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• Support for Perl SDK for ESXi vmclone.pl without vCenter

  I try to use version 5.5 of SDK Perl vmclone.pl.  I have an ESXi with VM Server I want to clone remote.  However, when I try to invoke the perl scipt, I get an error "Operation is not supported by the current agent.

  I was led to believe that the Perl SDK works on ESXi without vCenter Server.  Is this correct?  My mistake for another reason?

  vSphere SDK for Perl can run on ESXi and vCenter, this is just an interface with the API. However, in the case of cloning that is a feature, it is only exposed when vCenter Server is in the picture. You cannot issue a clone operation directly on an ESXi host and this is why the fault was lifted.

• What is the difference between "vShpere SDK ro Perl"and "vSphere Web Services SDK (for Java or c#)"?

  Hello world! I'm new to "VMware vSphere API", and I have a question to ask you to help:

  What is the difference between "vShpere SDK ro Perl"and "vSphere Web Services SDK (for Java or c#)"?

  -What are the different programming language? Is there another difference?

  I'm looking forward to your reply.

  Thank you!

  If you are new on the VMware API/SDK, highly recommend you take a look at the following: Getting Started with vSphere SDK - Update for SDK 4.1 release

  vSphere SDK for Perl is just one of the many client SDK for vSphere API that is flush with vcenter times and ESX (i) as a standard Web service.

  vSphere SDK for Java - SDK Java to vSphere API for Java developers

  vSphere SDK for Perl - Perl SDK for vSphere API for Perl developers

  vSphere SDK for c# - c# SDK for vSphere API for c# developers

  PowerCLI - PowerShell SDK for vSphere API for developers of Powershell

  I hope that makes a bit more sense

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• a few questions on the perl sdk

  I've been using perl sdk for 3.5.1 for awhile and I sued to connect with the virtual Center as follows

  Vim::login (service_url = & gt; "https://lbz0893/sdk/vimService", user_name = & gt;... .

  This no longer works on the new vsphere. can someone help me get started with this.

  (2) is there any sdk perl for Mrs. that I can use to create recovery plans and execute them?

  Thank you.

  In fact, there is an API of SRM , but there seems to be any client-side stubs. You may be able to use SOAP::Lite, however, not sure. The API is also quite minimal in its current form.

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• vSphere SDK for Perl source code available?

  Hi all

  I'm looking for "vSphere SDK for Perl source package" which should contain the source code for the vSphere SDK for Perl as indicated in the documentation.

  Could if it you please let me know where I can find it?

  Thanks in advance for your answers.

  Best regards

  Christophe

  vSphere SDK for Perl bindings are located inside the installer, just download it from here http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/viperltoolkit/ and extract the contents and you will see. MP files that are client-side stubs.

  Is there a specific use case that you try to resolve request to get the source code? Here is one several links that VMware offers that is automatically generated from the vSphere API WSDL audience

• RHEL 7 will never be a platform support for vSphere SDK for Perl 5.5?

  RHEL 7 will never be a platform support for vSphere SDK for Perl 5.5?

  https://www.VMware.com/support/developer/viperltoolkit/viperl55/vsp55_vsperl_relnotes.html#supported

  
  

  Thank you
  

  We have recently updated the Perl SDK to 6.0 U2 which now supports RHEL 7.1, as seen in the vSphere SDK for Perl Release Notes

• How to add in DVS ESX hosts with vsphere SDK for perl?

  Hello

  I am a newbie to vsphere SDK for perl. Just started using it for automation of one month back. , I was looking for options to automate the addition of ESXi servers and their physical cards in the distributed virtual switch. I got some details on how to add using powerCLI. However, my requirements are in the use of vsphere SDK for perl. Any help would be appreciated.

  The power of CLI is lucD notes. http://www.lucd.info/2009/10/09/dvswitch-scripting-part-1-creation/
  Have we not like subroutines or plug editable in vsphere SDK for perl inorder to add host ESX in DVS. ?
  Thank you and best regards,
  Lebou

  You can certainly do it in Perl.  I don't have a working example, but perhaps that William will be when he catches this thread

  If I have time tomorrow, I'll try to put something together to help you get started, but you can also simply map the logic of LucD script.

