$strZVMIP = "{ZVM IP}"

$strZVMPort = "{ZVM HTTPS port}"

$strZVMUser = "{ZVM user}"

$strZVMPwd = "{ZVM user password}"

## Perform authentication so that Zerto APIs can run. Return a session identifier that needs to be inserted in the header for subsequent requests.

function getxZertoSession ($userName, $password){

  $baseURL = "https://" + $strZVMIP + ":"+$strZVMPort

  $xZertoSessionURI = $baseURL +"/v1/session/add"

  $authInfo = ("{0}:{1}" -f $userName,$password)

  $authInfo = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($authInfo)

  $authInfo = [System.Convert]::ToBase64String($authInfo)

  $headers = @{Authorization=("Basic {0}" -f $authInfo)}

  $body = '{"AuthenticationMethod": "1"}'

  $contentType = "application/json"

  $xZertoSessionResponse = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $xZertoSessionURI -Headers $headers -Method POST -Body $body -ContentType $contentType

 

    #$xZertoSessionResponse = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $xZertoSessionURI -Headers $headers -Body $body -Method POST

    return $xZertoSessionResponse.headers.get_item("x-zerto-session")

}

 

#Extract x-zerto-session from the response, and add it to the actual API:

$xZertoSession = getxZertoSession $strZVMUser $strZVMPwd

$zertoSessionHeader = @{"x-zerto-session"=$xZertoSession}

 

#Invoke the Zerto API:

$vpgListApiUrl = "https://" + $strZVMIP + ":"+$strZVMPort+"/v1/vpgs"

$VPGNAME = "MyApp"

#Iterate with XML:

$vpgListXML = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $vpgListApiUrl -Headers $zertoSessionHeader -ContentType "application/xml"

foreach ($vpg in $vpgListXML.ArrayOfVpgApi.VpgApi){

  if ($vpg.VpgName -eq $VPGNAME){

    $tmpVpgIdentifier = $vpg.VpgIdentifier

    break

  }

}

#Iterate with JSON:

$vpgListJSON = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $vpgListApiUrl -Headers $zertoSessionHeader -ContentType "application/json"

foreach ($vpg in $vpgListJSON){

  if ($vpg.VpgName -eq $VPGNAME){

    $tmpVpgIdentifier = $vpg.VpgIdentifier

    break

  }

}

write-host $tmpVpgIdentifier

##End of script