Programming / Scripting Language used for vSphere Management
We wanted to better understand what language you use or would like to us to develop vSphere Management Applications. Thanks for your time
View ArticleIncorrect VirtualDisk.NumberWriteAveraged from QueryAvailableMetric
I've recently been looking over some of the data collected by QueryAvailablePerfMetrics, and I came across some inconsistent data regarding the Disk Write IO metrics, specifically for Virtual Disks -...
View ArticleDetermining capacity of PCIeSSDs that are PassthruActive
Hi everyone! I have some PCIeSSDs that are being used as DirectPath I/O devices for my VMs. While they are in this configuration there doesn't seem to be any way (at the vSphere-level) to determine...
View ArticleVirtualDisk VDiskId always null
I'm trying to use the VcenterVStorageObjectManager ExtendDisk_Task operation to extend a virtual machine's virtual disk to 30GB, but for the VirtualDisk device it seems that the VDiskId property is...
View ArticleQuestions on Virtual Disk's UUID
Hi all, The API reference does not have much description about Virtual Disk UUID and so I would like to ask couple of questions.I am referring to the UUID we can retrieve from Virtual Disk's...
View ArticleFind associated datastore from VM C# sdk
Hi, Is anyone able to tell me how to find all Vm details from the VM name in c# using VMWare.Vim.dll ?I found how to find host but not datastore for example.I searched in all properties of VM and...
View ArticleHow to find datastore of a VM from VM Name - VMWare.Vim.dll - C#
Hi,Is there anyone that can tell me how to find vm details from the VM Name in C# ?I tried using VMWare.Vim.dll but could not link existing datastore properties to an existing VM.For VM, i could link...
View ArticleVsphere Automation rest API
Is there a way to fetch permissions or roles defined vsphere client through Vsphere Automation rest API
View Articlewhy CustomizationIPSettings not setNicSettingMap method?
vsphere web service sdk 6.7 public static CustomizationSpec createCustomizations(){ CustomizationSpec spec=new CustomizationSpec(); //创建文件类型windows CustomizationWinOptions...
View ArticleIssue with Remote Console over API after upgrade from vCenter 6.5U1 to...
Hi,We have issue with opening Remote Console over API after upgrade vCenter to 6.5 U2e from 6.5 U1g. On vCenter 6.5 U1g everything worked fine. Remote Console works fine from vCenter server 6.5 U2e...
View ArticleHow do get maxTotalLatency data
Hi I have managed two ESXi on my VCenter, and there are some virtual machines on these two ESXi. i used vijava.jar monitoring VCenter. I need the data marked in the image above. How should i get this...
View ArticleCan anyone explain why Performance Metric Keys differ in Deployments
In the process of monitoring Datastores, we track the total Read and Write latency of Datastores. Historically speaking, we would use performance metric keys 182 and 183. Based on a bit of code that...
View ArticleVIsdk with C++
I am planning to use a C++ client with the VISDk web service. Is this supported ? i did not see any examples for C++ anywhere . So awnted to check
View ArticleProblems connecting to VI SDK using C++/gsoap-2.7
HiI know this topic has been discussed quite a lot recently, but unfortunately I haven't been able to find a solution to my problem. I am currently running ESX Server 3.5. I have no problems...
View ArticleInstanceUUID details
I've referred below articles in order to determine how to prevent this issue. According to those articles, the VM property value named "instanceUUID" is the easiest way to uniquely identify a VM in...
View ArticleVMWare VSphere SDK 6.7 - MOB - VpxSettings and LicenseManager
Hi All,I am trying to access , ServiceContent = > LicenseManager = > licensedEdition property .Have generated the files using wsdl available in SDK .Neither the LicenseMAnager class is present...
View ArticleLooking for sample C++ code to create a vm guest
I'm looking for some sample C++ code that creates a vm guest. Anyone work with gSOAP and C++? Thanks,-Ron
View ArticleCreateVM_Task failure during restore process.
I was able to complete the backup of a VM disks and configuration using a web services C++ wrapper from https://github.com/bfzhao/Native-vShpere. I am in to the restore process now. During backup, I...
View Articleconfig.vpxd.stats.collectPreAggregatedIntervalFactor parameter not present in...
Hi, There is a parameter config.vpxd.stats.collectPreAggregatedIntervalFactor parameter that needs to be set so that collection gets completed within 5 minutes.This parameter was present for 5.5 and...
View ArticleExecute SOAP request to Add Virtual Machine to DRS Group
Hi, I've been working with SOAP messages and the vSphere vimService lately. I've ran into a snag. I want to add a virtual machine to an existing DRS group by send a soap call to the API. Here's what...
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