  Basically Get - view is equivalent to Vim: get_view() and New-Object calls should be mapped to the type of object in Perl, for example, instead of VMware.Vim.DVSConfigSpec New-Object, we $spec = DVSConfigSpec-> (again).

• vSphere SDK for Perl on 64 bit Ubuntu 10.04.4 fails

  I am following the instructions shown here: http://pubs.VMware.com/vSphere-50/index.jsp?topic=/com.VMware.perlsdk.install.doc_50/cli_install.3.5.html

  Failure, but it does not install installation process seems no more successful.  The scripts are not installed in/usr/bin/usr/lib/usr/share as described in the above document.  This looks like such a simple process, what I am doing wrong?

  root@ubuntuserver:~# cat/etc/issue
  10.04.4 Ubuntu LTS \n \l

  root@ubuntuserver:~# sudo apt - get update
  Hit http://security.Ubuntu.com Lucid-Security Release.gpg

  ... SNIP...

  Hit http://us.archive.Ubuntu.com Lucid-updates / multiverse Sources
  Reading package lists... Fact
  root@ubuntuserver:~# sudo apt - get install ia32-libs build-essential gcc uuid uuid-dev perl libssl-dev perl-doc liburi-perl libxml-libxml-perl libcrypt-ssleay-perl
  Reading package lists... Fact
  Building dependency tree
  Reading state information... Fact
  ia32-libs is already the latest version.
  build-essential is already the latest version.
  CCG is already the latest version.
  GCC, set manually installed.
  UUID is already the latest version.
  UUID-dev is already the latest version.
  Perl is already the latest version.
  libssl-dev is already the latest version.
  Perl-doc is already the latest version.
  liburi-perl is already the latest version.
  libxml-libxml-perl is already the latest version.
  libcrypt-ssleay-perl is already the latest version.
  The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer needed:
  Linux-headers - 2.6.32 - 33-Server linux-headers - 2.6.32 - 28-server linux-headers - 2.6.32 - 33 linux-headers - 2.6.32 - 28
  Use 'apt - get autoremove' to remove them.
  0 updated, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
  root@ubuntuserver:~# tar zxf VMware-vSphere-Perl-SDK-5.0.0-615831.x86_64.tar.gz

  root@ubuntuserver:~#./VMware-vsphere-CLI-distrib/VMware-install.pl

  ... EULA SNIP...

  REV10.24.08

  
  Do you accept? (yes/no) Yes

  Thank you.

  not set HTTP_PROXY. Export for example of defined "http_proxy" environment variable
  http_proxy = http://MyProxy.mydomain.com:0000 .

  ftp_proxy not defined. Export for example of 'ftp_proxy set environment variable.
  ftp_proxy = http://MyProxy.mydomain.com:0000 .

  root@ubuntuserver:~# find /-name viversion.pl
  /Home/analyst/VMware-vSphere-CLI-distrib/apps/General/viversion.pl

  Of course, if I try to run it and scripts in the/home/analyst/vmware-vsphere-cli-distrib / it doesn't work.

  @nuttervm,

  Yes, I had actually just an installation of the vCLI (which basically includes the vSphere SDK for Perl as use utilities CLI SDK, the instructions are the same) on the server Ubuntu 10.04 64 bit platform. Before delving more deeply, your system has direct access to the internet? One of the installation requirements the vCLI/vSphere SDK for Perl is that it requires the use of the proxy server to help with the dependence of the CPAN package and I can certainly understand the frustration with the new requirements of the installer because it forces the use of indirect variables both http & ftp if you have direct internet access. However, I can assure you that it installs but may require tweaks to installer.

