Use of VMWare.Vim.dll without PowerCLI

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• Clarification of the VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineRelocateSpec

  I'm trying to run a script to create scheduled jobs to move virtual machines to a data to another store.

  I use the VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineRelocateSpec object to specify where each virtual machine must be reinstalled.

  I want to change only the deatastore, not the host, but everything by creating regular taste, I can't specify 'Change datastore' because 'Change of host and data store' is selected in any case.

  It is a problem if the virtual machine is running...

  Can someone please help?

  Concerning

  Marius

  According to the documentation of the official API @ VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineRelocateSpec.

  We can just specify target datastore, where any vSphere SDK + PowerCLI must also honour.

  Can you please post your script here?

• VMware.vim.datastore Summary.FreeSpace reports wrong values

  Hello

  I use the vmware.vim.datastore Summary.FreeSpace, same newly retrieve the object, it reports the wrong values. I did other tests with vSphere CLI Power, which signals the right values. If possible, I want to use Web services to retrieve data. Is this a bug? Is it possible to get the right values with the SDK.  I think that it should be possible to get good values, because the CLI of power can also recover it somehow.

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  I hope this helps.

• Using GPMC dll without installing GPMC product

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• Update boot entry automatic using vmware-vim-cmd (or vmware-vimsh)

  Hello

  Is there an example of how update the automatic start-up using vmware-vim-cmd input.

  The problem that I am running is

  1. when I type

  VMware-vim-cmd hostsvc/autostartmanager/update_autostartentry 16 powerOn-1 1-1 systemDefault systemDefault

  When 16 is one of my VMIds, I get the following

  Invalid option '1'

  Use: update_autostartentry VMId StartAction StartDelay StopAction StopDelay WaitForHeartbeat Strafpkt

  I can't understand what the invalid option '1'.

  Here's what I've done so now

  1. research in the communities for examples. There are a few messages, but none seem to provide real-world examples of work (beyond the use of message)

  2. I found this link http://pubs.vmware.com/vi-sdk/visdk250/ReferenceGuide/vim.host.AutoStartManager.AutoPowerInfo.html who talks about what type of entry it is pregnant. I tried double quoting and only citing the parameters of xsd: String, but that did not work either

  3. I tried the particular settings (including the xsd: int) doublequoting, which did not work either

  Anyone successful with this? If so could you please post a real example.

  Here's what I'm trying to accomplish

  1 activate Autostart - I did that using

  / usr/bin/VMware-vim-cmd hostsvc/autostartmanager/enableautostart true

  2. get all VMIds in the system

  I did it with the following command and awk script

  / * Awk script * /.

  BEGIN {}

  FS = ""

  NR 1 >

  }

  {

  If (NR == 1) {}

  #ignore header

  }

  else {}

  1. $1 has VMIds

  Print $1

  }

  }

  / * End awk script * /.

  Then run/bin/awk f /root/autostart.awk

  3. instead of printing on $1, I would like to add the virtual machines to the list using the following

  a. start-up delay = systemdefault

  start-up (b) action = poweron

  c. start order = 1, 2, 3, 4 (do not need help with AWK script), I can post once I have that.

  d. stopaction, stopdelay etc. - leave at the default system (or - 1 as the pubs suggested link)

  I'm sure that there are more effective and these ways to do this, I need to follow this approach for a specific reason.  I was wondering if someone can help me with the syntax correct for vmware-vim-cmd hostsvc/autostartmanager/enable_autostart please?

  Thanks for your help!

  -Vermorel

  It seems that the problem is with you using -1 as input for StartDelay and StopDelay,-1 is not a valid entry that I tested, and you must specify either systemDefault or a time interval.

  I created 4 VMS dummy on ESXi 4.0 host and did the following and it worked:

  Enable auto-start through vimsh (vim - cmd)

  ~ #  vim-cmd hostsvc/autostartmanager/enable_autostart 1
  Enabled AutoStart
  

  Adjustment of the 1st virtual machine:

  ~ # vim-cmd hostsvc/autostartmanager/update_autostartentry 1264 "PowerOn" "15" "1" "systemDefault" "systemDefault" "systemDefault"
  
  1Updated AutoStart order.
  

  Definition of the 2nd VM:

  ~ # vim-cmd hostsvc/autostartmanager/update_autostartentry 1232 "PowerOn" "15" "2" "systemDefault" "systemDefault" "systemDefault"
  
  2Updated AutoStart order.
  

