Demonstrate vMotion feature moving a virtual machine identified by its UUID from one ESXi Host to another ESXi Host.

Port vmware/pyvmomi#14 to this project.

The concept of Inventory Path is a powerful concept that deserves it's own sample. Make a sample that shows off how to figure out a managed object's inventory path and how to find things based on their inventory paths.

Demonstrate how to create a vCenter Template using a provided virtual machine. The virtual machine should be identified by UUID and should be unharmed by the process.

Demonstrate building and attaching a VIF to an existing virtual machine.

Demonstrate how to find and attach a Physical network InterFace card to a Virtual Machine. Demonstrate how to query VIF and PIF together.

When using Eclipse PyDev, in many samples (e.g. getallvms.py) the line:
from pyVmomi import vmodl

results in the error marker:
Unresolved import: vmodl

Is there any way to resolve this without error?

Given a UUID to identify a Virtual Machine, find a snapshot and extract the VMDK information from it to create a brand new VMDK in a separate location.

Show how to soft reboot a Virtual Machine found based on its UUID

Demonstrate how to figure out a Virtual Machine's datastore path during create, save the path, and then use that path to find the VM again later. This can be a valuable tool in systems that are focused on Datastore and storage as their primary focus in creating, managing, and moving around Virtual Machines.

In particular the Nova driver on OpenStack does this a lot and could use some clean samples around that work flow.

Show how to create a blank VMDK and attach it to an existing VM. Show how to make the VMDK inside the virtual machine's folder.

HI,

host.network returns me a list of available networks on the particular host out of which some are standard and some dvs .

Now with this networks when I am adding or editing NICs I am facing problem for dvs networks. If I right click and see the network settings I find the network label is not getting selected. Where as for standard networks the NIC network label is getting selected.

I have tried to change nicspec.device.backing.network = get_obj(content, [vim.Network], net_name) to nicspec.device.backing.network = get_obj(content, [vim.dvs.DistributedVirtualPortgroup], net_name) . But no luck !

What I am doing is given below :

        nicspec = vim.vm.device.VirtualDeviceSpec()
        nicspec.operation = vim.vm.device.VirtualDeviceSpec.Operation.add
        nicspec.device = vim.vm.device.VirtualVmxnet3()
        nicspec.device.wakeOnLanEnabled = True
        nicspec.device.deviceInfo = vim.Description()
        nicspec.device.deviceInfo.label = net_name
        nicspec.device.deviceInfo.summary = net_name             
        nicspec.device.backing = vim.vm.device.VirtualEthernetCard.NetworkBackingInfo()
        nicspec.device.backing.network = get_obj(content, [vim.Network], net_name)
        #self.logger.debug ("Assigning network %s for NIC" % net_name)
        nicspec.device.backing.deviceName = net_name
        nicspec.device.connectable = vim.vm.device.VirtualDevice.ConnectInfo()
        nicspec.device.connectable.startConnected = True
        nicspec.device.connectable.allowGuestControl = True

Demonstrate how to find a VM using its UUID and then examine key facts about that VM's position in inventory. Details like Datastore, Datacenter, and ESXi Host are of interest.

Show interacting with a Guest OS and changing its administrator password. You should provide code for either Linux or Windows based guest operating systems.

Demonstrate how to restore a virtual machine to a named snapshot. The virtual machine should be identified by a UUID, list available snapshots, prompt the user to select the appropriate snapshot to restore to.

Example: find all UUID for all VM with a name like Marvel-* and pipe that output to the power on sample... modify the power on sample to optionally read the input and power on all those VM. Do the same with the delete VM sample... and so on.

Demonstrate how to place an arbitrary file in an arbitrary location on an arbitrary datastore. Shows how to interact with datastores using pyVmomi API and should include discussion and solutions for keep-alive problems when dealing with very large file transfers.

Issues to show resolutions to:

• File transport occurs on a separate session from API method invocation
• Network conditions are not always favorable, how to handle interruptions
• How to detect file corruption or incomplete transfer
• How to detect failed file transfers due to permissions issues.

See also: http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2014/06/how-to-efficiently-transfer-files-to-datastore-in-vcenter-using-the-vsphere-api.html

Demonstrate how to find a VM based on metadata placed inside the VM. This is useful for integration work with other management tools and it is also a useful tool for marking and working with collections of virtual machines.

Demonstrate how to query the current user's permissions for a given Managed Object. Show how to determine if the user has a specific privilege to read or write to a named datastore for example.

Reference: vmware/pyvmomi#30

Looking for a possible example of creating datacenter and clusters. Any help is appreciated.

We have around 1500 VM's perc vCenter and around 10vCenter's globally.

To get the particular VM info, I am doing this and it is taking really a long time.

container = content.viewManager.CreateContainerView(content.rootFolder, [vim.VirtualMachine], True)
for c in container.view:
if c.name == name:
yourvm = c
break
return yourvm

.......
Retrieving the info from the object like before
print yourvm.runtime.powerState()
.......and more info

Is there anyway to hit the vm directly and get the info without traversing exhaustively ?

https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi-community-samples/blob/master/samples/create_random_marvel_vms.py#L195

In sample code, don't trap errors coming off of ...

si = connect.SmartConnect(

... instead just expose those to the CLI. We are attempting to make teaching samples here and too thoroughly swallowing or handling errors can make the samples harder to read and understand for programmers who are still learning.