  According to your answer, we can take two approaches:

  (1) meet manually CPAN packages as shown here - http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=/com.vmware.perlsdk.install.doc_50/viperl_install_sourcecode.4.2.html

  (2) If you have direct access to the internet, we can bypass the proxy check commenting on a few lines so that the installation program proceeds, but don't do that if you filled full the pre-reqs in accordance with the documentation - http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=/com.vmware.vcli.getstart.doc_50/cli_install.4.5.html&path=1_0_1_3_1

  Now, we just need to uncomment some lines in the vmware - install.pl not out by the installation. In my example, I used the last vCLI/vSphere SDK for Perl 5.0u1 (this should be the same relese prior to 5.0 as 5.0u1 does not update the installer for RHEL and should not be any other changes). 5551 5554 and here is an excerpt of the comment lines are lines

  #if 5551 (!) ($ftpproxy && $httpproxy)) {}
  5552 # uninstall_file ($gInstallerMainDB);
  5553 # exit 1;
  {5554 #}

  Assuming that you've been through pre-reqs from #1 or #2, you should now be able to proceed with the installation. If you have direct access to the internet, you should see the installer out t CPAN to demolish packages, if you have not, then he should confirm that you meet the requirements of #1.

  Here is the version of Ubuntu that I used:

  William@Ubuntu-Server: ~ $ lsb_release - a
  No LSB modules are available.
  Distributor ID: Ubuntu
  Description: Ubuntu LTS 10.04.4
  News Release: 10.04
  Codename: lucid

• Change the permissions for a particular user on a host ESXi 4.0 U2 CLI (Perl SDK)

  Hello

  I have an ESXi 4.0 U2 host, multiple virtual machines are working. Each VM has

  Some users in the annex (via permissions). For example, there is a

  user called "vm002", which has customized "VM user" role and is

  assigned to certain virtual machines. So the question is... How can I change the role of

  This user? I want to be able to automate the blocking of this user by

  the definition of his role on all VMs available on 'No access' (default system

  blocked role with all functions). I use Perl SDK, please provide some

  script or a code sample, how can be done.

  Thank you.

  As an attachment, you can find the script (ChangeRole.pl) that changes a role (rolename) to a user (setuser) or for all the selected vm or vm on the host (parameter optional vmname)

  ./--server esx --username root --password password --setuser user01 --rolename testrole2
  Check user user01 for vm "vm-001"
   For vm "vm-001" retrieved Permissions Successfully.
  The user user01 does not have a role for vm "vm-001"
  Check user user01 for vm "vm-002"
   For vm "vm-002" retrieved Permissions Successfully.
  Assign role testrole2 to user testuser for vm "vm-002"
   Authorization Role testrole2 Added To testuser For vm "vm-002"" Successfully.
  Check user user01 for vm "vm-003"
   For vm "vm-003" retrieved Permissions Successfully.
  Assign role testrole2 to user user01 for vm "vm-003"
   Authorization Role testrole2 Added To user01 For vm "vm-003" Successfully.
  

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• vSphere SDK for Perl source package - linux

  I'm looking to install vSphere SDK for Perl from source on my linux 64-bit system. The download, I work with is at http://downloads.vmware.com/d/details/vcli_perl4_64_os_s/ZHcqYmR0KnBidGR3. Is this correct? This package contains is .so and .pm, and I'm not sure what to do with them. The docs for vSphere SDK for Perl installation insinuate that there should be a Makefile.PL or somesuch. What I am doing wrong?

  That link you provided is just the OSS components mobilized by the VI Perl SDK and the vCLI.  It is not a complete installation or the other.

  You'll want to use the download link on the home page of this forum for Linux Perl SDK Setup.

  Keep in mind, when you say install source, the VMware Perl SDK is just not compiled perl modules.  The rest of the Perl SDK package's dependencies (LibXML, Crypt::SSLeay, Class::MethodMaker, etc.).

  You will find the Makefile.PL and some scripts installer in the bits of the package.

• The vSphere SDK for Perl utilities evacuate.pl

  Anyone using this and if yes have you experienced problems with it?
  
  Dave

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  You have a system or a PCI with VMDirectPath?  Submit your specifications to Officieux VMDirectPath HCL.

  I used it a bit in the past, but I remembered, there were a few posts on some questions about it, but I don't remember the hand what they were.

  You run in any specific questions?

  I think you meant as hostevacuate.pl and not "evacuate.pl"?