  Definition of the 3rd VM:

  ~ # vim-cmd hostsvc/autostartmanager/update_autostartentry 1280 "PowerOn" "15" "3" "systemDefault" "systemDefault" "systemDefault"
  
  3Updated AutoStart order.
  

  Definition of the 4th VM:

  ~ # vim-cmd hostsvc/autostartmanager/update_autostartentry 1264 "PowerOn" "15" "4" "systemDefault" "systemDefault" "systemDefault"
  
  4Updated AutoStart order.
  

  You can manually set the automatic start/stop by using the vSphere Client and using the following command to retrieve the config:

  vim-cmd hostsvc/autostartmanager/get_autostartseq
  

  which can then be used as a basis to set the configuration.

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  William Lam

  VMware vExpert 2009

  Scripts for VMware ESX/ESXi and resources at: http://engineering.ucsb.edu/~duonglt/vmware/

  Twitter: @lamw

  repository scripts vGhetto

  Introduction to the vMA (tips/tricks)

  Getting started with vSphere SDK for Perl

  VMware Code Central - Scripts/code samples for developers and administrators

  150 VMware developer

  If you find this information useful, please give points to "correct" or "useful".

• Rename a "Service Console" portgroup using vmware-vim-cmd

  Hey all

  Just going through the forums concerning the "vim-vmware-cmd" command and was wondering if there was a way we could rename the portgroup console Service. Have a script that I prepare and one of its stages is to rename its SC which I don't really know how to do it using 'vim-Vmware-cmd ".

  Any help would be great?

  Munster

  (PS - thanks in advance)

  As far as I know, there is no way to rename a portgroup. With vswif/esxcfg-vswitch or with vmware-vim-cmd. However the deletion and add it with the new name should do the trick for you.

  The option addvmportgroup in kickstart can be 0 or 1. He tells the configuration to add a GRPE on default ports for virtual machines, called "VM Network" on the first vSwitch or not. It has nothing to do with the designation of portgroup Console of service.

• Impossible object type cast 'VMware.Vim.ClusterVmHostRuleInf o' type 'VMware.Vim.ClusterAntiAffinityRuleSpec '.

  Hello

  I was surprised by this error. Any who see it this way? I was doing some affinity for the cluster rules. At the beginning when there was no vmgroups, hostgroups, no virtual machine to the rules of the host, this command worked very well, that no errors were generated. According to the rules of antiaffinity of vm-virtual machine, I did a few groups of MV, the host groups and created AA rules for this cluster as well via the api.  Everything has not worked well, no errors when creating. But after a few days, I wanted to add 1 more AA machine vm-virtual rule. And I received this error, no idea why this would come to the top? This error appears, but the rule is created anyway.

  PowerCLI C:\ > XYZ New-DrsRule-Cluster - name AA-vm1-vm2 - KeepTogether: $false VM - vm1, vm2
  New-DrsRule: 14/05/2012 09:30:23 impossible object type cast New-DrsRule ' VMware.Vim.ClusterVmHostRuleInf
  o ' to type 'VMware.Vim.ClusterAntiAffinityRuleSpec '.
  Online: 1 character: 12
  + New-DrsRule < < < < - XYZ - name AA-vm1-vm2 Cluster - KeepTogether: $false VM - vm1, vm2
  + CategoryInfo: NotSpecified: (:)) [new DrsRule], ViError)
  + FullyQualifiedErrorId: Client20_ClientSideTaskImpl_ThreadProc_UnhandledException, VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cm
  dlets.Commands.NewDrsRule

  Thank you

  Greg

  BTW.

  Why he would mount "VMware.Vim.ClusterVmHostRuleInfo"?

  "An object of ClusterVmHostRuleInfo identifies virtual machines and the host groups that determine the position of the virtual machine. Virtual machines and the host referenced by a rule of VM-host must be in the same cluster. »

  But it is a rule antiaffinity VM - VM, not a vm host rule.  I still have no idea why the error comes out but I used onyx to see if I have the same problem when you do it with the api:

