Using VBScript and XML API for quota management

I know this is old but I just spent some time figuring out the XML API and also started with that same sample script. I used it to see that I could connect to our control station but at that point quickly decided to use Powershell. You can use the same idea and create an Msxml2.ServerXMLHTTP.6.0 object to login and post the xml but you will find the Powershell version much easier to read and easier to deal with all the quotes in xml. Parsing the XML is much easier IMHO.

If this is still something you are interested in or if anyone wants to see my code, let me know. There seems to be one issue with dealing with the XML returned from the control station but I worked around it. Something with the namespaces but I am not XML expert (yet).

Hi Chris, it's been a while since I posted this, since then I had eventually figured out how to use the Msxml2.ServerXMLHTTP.6.0 object, so I was able to do some basic XML stuff with VBscript, but I would still be interested in any Powershell code that you would be willing to share.

Thanks.

Hopefully I did this right and you get to: https://community.emc.com/docs/DOC-20865

i'm still trying to get the script against my VNX5300 but i can't succeed. unfortunately, i can't solve the errors of the cert but i think thats not the big issue, but it seems that the scritp isn't running on my site:

Do you have any idea whats wrong ? I'm on 7.1.71.1 code:

PS U:\emc> .\get-nas-cifs-share.ps1 *fs*

Exception calling "send" with "0" argument(s): "The certificate authority is invalid or incorrect

"

At U:\emc\get-nas-cifs-share.ps1:33 char:1

+ $objHTTP.send()

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ComMethodTargetInvocation

Exception calling "send" with "1" argument(s): "The certificate authority is invalid or incorrect

"

At U:\emc\get-nas-cifs-share.ps1:42 char:1

+ $objHTTP.send($cifsURL)

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ComMethodTargetInvocation

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.

At U:\emc\get-nas-cifs-share.ps1:49 char:1

+ $xml = $response.Replace(" http://www.emc.com/schemas/cel ...

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.

At U:\emc\get-nas-cifs-share.ps1:50 char:1

+ $xml = $xml.Replace("", "")

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.

At U:\emc\get-nas-cifs-share.ps1:53 char:1

+ $shares = $xml.SelectNodes("/Response/CifsShare")

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.

At U:\emc\get-nas-cifs-share.ps1:56 char:6

+                     $server = $_.SelectNodes("CifsServers/li")."#text"

+                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

PS U:\emc>