Re: GuestOSIds for different editions.
So if you use a wrong identifer, 2 issue can be appears : 1 - If you choose typical installation and not custom , VMware will apply all recommanded hardware and configuration from the Vendor. So...
View ArticleVSphere realtime stats: timestamp is 1 hour off
I have an app that pulls down the realtime stats of a vsphere install every 15 minutes, and it's been working like a champ for close to a year now. Recently, we added a new vsphere install in the same...
View ArticlecloneVMTask - What about storage?
I am reading about clone task: http://pubs.vmware.com/vi3/sdk/ReferenceGuide/vim.vm.CloneSpec.htmlhttp://pubs.vmware.com/vi3/sdk/ReferenceGuide/vim.vm.CloneSpec.htmlI am not sure about one thing when...
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Re: GuestOSIds for different editions.
Thank you. With respect to above details, I have executed below scenarios and its working successfully without any issues as mentioned above. VM is created with Windows 7 (32bit) Guest OS identifer and...
View Articlechanging guest operating system's nic details via c# using CustomizeVM_Task
Hello.I would like to change for example the ip address of a nic on the guest operating system. CustomizationSpec customsSpec2 = new CustomizationSpec();...
View ArticleRe: AcquireTicket and vmware-vmrc.exe
This is not Answered. The Original post indicated that AcquireCloneTicket is not secure enough, because that ticket allows anyone to access any vm. The more appropriate "AquireTicket" should be used,...
View ArticleRe: Can't create linked clones
Not an answer, but it appears that vCloud Director supports this. See here: http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2011/11/linked-clones-part-1-fast-provisioning-in-vcloud-director-15.html Maybe someone with...
View ArticleIs there any API to get/update session timeout value
Hi, Is there any API to get or update the Timeout value between vcenter server and vsphere web client? I am attaching the screenshot which shows this value in the VShpere Web client v5.1. Thanks
View Article'Error parsing the server 'ip' "clients.xml" file. Login will continue,...
Hi, I'm experiencing a problem when trying to login to one of our esx hosts. I see the following error at login... Error parsing the server 'ip' "clients.xml" file. Login will continue, contact your...
View ArticleRe: GuestOSIds for different editions.
VM is created with Windows 7 (32bit) Guest OS identifer and ISO of Windows server 2008(32bit)VM is created with Windows 7 (64bit) Guest OS identifer and ISO of Windows server XP (64bit)I don't...
View ArticleVcenter server operation timeout
Hi, Is there any API or other way to get/update the timeout intervals for vcenter server operations other than web client or vSphere client? I need to check/update the values of the interval timeout in...
View ArticleRe: vim.fault.invalidticket exception when passing AcquireTicket value to...
Keep in mind that AcquireCloneTicket() on the SessionManager returns the session for the entire vsphere and may pose security vulnerabilities, such as being able to access any vm. The...
View ArticleRe: Unable to retrieving more than 100 VMs using PropertyCollector and...
I am also facing the same issue on vSphere SDK. Even after making maxObjects in RetrieveOptions to value more than 100 for RetrievePropertiesEx call, I still get only 100 values.I am using...
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Re: GuestOSIds for different editions.
No problem, And please don't forget to mark as helpful and answered. Thank you. Regards,julien
View ArticleRe: Unable to retrieving more than 100 VMs using PropertyCollector and...
You could try using the deprecated method RetrieveProperties() instead of RetrievePropertiesEx(). RetrieveProperties doesn't use the truncated option, but of course, as it's deprecated it might not...
View ArticleRe: Unable to retrieving more than 100 VMs using PropertyCollector and...
I do want to truncate but I want to specify custom maxObjects instead of 100. I am testing a setup with 3000 VMs and instead of making 30 network calls(as value count is 100), I want to set maxObjects...
View ArticleRe: Unable to retrieving more than 100 VMs using PropertyCollector and...
The API has a max limit as well, 100. You can go lower, but not higher I believe.
View ArticleRe: Unable to retrieving more than 100 VMs using PropertyCollector and...
Thanks for quick response. Is max limit 100! I didn't know about it. If possible can you point me to VMware doc which mentions this limitation? I am not able to find it in any of VMware's vSphere SDK...
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