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• Problem with vSphere™ SDK for Perl instead of VI Perl Toolkit 1.6

  We are running VI Perl Toolkit 1.6 on SLES 10 SP1 64-bit.  When I run a test query using 1.6 I get the expected result.  When I uninstall 1.6 and install vSphere SDK for Perl and run the same query, I get this response:

  Can't load ' / usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/auto/XML/LibXML/Common/Common.so' for module XML::LibXML:Common: /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/auto/XML/LibXML/Common/Common.so: evil class ELF: ELFCLASS32 at line 230 of usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/DynaLoader.pm.

  /usr/lib/Perl5/5.8.8/x86_64-Linux-thread-multi/XML/libxml.pm line 12

  Compilation failed in require /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/XML/LibXML.pm line 12.

  BEGIN failed--compilation abandoned /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/XML/LibXML.pm line 12.

  Compilation failed demand to line 11 of usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/VMware/VICommon.pm.

  BEGIN failed--compilation interrupted on line 11 of usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/VMware/VICommon.pm.

  Compilation failed in require on line 15 of the usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/VMware/VIRuntime.pm.

  Compilation failed demand to line 11 of usr/lib/vmware-vcli/apps/performance/viperformance.pl.

  BEGIN failed--compilation interrupted on line 11 of usr/lib/vmware-vcli/apps/performance/viperformance.pl.

  I have installed a perl prerequisite modules and RPM.  Any ideas?

  Looks like it is a shared library for 32 bit, not 64 (despite the name).

  I would try reinstalling LibXML with CPAN.

• Remote SCSI via the perl SDK

  I understand that there are ways to get information about the investigation of SCSI LUNS via the SDK and rCLI.

  In particular, the class ScsiLun: http://www.VMware.com/support/developer/VC-SDK/visdk400pubs/ReferenceGuide/Vim.host.ScsiLun.html#field_detail

  But I don't see any way for a user (from the vMA) to go to the next step and send custom object ScsiLun SCSI commands. Someone at - he found a way to send a SCSI CDB custom unit number logic of an ESX SCSI host remotely from a computer using the SDK provided by VMware?

  VDDK seems to only allow access to the low-level vmdk files, but does not have access beyond. VDDK can be a solution with a RDM vmdk file cards, but does not provide the same level of access to a logical unit number which has a VMFS partition.

  What would be nice, is to have methods on the object ScsiLun allowing at least read() calls to appear.

  Is not possible. VDDK primary use case is to allow users to manipulate and manage the VMDK (s) for a given virtual machine, it does nothing with the storage array. The vSphere API allows you to perform basic and the configuration of your VMware infrastructure management and base operations around the storage system under such as creating new VMFS volumes or resignaturing/re-mounting a volume snapshot, which is as much as the API exposed in terms of storage void System. If you want more integration and control of the storage subsystem, then you will probably need to look at vStorage API for integration of table better known under the name of VAAI and only sellers of table I know that it is taking part in this program is the type of EMC, NetApp and Dell. So unless you work for them, you probably won't be able to get access to the internal API allowing then storage vendors hang their respective API

  What you trying to do sounds like this should be done from the point of view of the storage provider and perhaps they have APIs that you can leverage to make your reads/writes, but a large part of this work is already being developed by the big 3 and I am sure that other vendors will join as VAAI becomes more popular and mainstream in order to unload the processes in the data mover in it VMkernel on the storage array.

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• Upgrade to vSphere 6 perl SDK, SOAP errors

  After the successful upgrade of vSphere 6u2, I can no longer run scripts API:

  
  

  vmcreate.pl - url https://${vcenter}: 443/sdk / webService < parameters >

  Results in:

  Error creating the VM 'testVM ':
  
  Fault SOAP:
  -----------
  Fault string: refused permission to perform this operation.
  Fault of details: NoPermissionFault

  I updated and tried the last SDK perl as well, the same error.

  I have administrator rights on vCenter level, all objects of multiplication.

  Suggestions more than welcome!

  Thank you!

  Just an update for those who also have this problem.

