Add VMFS5 virtual machine disk using Perl SDK

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• VMware 6.5.5 cannot import the virtual machine that uses 2GB "disks of split.

  Hello

  I'm using VMware Workstation 6.5.5 under Win XP. I tried to import a virtual machine that was created by using the option 'Split' virtual disks into files of 2 GB. The import fails and presents a pop-up: ' Conversion Assistant/cannot determine the guest operating system. The log file includes the line "could not find the disk cofortcol3v01 - cl1.vmdk. This file does not exist of course, there are more files cofortcol3v01-cl1 - s001.vmdk, cofortcol3v01-cl1 - s002.vmdk and so on. The machine virtual original (cofortcol3v01) has been created under VMware Workstation 5.1, and it does not under Workstation 6.5.5.

  Is this a known problem in the conversion utility? Is there a work around for this problem?

  Thank you.

  -Phil Anzel

  FYI... VMware Workstation peut import a Virtual Machine that uses twoGbMaxExtentSparse discs.

  The log file includes the line "could not find the disk cofortcol3v01 - cl1.vmdk. This file does not exist of course, rather there are files cofortcol3v01-cl1 - s001.vmdk, cofortcol3v01-cl1 - s002.vmdk and so on. The machine virtual original (cofortcol3v01) has been created under VMware Workstation 5.1, and it does not under Workstation 6.5.5.

  Is this a known problem in the conversion utility? Is there a work around for this problem?

  The problem is that you're missing the "disk DescriptorFile", "cofortcol3v01 - cl1.vmdk" and which is why it's a failure and not a limitation of the Conversion utility.

  Also if you actually had a Virtual Machine created in VMware Workstation 5.1 you can simply run directly under VMware Workstation 6.5.5 without having to run the import command.

  Anyway, if you have a backup that you can recover the file "cofortcol3v01 - cl1.vmdk" then you should be fine and if you have not then a new can be created.  If you can archive (compress) files vmware*.log (usually 4 of them) in a single zip file archive and tied him to a post in response, then one of us will create a new file "cofortcol3v01 - cl1.vmdk", based on the information contained in files vmware.log for you, if you don't know how to do it yourself.

• Can I add a virtual machine to a dvswitch without using vcentre?

  Afternoon,

  Our vcentre is not set up to handle the dvswitches on the host - bit of a long story.

  Until he does, can we use the command line to add a virtual machine to a dvswitch?

  If so, can someone help me with this?

  Thank you

  Martin

  vCenter is required to set up and manage a distributed switch.

• Blocking task - add a virtual machine to VAPP

  Which block task will begin when I add a virtual machine to a Palsy of a catlog. The "add, move or delete virtual machines of VAPP" seems to send a job blocking, but the xml of the blocking task does not include the vcloud:vm, only the vcloud:vapp

  I want to send a notification when the new VM is complete provisioning and include details on the new virtual machine.

  If you duplicated one of the workflow approval of all notifications, try to paste the following in the Get scaffolding Scriptable this workflow task... He will certainly need a cleaning according to your needs. It is a part of my test code for extraction of information of this type of operation...

  var vcdHost = vApp.getHost();
  
  //User info
  var username = user.name;
  var userDescription = user.description;
  var userFullName = user.fullName;
  var userEmailAddress = user.emailAddress;
  var userTelephone = user.telephone;
  var userIm = user.im;
  
  var userDeployedVmQuota = user.deployedVmQuota;
  if (userDeployedVmQuota == 0) userDeployedVmQuota = "Unlimited";
  var userStoredVmQuota = user.storedVmQuota;
  if (userStoredVmQuota == 0) userStoredVmQuota = "Unlimited";
  var userRole = vcdHost.getEntityByReference(VclEntityType.ROLE, user.role).name;
  
  System.sleep(5000);
  
  if (blockingTask != null) {
      var task = vcdHost.getEntityByReference(VclEntityType.TASK, blockingTask.getTask());
      task.updateInternalState();
      var XMLstring = task.toXml();
      System.log("Task XML: \n"+XMLstring);
  
