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Hello, I'm trying to use the html5 sdk console from vmware to externally manage the machines, I have used the sample code and fulfilled the necessary requirements, but I am not getting success in...
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Hi, Till 6.5.0 Power CLI, VMware.Vim.dll was strong name enabled dlls. But from 6.5.1, those dll's are not strongly named dll's. In PowerShell gallery based installation also, dll's were not strongly...
View ArticleHostdiag vCenter extension - severity
Hello,There is a vCenter extension - hostdiag which sends events of type EventEx. For instance, eventTypeId – “esx.problem.scsi.device.io.latency.high” and severity field is empty string. There is no...
View ArticleVimService65.dll not found
HelloI just updated to PowerCLI 6.5.2 as I need access to the VMware.Vim.dll. After upgrading when I run my code it complains that VimService65.dll is not found. Before when I used version 6.5.0...
View Articlevix api to vSphere API
Hi, I have a project which uses vix APIs to manage VMs in Workstation and esxi. After the release of vix1.15, these vix APIs are deprecated and no longer be used to manage VMs present in ESXi. The code...
View ArticleTotal bandwidth usage tracking
In VMWare vSphere, how can I set and track the monthly bandwidth usage of each guest? I need to reduce the network speed when bandwidth usage exceeds 90% or so. What are my options?
View ArticleKnowing datastore name/url pair, how to get the actual datastore?
Hi, I collected a list of VirtualMachineConfigInfoDatastoreUrlPair from querying the target vm, is there easy way for me to get to the actual datastore without iterating/searching through the whole...
View ArticleHelp with TraversalSpec
HelloI trying to retrieve data from a standlone esxi host using c# and the vmware.vim.dll. I am trying to do this using the Property Controller along with the TraversalSpec. The following code is what...
View Articleposting custom events and creating alarms on custom events
I m creating custom event on a VM in the following code. ExtendedEvent myEvent = newExtendedEvent(); myEvent.chainId = 0; myEvent.key = 0;...
View ArticleTraffic shaping per VM, rather than vlan
As per VirtualMachineNetworkShaperInfo I tried to set bandwidth restrictions using Traffic shaping policy on VM using vmware API and it didn't work as expected. Followed the below...
View ArticleI want to use code to implement the function of console in VSphere Client to...
I want to use code to implement the function of console in VSphere Client to find that file
View Articlec# API getting VM name from MOR
HelloI am able to get a list of VM's MOR but is there a way to translate that to the actual VM names?I used the PropertySpec with Traversalspec to get the MOR of the VM's but how do I convert that to...
View ArticlevSphere Server error: 0x803d0000 : The input data was not in the expected...
Hi, I am trying to connect esxi server using WWSAPI. Generated the client side proxy stubs using WsUtil.exe comes with Microsoft SDK. After setting all the things, when I call proxy stub for...
View ArticleIn the Java program of vSphere Management SDK, how do I call the vmRc SDK...
In the Java program of vSphere Management SDK, how do I call the vmRc SDK function?
View ArticleHow to use SDK API to assign static IP address to VM
Hi All, Can I use SDK API to assign static IP address to VM when cloning a new VM? I used VI Client to do it but it failed. Therefore, I am wondering if SDK API can do this. Can anyone give me a...
View ArticleHow to assign static IP to the VM while cloning the VM from template using java
Hello,I am getting InvalidRequest exception while assigning static ip to the VM while cloning using java. Attached is the code and exception. Is there any mistake in my code?Thanks
View ArticleHow to update IP and Network adapter using Java
Greetings, would anybody have a working example on how to update the IP address and network adapter of an existing VM? We are using ESX Server 3.5, and the VI SDK 2.5.0. Similar to the code...
View ArticleUsing vCloud Suite SDK for tag management on vsphere 5.5 or earlier
Hello,I researched alot about this topic and found out that 5.5 and earlier versions of vSphere have tagging capability but they do not provide public API for tag management so we won’t be able to...
View ArticleHow to maintain session across VCP client and backend integration server?
Hi, We are building a vSphere client plugin with workflows offloaded to a backend server.Is there way using which I can use the logged in user session to run these flows in the backend server? I am...
View ArticleDistributed Port Group assignment
How can we assign existing Distibuted port group to the VM using java?I tried with below code but it shows disconnected...VirtualDeviceConfigSpec nicSpec = new...
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