Re: Personality
If you're on vSphere 5.x or later, you can use GuestOperationsManager to copy file and run processes in guest. Best part of this API call, is it uses the VMware Tools and can be done even with the VM...
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We have a generic template we´re cloning. Then we want to inject personality files (text files) onto the new machine. Do you have to wait until the cloning is done, or can you inject it while its...
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You have to wait for the cloning to complete and the VM to boot up. You'll need VMware Tools running to call the GuestOps methods. Technically, it is possible to mount the VMDK and insert files and...
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Okej, I see But I create a VM instead of cloning. Is it possible then to create files on the VM before the "creation process" is finished?
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Whatever process you are using to install your VM Guest OperatingSystem could be hooked to install files. You'll need an operating system to copy files into a Guest If you need a file in there before...
View ArticleCreating custom attributes using pyvmomi
Creating a custom attribute using the perl sdk looks like this: $customFieldMgr->AddCustomFieldDef(name => $cfkey, moType => 'VirtualMachine'); Doing the same in python using pyvmomi...
View ArticleHave server to download files
Is it possible to have the vSphere server to download files based on an asynchronos request?For instance, if I want to create a VM from an external image.So make a request to vSphere server and pass a...
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I really doubt this is possible without some kind of script or some external third party tools.
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Hmm, okej. Would it be possible to do this by creating a script and upload it and run it?
View ArticleRe: How to import an ova image using VISDK
Old post, but did you find a solution to this?
View ArticleHow to specify entities when calling queryperf
The docs (vSphere Documentation Center) say 'As a general rule, specify between 10 and 50 entities in a single call to the QueryPerf method." How does one attach multiple eneties to queryspec? Thanks...
View ArticleRe: How to import an ova image using VISDK
Indirectly. You'll notice you stream bits into the API. So in your case, you'd just pull from source and push them as you stream into the API.
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You'll have to do this external to the vCenter server. You could put the process/script on the vCenter server, but it's generally not recommended.
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The query spec is an array, so you just put multiple specs into the array.
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Okej, is it possible to trigger this script through api?
View ArticleRe: Issue with retrieveProperties
Even I do have the same issue (even with the retrievepropertiesex + continueretrievepropertiesex ) using vsphere 5.5.Is this the known issue and vmware is working on this ?
View ArticleretrievepropertiesEx crash if called from multiple threads
Hi Experts, i am using the createpropertycollector to create the propertycollector object. This is per-thread basis. if each thread calls up the retrieveproperties(...), then there would be crash. How...
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If the vCenter is virtual and is running VMware Tools, you can invoke the GuestOperations methods to run the script/program in the GuestOS. Otherwise, you'll need an OS specific option to execute the...
View ArticleCreate VMDK via RDM to iSCSI target using SOAP API
We are attempting to create a vmdk that points to an iSCSI target via a RDM. Our goal is to have this process be 100% automated via the SOAP API, but cannot find the necessary function calls within the...
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When you create the RDM backing info, it will auto-create the file for you. Just be sure to supply the LUN information. If you want to create it with a specific file name, then you can specify the...
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