  $spec = new-Object VMware.Vim.ClusterConfigSpecEx
  $spec.rulesSpec = new-Object VMware.Vim.ClusterRuleSpec [] (2)
  $spec.rulesSpec [0] = new-Object VMware.Vim.ClusterRuleSpec
  $spec.rulesSpec [0] .operation = 'Add '.
  $spec.rulesSpec [0] = new-Object VMware.Vim.ClusterAffinityRuleSpec .info
  $spec.rulesSpec [0].info.enabled = $true
  $spec.rulesSpec [0].info.name = "AA-vm1-vm2.
  $spec.rulesSpec [0].info.userCreated = $true
  $spec.rulesSpec [0].info.vm = new-Object VMware.Vim.ManagedObjectReference [] (2)
  $spec.rulesSpec [0].info.vm [0] = new-Object VMware.Vim.ManagedObjectReference
  $spec.rulesSpec [0].info.vm [0] = 'VirtualMachine' game
  $spec.rulesSpec [0].info.vm [0] .value = "vm-xxxxxxx".
  $spec.rulesSpec [0].info.vm [1] = new-Object VMware.Vim.ManagedObjectReference
  $spec.rulesSpec [0].info.vm [1] = 'VirtualMachine' game
  $spec.rulesSpec [0].info.vm [1] .value = "vm-yyyyyyy.

  _this $ = get-view-Id "ClusterComputeResource-domain-c345645464.
  _this $. ReconfigureComputeResource_Task ($spec, $true)

  It works without errors

  Hi Greg,.

  Thank you for reporting this issue. I can also confirm that it is a bug that is caused by vm-to-host rules. We already fixed for the next version.

  Kind regards

  Yasen

• VMware-vim-cmd check vmwaretools available

  Hello!

  I want to make a script (with bash) to stop my VMs.

  with vmware-vim-cmd vmsvc/power.shutdown ID, I can stop my VM.

  But if vmware-Tools are noticed running I want to turn off the coast of the VM hard.

  How can I check if vmware-tools are available and how can disable VM without vmware-tools?

  THX.

  Hansi

  The vim - cmd, you can use the vmsvc/get.guest allows to check if the tools are running:

  # vim - cmd vmsvc/get.guest 28 | grep toolsRunningStatus
  toolsRunningStatus = "guestToolsRunning"
  # vim - cmd vmsvc/get.guest 18 | grep toolsRunningStatus
  toolsRunningStatus = "guestToolsNotRunning".

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  Hard power off mV, use vmsvc/power.off.

• Remoisturizing entirely a Vim.dll Vimclient

  Not for Powershell, but the undelrying Vim.dll.

  I want to use it in a web about and rather than dealing with nightmares of file management I want to scratch the vmware_soap_session cookie, serialize the value for her and restore the session from the cookie on the recall instead of reconsignation in etc.

  Well, I have the cookie and the reconnection done, but after you restore the Cookie, I still have a null ServiceContent.  The LoadSession doesn't have this problem, so I guess I can do something for the shot of the VimClient so he re-established the underlying connection. It looks like if I call a GetView to a known entity that can help, but it seems rather brutal.  Is there a more elegant way to re-establish the connection after you restore the cookie?

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  J

  Hello

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  Kind regards

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  I have compiled a dll by using Microsoft Visual Studio and Intel Fortran composer. In my computer, they work fine, but when I try to run it on another computer that does not have MVS and the compiler I get this message:

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• VMware.Vim.ClusterVMGroup returned by ExtensionData.Configurationex.Group instead of groupnames

  When I run a query of powershell to find groupnames in ExtensionData.Configurationex.Group I see the groupnames expected.

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  tensionData.Configurationex.Group}} |? {$_. {Name - like "lax-devtest *"}

  Name                                                              Group

  ----                                                              -----

  Lax-devtest4 {winsvr-vm, mssql-mssql-vm, host-winsvr}

  Lax-devtest1

  Lax-devtest3 VMware.Vim.ClusterVmGroup

  
  

  However if I change the type of output (html, csv, etc.). I don't see the gorupnames.

  
  

  PowerCLI C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\vSphere PowerCLI\Scripts > Get-cluster | Select Name,@{Name="Group; Expression = {$_.} Ex

  tensionData.Configurationex.Group}} |? {$_. {Name - like "lax-devtest *"} | Export-csv c:\tmp\getcluster.csv

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  My bad, you must of course extract the name, otherwise you will get the name of the object behind the property.

  Try like this

  Get-cluster | Select Name,@{Name="Group";Expression={[string]::Join(',',($_.ExtensionData.Configurationex.Group | Select -ExpandProperty Name))}}
  

• VMWare VIX instant without memory

  I use the VMware VIX utility to automate the snapshot of a virtual server on my vCenter.  When I manually take the snapshot of the VMWare Infrastructure GUI, I uncheck the option to include the memory of the virtual machine, and my snapshot takes a minute or two.  When I take a snapshot using the following command, it takes nearly 19 minutes.