A common problem: A PowerOn Task for a VM may hang at 95% while the VM is paused waiting for you to answer a question. How do you handle that in pyVmomi?

https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi-community-samples/blob/master/samples/create_random_marvel_vms.py#L121

Samples should use pythonic variable names, method names, and package names. That means using name_underscore and not nameCamelCase in many situations. There needs to be some patches that go out and find and scrub these non-pythonic (Java-like) names.

Re-implement this:
http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2010/10/how-to-ack-reset-vcenter-alarm.html

In pyVmomi if possible. If not possible figure out how to make it possible.

Hello,

Is there a way to call ServiceInstance: retrieveInternalContent() from pyvmomi?

Thanks
Muntasir.

Demonstrate how to inject metadata key/value pairs into vSphere virtual machines and then read these back to the user demonstrating how to read this embedded information.

By default list all the resource pools on a vCenter server (or ESXi host) or alternatively filter the list of resource pools displayed by some criteria. Display resource pool statistics such as number of vCpu, amount of vRAM, or amount and type of disk storage available in each resource pool.

Bonus: also display DRS and other feature status for a Resource Pool / Cluster.

Reference: vmware/pyvmomi#27

I tried to change the persistence of a disk using pyVmomi Sdk. But i did not succeed.
Any chance that you can make a example for this?

• Demonstrate how to connect an ESXi host to an iSCSI device.
• Demonstrate connecting a virtual machine to a VMDK on the iSCI device.
• Demonstrate connecting a VM to an iSCI device.

Demonstrate stopping a VM and adding vCPU and RAM to the VM then powering it back on.

Based on: vmware/pyvmomi#25

The equivalent Java Code I found :

    ClusterAffinityRuleSpec cars = new ClusterAffinityRuleSpec();
    cars.setName("App and DB Appliance Bundle");
    cars.setEnabled(Boolean.TRUE);
    ManagedObjectReference vm1 = createMOR("VirtualMachine", vm1_oid);
    ManagedObjectReference vm2 = createMOR("VirtualMachine", vm2_oid);
    cars.setVm(new ManagedObjectReference[] {vm1, vm2});

Author a pyVmomi sample that accomplishes the same or similar.

Demonstrate how to make a snapshot given a running virtual machine.

Demonstrate how to resize a VMDK.

Based on: vmware/pyvmomi#12

Demonstrate the full process of obtaining an OVA and then uploading the OVA into a connected vSphere environment. Do this with pyVmomi and show how to access the OVF Manager.

We need all samples to be listed under the Apache 2 license. That means we need to edit all files to get conflicting licenses stripped or we need to kick those samples out.

Demonstrate interacting with a Linux and/or Windows guest OS to set the IP address on one or more VIF and PIF attached to the VM. Demonstrate how to query the IP associated with a VM.

Create a sample that properly queries an ESXi host for it's IP addresses and highlights the management IP address and network for the user.

Need to get VLAN per host to compare the before and after big upgrade which is coming.
Any code snippet will be helpful.

Create some simple sample that addresses requests like
vmware/pyvmomi#22

And formalizes...

# executes /bin/touch /tmp/hello.txt
cmdspec = pyVmomi.vim.vm.guest.ProcessManager.ProgramSpec(arguments='/tmp/hello.txt', programPath='/bin/touch')

# cmdoutput returns a pid
cmdoutput = si.content.guestOperationsManager.processManager.StartProgramInGuest(vm=vm, auth=creds, spec=cmdspec)

A sample that builds a Virtual Machine with a blank VMDK. The script should transfer the ISO from the local file system to the appropriate datastore then boot the VM with the ISO. Presumably users of such a script could supply an ISO that would auto install a guest OS onto the VMDK and that's the intention of this sample, to show each discrete step of accomplishing that task.

Demonstrate authentication with vCenter SSO. Simple hello-world otherwise.

The UUID is a better identifier for the VM than the name.

rootFolder may contain vim.Folder and multiple vim.DataCenter objects

https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi-community-samples/blob/master/samples/create_random_marvel_vms.py#L210

On vCenter servers that have a vim.Folder under rootFolder this sample will fail with...

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./create_random_marvel_vms.py", line 233, in <module>
    main()
  File "./create_random_marvel_vms.py", line 211, in main
    vmFolder = datacenter.vmFolder
AttributeError: 'vim.Folder' object has no attribute 'vmFolder'

On vCenter servers with more than one Datacenter object this sample will operate on semi-random datacenter objects if vCenter shifts the natural order of the Datacenter objects (datacenter ordinality is not guaranteed).

We don't have many samples demonstrating the use of Events. I would like to see a sample that allowed a script to listen for multiple VM power on events and take action on the VM power on events asynchronously.

What I mean by that is in the sample create/find 3 VM. Power them on 1, 2, 3 and if 2 powers up first do something to it (like touch a guest file or answer a VM question or something) then go back to listening for 1 and 3's finished power on task.

Find a VM by its UUID and then destroy a snapshot by name.

Some of our samples use the deprecated method WaitForUpdates migrate these to WaitForUpdatesEx please. This is an open task for any contributor.

Demonstrate moving a VM from one ESXi Host to another ESXi Host without using vMotion features. Demonstrate a cold migration.

Virtual Machines made by the marvel comics sample will all have the same name pattern, create a sample that finds and deletes virtual machines created by the other sample. Finding names that start with Marvel is a good example.

Demonstrate something similar to:

ds = get_datastore_by_name('datastore_1')
ds.update_view_data(name='datastore_01')