      // Now begin typical XML Processing for this set of action types:
      // These come from the "Add, Move or Delete Virtual Machines from vApp" blocking task being enabled
      // This workflow requires a single input - a string containing the XML to be processed.
      // It generates the following outputs:
      // operationType - this is a string that is either "create" "delete" or "move"
      // the other output is a Array/Properties object with the following possible properties:
      // vmName - string
      // hostName - string
      // osName - string
      // hwVersion - string
      // cpuCount - string
      // memoryMB - string
      var doc = new XML(XMLstring);
      default xml namespace = doc.namespace();
      // initialize the outputs:
      var operationType = null;
      var vmPropsArray = new Array();
  
      // Determine action type from XML:
      if (doc.Params.DeleteItem != null && doc.Params.DeleteItem.length() > 0){
          System.log("This is a Delete operation");
          operationType = "delete";
          //    DELETE ITEM Processing
          System.log("DeleteItem Count: "+doc.Params.DeleteItem.length());
          for each (c in doc.Params.DeleteItem){
              var vmProps = new Properties();
              System.log("VM to Delete: "[email protected]());
              vmProps.put("vmName",[email protected]());
              vmPropsArray.push(vmProps);
          }
      }
      if(doc.Params.CreateItem != null && doc.Params.CreateItem.length() > 0){
          System.log("A blank VM is being added to the vApp");
          operationType = "create";
          System.log("CreateItem Count: "+doc.Params.CreateItem.length());
          for each (c in doc.Params.CreateItem){
              var vmProps = new Properties();
              System.log("VM to Add: "[email protected]());
              System.log("Description: "+c.Description.toString());
              vmProps.put("vmName",[email protected]());
              vmProps.put("description",c.Description.toString());
              vmProps.put("hostName","n/a");
              vmProps.put("osName","n/a");
              vmProps.put("cpuCount","n/a");
              vmProps.put("memoryMB","n/a");
              vmPropsArray.push(vmProps);
          }
      }
      // ADD/MOVE Testing:
      if(doc.Params.SourcedItem != null){
          System.log("SourcedItem Count: "+doc.Params.SourcedItem.length());
          for each (c in doc.Params.SourcedItem){
              var vmProps = new Properties();
              System.log("=============================");
              if(c.@sourceDelete == "true"){
                  operationType = "move";
              }else{
                  operationType = "create";
              }
              System.log("This is an "+operationType+" operation");
              //System.log("sourceDelete: "+c.@sourceDelete);
              var instantiationParams = c.InstantiationParams;
              vmProps.put("vmName",instantiationParams.GuestCustomizationSection.ComputerName.toString());
              System.log("VM Name: "+instantiationParams.GuestCustomizationSection.ComputerName.toString());
  
              vmProps.put("hostName",instantiationParams.*::VirtualHardwareSection.*::System.*::VirtualSystemIdentifier.toString());
              System.log("Host Name: "+instantiationParams.*::VirtualHardwareSection.*::System.*::VirtualSystemIdentifier.toString());
  
              vmProps.put("osName", instantiationParams.*::OperatingSystemSection.*::Description.toString());
              System.log("Operating System: "+instantiationParams.*::OperatingSystemSection.*::Description.toString());
  
              vmProps.put("hwVersion",instantiationParams.*::VirtualHardwareSection.*::System.*::VirtualSystemType.toString());
              System.log("Hardware Version: "+instantiationParams.*::VirtualHardwareSection.*::System.*::VirtualSystemType.toString());
  
              var n2 = new Namespace("http://schemas.dmtf.org/ovf/envelope/1");
              var n3 = new Namespace("http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema/2/CIM_ResourceAllocationSettingData");
              var items = instantiationParams.*::VirtualHardwareSection.n2::Item;
              for each (i in items){
                  if(i.n3::Description.toString() == "Number of Virtual CPUs"){
                      vmProps.put("cpuCount",i.n3::VirtualQuantity.toString());
                      System.log("CPU Count: "+i.n3::VirtualQuantity.toString());
                  }
                  if(i.n3::Description.toString() == "Memory Size"){
                      vmProps.put("memoryMB",i.n3::VirtualQuantity.toString());
                      System.log("Memory (MB): "+i.n3::VirtualQuantity.toString());
                  }
              }
              vmProps.put("description","n/a");
              vmPropsArray.push(vmProps);
          }
      }
  }
  