  Looks for from vmcreate.pl API call requires privileges of grater on object of data than those fixed in vSphere 5.5 Center,.

  I have documented more details in my blog. http://www.virtualflow.NET/2016/05/vSphere-6u2-permissions-vs-Perl-SDK-API-calls/

  Hope that helps! This thread can be closed.

• vCenter Linked Mode and Perl SDK

  Hello

  our VMware environment is divided into two physical places represented as two instances of vCenter. The two vCenters are interconnected. I think that its Mode called "related"?

  Is it possible to use the Perl SDK also bound mode? Currently, I have to manually interrogate both our vCenters and then sort out myself.

  (1) How to configure Perl SDK so I only authenticate once against our environment in Linked mode?

  (2) How can I build queries against the API so results will include objects in the two vCenters? That is to say. If I run a ' Vim::find_entity_views (view_type = > 'VirtualMachine') "I want to get all the objects 'VirtualMachine' in the two vCenters I can avoid running two separate queries and then later combining query results? ".

  Thank you!

  Thomas Willert

  It is not a published API method, but there is a way to get the vCenter server list in a group of related modes.  I have an explanation and sample code: http://www.virtuin.com/2012/12/querying-vcenter-linked-mode-with.html

  With respect to authentication, if your vCenter instances use the same permissions (which is recommended), then it's just a matter to authenticate each vCenter.  This is what the native client as well (if you have never installed vCenters with different permissions, you will see the login for each vCenter prompt).

  If you look at the blog post I linked earlier, you self an example of authentication each vCenter as well.  Basically you call Util::connect() two times, once for each of your URL for vCenter.  However, do not delete the global VIM uses the SDK package, or it will default to the last vCenter.  I show in the example script: LinkedModeExample.pl

  With respect to the combination of queries... not so easy.  You need to redesign each vCenter with $vim-> find_entity_views().  Now on a more advanced note, API is powerful enough to make custom inventory queries, you can usually pick up and keep the updates in your objects.

  What I would recommend as a simple approach is two calls to find_entity_views, then push them in a hash or an array.  You'll just want to use the UUID vCenter:

  $vc_uuid is $vim1-> get_service_content()-> {'about'}-> {'instanceUuid'};.

  The instanceUuid has been added in vCenter 4.x and later versions (do not have in the past 2.5 vCenter instances).  Then use this instanceUuid + moref as hash keys.  This is important because the morefs can be duplicated between vCenters.

  So, you can then create a hash:

  My % vm_hash;

  foreach my {$entity (@$vm_views)}

  My $moref = $entity-> {'mo_ref'}-> {'value'}; # will be vm-# for virtual machines

  $vm_hash {$vc_uuid.} "+". $moref} = $entity;

  }

  Then you can quickly research specific VMs and keep separate them between vCenters.

  You'll find it works for simple data queries, but you start to get more items of inventory (say for an inventory report), the relationship becomes more complex and the number of objects grow.  I did work to push these values in a database and files (including by running it on 5 or less than weight and WaitForUpdatesEx), excel, which works well if you have the time to build the DB and the work of database object schemas.  Just use instanceUuid + Moref value as primary key to prevent any moref vCenter cross reuse value.

  The other option is that the vim reference is added to each object, so you can just get the data of each entity:

  foreach my {$vm (@$vm_views)}

  Print "VM:". "." $vm-> {'name'}. "\n";

  Print "InstanceUuid VC:". $vm-> {'vim'}-> {'service_content'}-> {'about'}-> {'instanceUuid'}. "\n";

  Print "ServiceUrl VC:". $vm-> {'vim'}-> {'service_url'}. "\n";

  }

  I have a project that I tinker with in my spare time (which is rare these days) which aims to consolidate multiple vCenters into one database for queries and reports, but I didn't get far enough away from share it (very rude, but works for a subset of data at present, but it is very effective for collecting loose on<5s intervals).="">

  You can also look into VMware Orchestrator.  Orchestrator can connect to multiple vCenters and caches data for access by automation.  According to your WAN performance, he can work a geographic site and make sure that you need (just watch the moref, names of entities and other potential overlap between vCenters) aggregated data.