added autoskip for consecutive fails, corrected hash map addressing for pairs, should solve issue #1

Extractor.ps1

@@ -49,6 +49,14 @@ function ProduceHashMap {
         $timeStamp
         if($HashTable.ContainsKey($vmName)){
             $array = $HashTable[$vmName]
+            $lastState=($array[$array.Count-1]).state
+            Write-Host $lastState
+            Write-Host $backUpState
+            if (($lastState -eq 'Failed') -and ($backUpState -eq 'Failed')) {
+                Write-Host "skipping"
+                continue
+            }
+            Write-Host "continuing"
             try {
                 $timeStamp = ConvertDate($date)
                 $array += New-Object psobject -Property @{
@@ -58,10 +66,10 @@ function ProduceHashMap {
             }
             catch {
                 foreach ($i in (($array.Count-1)..0)){
-                    Write-Host $array[$i]
+                    #Write-Host $array[$i]
                     if ($array[$i]["state"] -eq 'Started') {
-                        Write-Host "found started"
+                        #Write-Host "found started"
-                        $timeStamp = $array[$i]['ts']
+                        $timeStamp = ($array[$i]).ts
                     }
                 }
                 $array += New-Object psobject -Property @{
@@ -100,35 +108,4 @@ function ProcessLogToHash {
         $Path
     )
     ProduceHashMap -Elements $(getElems -Path $Path)
-}
+}
-
-<#$lines = Get-Content -Path .\log.txt | ForEach-Object {$_.SubString($_.IndexOf(":")+1)}
-$elems = $lines | Out-String -Stream | Select-String -Pattern "VMware-Maschine" | Out-String -Stream
-ProduceHashMap($elems)#>
-<#$HashTable =@{}
-foreach ($elem in $Elems){
-    $indexOfFirst = $elem.IndexOf(" ")
-    if($indexOfFirst -le 0){
-        continue
-    }
-    $date = $elem.SubString(0,$elem.IndexOf(" ",($indexOfFirst + 1)))
-    $timeStamp = ConvertDate($date)
-    $rest = $elem.Substring($elem.IndexOf(" ",($indexOfFirst + 1))+1)
-    $vmName = GetVMName($rest)
-    $backUpState = DeterminState($rest)
-
-    if($HashTable.ContainsKey($vmName)){
-        $array = $HashTable[$vmName]
-        $array += New-Object psobject -Property @{
-            state = $backUpState
-            ts = $timeStamp
-        }
-        $HashTable[$vmName]=$array
-    } else{
-        $HashTable += @{$vmName=@(New-Object psobject -Property @{
-            state = $backUpState
-            ts = $timeStamp
-        })}
-    }
-}
-$HashTable#>