  //vApp Info
  var vAppName = vApp.name;
  var vAppDescription = vApp.description;
  var vAppVdc = vApp.parent.name;
  var org = vApp.parent.parent;
  
  //Using query service to get further information on the to be deployed vApp
  var queryService = vcdHost.toAdminObject().toAdminExtensionObject().getExtensionQueryService();
  var expression = new VclExpression(VclQueryVAppField.NAME, vApp.name, VclExpressionType.EQUALS);
  var filter = new VclFilter(expression);
  var params = new VclQueryParams();
  params.setFilter(filter);
  
  var resultSet = queryService.queryAllVappRecords(params);
  while (resultSet != null) {
      var records = resultSet.getRecords();
      for each (var record in records) {
          //Since we got the vApp by its name we want to check it is the right one
          if (record.href == vApp.getReference().href) {
              var vAppCreationDate = VclMiscObjectFactory.convertToGregorianCalendar(record.creationDate).toString();
              var vAppNumberOfVMs = record.numberOfVMs;
              var vAppStorageMB = record.storageKB / 1024;
              var map = record.otherAttributes;
              var vAppAutoDeleteDate = "Unlimited";
              for each (k in map.keys) {
                  if (k.getLocalPart() == "autoDeleteDate") {
                      var vAppAutoDeleteDateString = map.get(k);
                      if  (vAppAutoDeleteDateString != null && vAppAutoDeleteDateString != undefined) {
                          var vAppAutoDeleteDateXmlGregorianCalendar = VclMiscObjectFactory.xmlGregorianCalendarFromString(vAppAutoDeleteDateString);
                          var vAppAutoDeleteDate = VclMiscObjectFactory.convertToGregorianCalendar(vAppAutoDeleteDateXmlGregorianCalendar).toString();
                      }
                      System.log(k.getLocalPart() + " : " + map.get(k));
                  }
              }
          }
      }
      resultSet = resultSet.getNextPage();
  }
  
  var vmsProperties = new Array();
  
  var queryService = vcdHost.getQueryService();
  expression = new VclExpression(VclQueryVMField.CONTAINER, vApp.getReference().href, VclExpressionType.EQUALS);
  filter = new VclFilter(expression);
  params = new VclQueryParams();
  params.setFilter(filter);
  
  var resultSet = queryService.queryRecords(VclQueryRecordType.ADMINVM, params);
  while (resultSet != null) {
      var records = resultSet.getRecords(new VclQueryResultAdminVMRecord());
      System.log(records.length + " VM records found");
      for each (var record in records) {
          var vmProp = new Properties();
          vmProp.put("guestOs", record.guestOs);
          vmProp.put("memoryMB", record.memoryMB);
          vmProp.put("numberOfCpus", record.numberOfCpus);
          if (record.networkName != null) {
              vmProp.put("networkName", record.networkName);
              }
          else {
              vmProp.put("networkName", "");
          }
          vmProp.put("name", record.name);
          vmProp.put("description","n/a");
          vmsProperties.push(vmProp);
      }
      resultSet = resultSet.getNextPage();
  }
  
  function addInfoTitle(info, title) {
      info += "" + title + "
  \n";
      return info;
  }
  
  function addInfoEntry(info, label, entry) {
      info += "
  " + label + " : " + entry + "\n";
      return info;
  }
  
  function addInfoSeparation(info) {
      info += "

var devices = vm.config.hardware.device;
var diskCount = 0;
var diskArray = new Array();