Problem using cdromdisconnect.pl to check for the use of CD-ROM on the virtual machines
I have a problem with this script, cdromdisconnect.pl and I was hoping someone could help me with it...
When I run ' cdromdisconnect.pl - my.esx.host - host list op - my.vc.host - server passthroughauth ", I get a"Host not found my.esx.host." But when I run "datacenterlisting.pl - datacenter MyDC" there 'my.esx.host' very well. Am I missing something here? Why is the cdrom script not able to find hosts when other scripts have no problem?
Any help would be appreciated.
-monkeedu
As far as I KNOW, there isn't a way to do a review on a MoRef, right on the property values. You cannot, for example, match against a property value of the table. You have to adapt your script logic. Once you have your view of system host ($host), then you must use the vm ($host-> vm) property to get a list of Virtual Machines.
You will probably need to change:
my $host_moRef = $host->{mo_ref}{value}; ####################################################################################### # Get all VMs that are currently running on that ESX Server ####################################################################################### my $vm_views = Vim::find_entity_views(view_type => 'VirtualMachine', filter => {'runtime.host' => $host_moRef}); my $numDevices = 0; foreach my $vm_view (@$vm_views) {
TO:
####################################################################################### # Get all VMs that are currently running on that ESX Server ####################################################################################### my $numDevices = 0; my $vm_view; foreach (@{$host->vm}) { $vm_view = Vim::get_view( mo_ref => $_ );
There are some optimizations I can suggest to speed it up, but its probably better to work first.
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