Error Connecting to Server due to License Problem
Hi,We have a code that automate some processes on top of the VM Ware.This code used to work, but on a specific machine we got the following exception: java.rmi.RemoteException: VI SDK invoke...
View ArticleWebServices API for Installing 3rd Party Software on Host ?
Hello, As a VMware Partner we provide MEM (Multipathing Extension Module) that is installable on the ESXi host. Is there a Java Web Services API that we can invoke to initiate this 3rd Party Bundle...
View ArticleWhich vCenter permissions are required to do retrievePropertiesEx()?
I'm trying to determine the exact permissons required to do createContainerView on the root folder, and the call retrievePropertiesEx() to get various properites on objects like VirtualMachine,...
View ArticleGetVMConfig
I run the java simple of GetVMConfig. String[] args = { "--url", "https://10.10.57.134/sdk", "--username", "root", "--password", "nantian123456",...
View ArticleWhy do some kind of no set method
TraversalSpec class no setSelectSet (List < SelectionSpec > selectSet) method ObjectSpec class no setSelectSet (ArrayList<ObjectSpec> selectSet) method PropertyFilterSpec class no...
View ArticleDisk Performance not shown when NFS is used
Dear Friends, I am using Virtual center 2.5 and vi-sdk-2.5. I am successfully able to collect performance data of Virtual Machines and ESX servers using vi-sdk2.5. When I am trying to collect disk...
View ArticleVM Storage profile specific APi
With vSphere 5.0 Vmware has introduced VM storage profile but I am not able to find any specific API's in the vSphere web services SDK to find out or Query any specific details about the Storage...
View Articleusing vsphere api to login to the vcenter using the windows credentials
Hello Is it posible to use vsphere api to login to the vcenter using the windows credentials (without having to explicitly input the same). For example someway of indicating to the vsphere env / api...
View Articlevsphere API to upload file to the vcenter server
Hello Is there any existing vsphere api that will let me upload a file to the vcenter webserver location? I am looking to be able to remotely upload the file. ThanksElizabeth
View ArticleGet statistics about configured VM resources
Hi, For now in my application I retrieve (using queryPerf function) statistics about usage of CPU and memory on machine. (cpu.usagemhz and mem.active).How can I get stats about how much CPU and memory...
View ArticleVSphere API and ESX Compatiblity
I implemented a VMWare VM's backup and recovery application with vSphere API and VDDK. The development was done fully against a ESX 5.0 servers. The following discussion gives a view of how I have...
View ArticleGuestOperationsUnavailable
Hello, I need to use the InitiateFileTransferToGuest method to put a file(s) on a VM(s). I could not get my code to work (no GuestFileManager available?), so I tried to invoke the method using the...
View ArticleVirtual Appliance Management Infrastructure (VAMI) CIM API Inquiry
As per “User’s Guide to Deploying vAPP and Virtual Appliances for VMware Studio 2.6”, VAMI allows user to change network settings. So it implies we can use CIM API’s to configure Proxy Settings from...
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ReconfigVM_Task could not remove a delta disk from VM on vSphere 5.1
When I test web service api ReconifgVM_Task against vSphere 5.1 to remove a delta disk from virtual machine. A error occured.It shows "Invalid configuration for device '0'". And get the error...
View ArticleWhat happened to VimServiceLocator in 5.1?
Hello All, I'm new to the SDK and was wondering if certain classes and methods have been removed in 5.1. Our Web Client worked fine with 5.0 and earlier versions of the SDK. Now classes like...
View ArticleHow to connect physicl nic to a virtual switch ? (esxi 5.1)
Hi, I am trying to programatically connect a physical nic to a virtual switch.I am doing this as part of the virtual switch creation in which the HostVirtualSwithSpec is used with...
View ArticleBinding with VMKernel network Adapter with the iSCSI Adapter
Hello, I'm trying to automate the flow for connecting the iSCSI initiator with the corresponding target server. The VISDK API doesn’t seems to provide the support for automating the “Binding with...
View ArticleHow to WaitForUpdates of VMs in a particular cluster?
I am using VMWare VSphere WS SDK in Python using the suds client. I want to wait for any changes to VMs. I am specifically interested in VMs of a particular cluster. Is there a way in the...
View ArticleIssues with VMware VMIA after upgrading Vcentre from 5.0 to 5.1
After a upgrade from Vcentre 5.0 to 5.1 we are now unable to get the VMIA server to talk to the management server. I get the error message below. Any Assistance in this issue would be greatly...
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