PrimalForms Example (Virtual Center Log)

Recently saw a post on Twitter from alanrenouf. He was asking if there was a log file that could be parsed to search for who deleted a VM. I know that this data was kept in the Virtual Center Database, specifically in the VPX_EVENT table. I mentioned this to Alan and he quickly wrote a PowerShell script to find the data and blogged it.
Concurrently, I was investigating PrimalForms (PowerShell UI builder - FREE). Once I saw Alan's post, I knew it would be a good example to try PrimalForms with.

The UI was simple to create with PrimalForms, here is a screenshot of the UI.

The dropdowns are filled on the form load with the following:
- Distinct Virtual Machine
- Distinct User
- Distinct Event (in Alan's case vim.event.VmRemovedEvent)
- Search Start Date
- Search End Date


Selecting the above variables generates the SQL statement to the VPX_EVENT table. The results are then passed to the datagrid.




Pretty cool!


As soon as I figure out how to attach a text file to Blogger, I will do so. In the short-term, if you are interested in the script(s), send me a note at stahler.2@osu.edu.

Enjoy!