  C:\Program VMware VIX > vmrun t h CR https://10.0.0.186/SDK oshq\achenard u Pei * snapshot "[OSCVMESX-flight6] OSCVMD .
  B01/OSCVMDB01.vmx' mySnapshot

  My first thoughts were that it was including the memory of the virtual machine in the snapshot and I tested it using the GUI and leaving the check for the memory of the virtual machine and which took 19 minutes as well.  There is an argument that I can include to turn off the option to take a snapshot of the virtual machine?  Or y at - it another way I can run a snapshot from a remote machine that PowerShell?

  You must use Visual Studio 2008 to compile the module Perl de VIX.

  On Windows, if you do not have Visual Studio, for easy to use, I would recommend using VBScript. COM of VIX library version is installed and registered, so it can be used without any other step.

  Dim lib

  Sun host

  Dim job

  Sun vm

  Dim results

  Instant Sun

  Set lib = CreateObject ("VixCOM.VixLib")

  Set job = lib.Connect(VixCOM.Constants.VIX_API_VERSION, VixCOM.Constants. VIX_SERVICEPROVIDER_VMWARE_VI_SERVER, "https://10.0.0.186/sdk", 0, "oshq\achenard", "******", 0, Nothing, Nothing)
  

  "the results must be initialized before it is used, even if it'll just be crushed.

  Set results = nothing

  ERR = job. Wait (Array (VixCOM.constants.VIX_PROPERTY_JOB_RESULT_HANDLE), results)

  If lib. ErrorIndicatesFailure (err) then

  'Handle the error... ".

  End If

  Set host = results (0)

  Permanent job = host. OpenVM ("[OSCVMESX-flight6] OSCVMDB01/OSCVMDB01.vmx", null)

  ERR = job. Wait (Array (VixCOM.constants.VIX_PROPERTY_JOB_RESULT_HANDLE), results)

  If lib. ErrorIndicatesFailure (err) then

  'Handle the error... ".

  End If

  The value of vm = results (0)

  Permanent job = vm. CreateSnapshot ("mySnapshot", "", 0, NULL, null)

  ERR = job. Wait (Array (VixCOM.constants.VIX_PROPERTY_JOB_RESULT_HANDLE), results)

  If lib. ErrorIndicatesFailure (err) then

  'Handle the error... ".

  End If

  Snapshot = results (0)

  ' Use snapshot...

  The snapshot value = Nothing

  Set results = nothing

  Job Set = Nothing

  The value of vm = Nothing

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• VMware.Vim.DVSSecurityPolicy

  After reading some articles on the site of Luke (www.lucd.info)

  I used some of its functions to create some dswitches.

  The trade creation, I wanted to change the security settings to prohibit, promiscious mode, changes in mac and forged passes, as follows:

  $spec.defaultPortConfig.securityPolicy = new-Object VMware.Vim.DVSSecurityPolicy

  $spec.defaultPortConfig.securityPolicy.allowPromiscuous = $false

  $spec.defaultPortConfig.securityPolicy.forgedTransmits = $false

  $spec.defaultPortConfig.securityPolicy.macChanges = $false

  But for some reason any, that this does not work, I get the following error:

  Exception definition "MacChanges": "cannot convert value"False"by"type VMware.V"

  IM BoolPolicy '. Error: "Invalid typecast"System.String"' VMware.Vim.BoolP".

  are "." »

  What I am doing wrong?

  Try this:

  $spec.defaultPortConfig.securityPolicy.macChanges = New-Object VMware.Vim.BoolPolicy
  $spec.defaultPortConfig.securityPolicy.macChanges.Value= $false
  

  The same approach applies to the allowPromiscuous and forgedTransmits properties.

  Kind regards

  Yasen

• How to create table of type vmware.vim.OptionValue]

  $o = New-Object vmware.vim.OptionValue
  
  PS H:\> $o = New-Object vmware.vim.OptionValue[]
  New-Object : Constructor not found. Cannot find an appropriate constructor for
  type vmware.vim.OptionValue[].
  At line:1 char:16
  + $o = New-Object  <<<< vmware.vim.OptionValue[]
  

  This constructor is missing

  I use a loop.

  $t = @()
  for($i=0; $i -lt 10;$i++){
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  }