $iLast, $iNumber)
  Local $aHost[$iNumber]
  For $i = 0 To $iNumber - 1
    $iLast += 1
    $aHost[$i] = $PREFIX & StringFormat("%03i", $iLast)
  Next
  Return $aHost
EndFunc

 

[mLipok]

My proposal was:

Func _Generate($sCurrentName, $iNumberOfNewNames)
    Local Const $sBaseName = 'vw-aus-bl'
    Local $iCurrentNameNumer = Number(StringTrimLeft($sCurrentName, StringLen($sBaseName)))
    Local $sResult
    For $i = 1 To $iNumberOfNewNames
        $sResult = (($sResult) ? ("|") : ()) & $sBaseName & StringFormat("%03i", ( $iCurrentNameNumer + $i))
    Next
    
    Return $sResult
EndFunc

 

Now @Cyborg5000 it is your turn to mix them

 

Edited February 14, 2022 by mLipok

[Cyborg5000]

Thanks a lot @mLipok  and @Nine

[Cyborg5000]

On 2/14/2022 at 10:19 PM, mLipok said:

My proposal was:

Func _Generate($sCurrentName, $iNumberOfNewNames)
    Local Const $sBaseName = 'vw-aus-bl'
    Local $iCurrentNameNumer = Number(StringTrimLeft($sCurrentName, StringLen($sBaseName)))
    Local $sResult
    For $i = 1 To $iNumberOfNewNames
        $sResult = (($sResult) ? ("|") : ()) & $sBaseName & StringFormat("%03i", ( $iCurrentNameNumer + $i))
    Next
    
    Return $sResult
EndFunc

 

Now @Cyborg5000 it is your turn to mix them

 

Getting error running the above code....

(6,43) : error: syntax error

        $sResult = (($sResult) ? ("|") : ()
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^

Edited February 15, 2022 by Cyborg5000

[Cyborg5000]

What i had in mind was that with powercli i can retrieve the host names that were previously used....on the esxi/VC.

Further with the list of host names, i will take only the last hostname and with a script i will further generate the next required host names....
 

(The name keeps changing as per region, ISR, AUS, TELA, TELH, IND)...so cant be static names...

vw-aus-qa (QA)  /vw-isr-qa/vw-isr-dv/vw-ind-dv / vw-ind-qa)

vw-aus-dv (DEV)  /vw-isr-qa/vw-isr-dv/vw-ind-dv / vw-ind-qa)

vw-aus-sp (Support)  /vw-isr-qa/vw-isr-dv/vw-ind-dv / vw-ind-qa)

vw-aus-bl (Build) /vw-isr-qa/vw-isr-dv/vw-ind-dv / vw-ind-qa)

Even the no# arent specific....they may go to vw-aus-qa104 or vw-isr-dv300 or vw-isr-qa456

Edited February 15, 2022 by Cyborg5000

[Cyborg5000]

On 2/14/2022 at 10:15 PM, Nine said:

Try this :

#include <Array.au3>

Local Const $PREFIX = "vw-aus-bl"
Local $iCurrent = 4

Local $aName = GenerateHostNames($iCurrent, 5)
_ArrayDisplay($aName)

Func GenerateHostNames(ByRef $iLast, $iNumber)
  Local $aHost[$iNumber]
  For $i = 0 To $iNumber - 1
    $iLast += 1
    $aHost[$i] = $PREFIX & StringFormat("%03i", $iLast)
  Next
  Return $aHost
EndFunc

 

The above code works like a charm, but the prefix is static in the code, the hostnames/regions aren't

and i get the host names from the form and VC (the last host name that was used)

[mLipok]

36 minutes ago, Cyborg5000 said:

Getting error running the above code....

(6,43) : error: syntax error

        $sResult = (($sResult) ? ("|") : ()
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^

Which version of AutoIt you are using ?

[Cyborg5000]

3 minutes ago, mLipok said:

Which version of AutoIt you are using ?

Version 3.4.4 

[Cyborg5000]

5 minutes ago, Cyborg5000 said:

Version 3.4.4  (This version is only for lazy mind and using only for au3 recorder...)

i tried using combinations from below example and few others like DO until etc.....but came to a stop not knowing what options or ways i have.... 😭

 

Edited February 15, 2022 by Cyborg5000

[Cyborg5000]

This code is exactly what should work for me...
but unsure how to or where to put the last host name captured from the VC, and the count of the host's to be incremented as per the requirement..

 

[Nine]

57 minutes ago, Cyborg5000 said:

but the prefix is static in the code, the hostnames/regions aren't

Well your initial post didn't say that hostname prefixes would vary in time.  And for what it is worth, it doesn't change much of the code I gave you, you just need to adapt it to your needs.  If you cannot do that by yourself, hmmm, I would suggest you delegate the programming to someone else.

[Cyborg5000]

8 hours ago, Nine said:

Well your initial post didn't say that hostname prefixes would vary in time.  And for what it is worth, it doesn't change much of the code I gave you, you just need to adapt it to your needs.  If you cannot do that by yourself, hmmm, I would suggest you delegate the programming to someone else.

Hi Thanks and appreciate you for responding back to this @Nine

 

Yeah my bad, i should had said that only the 1st prefix is static VW- (Virtual Windows) and VL- (Virtual Linux).

iam looking for pointers or may be a help in how can i achieve in getting further host names once i get the last host name being used on the VC based on the region.

The code used below works like a charm when testing with the host names that are being used.... 

 

[Cyborg5000]

1 minute ago, Cyborg5000 said:

Hi Thanks and appreciate you for responding back to this post🙏@Nine

 

Yeah my bad, i should had said that only the 1st prefix is static VW- (Virtual Windows) and VL- (Virtual Linux).

iam looking for pointers or may be a help in how can i achieve in getting further host names once i get the last host name being used on the VC based on the region.

The code used below works like a charm when testing with the host names that are being used....only the thing is that it can generate 1 host at a time when clipget is active/having a host name..... 🤔

 

 

[Cyborg5000]

The exact host names used are 
vw-aus-dombl001

vw-aus-zsodv001

[Cyborg5000]

@Nine and @mLipok Thanks to both of you for your help and directives...

was able to achieve mixing your code and below code...🙏✌️