Tracking vmotions externally
So, I need to track where some of my vms move around to for Oracle compliance. I was scraping syslog with Splunk or plain old syslog, but that broke with the 6.7u3 update so I'm trying to find a...
View ArticleVMware remote plugin vCenter support matrix
Hi There,are there any official document or files for vmware remote plugin vCenter support matrix?it means the remote plugin is supported from which vCenter version. I saw there is an remote plugin...
View ArticleThe verification of VimPortType.cloneSession() failed even with a new clone...
We have a critical problem when using the new vSphere authentication in our remote plugin server, the below steps of new authentication approach are following the remote plugin sample from the SDK...
View ArticleTake the VMware Developer Survey for a Chance to Win a Sonos Move
Hello everyone, VMware is conducting our annual Developer Survey and we want to hear from YOU so we can assess and improve our developer program to better serve your needs. PLUS, we will be giving away...
View ArticleWindows vSphere Client (HTML5) service fails to start
My situation is 6.5 upgrade to 6.7u3SymptomsAccessing the vSphere Client (HTML5) of vCenter server in browser is failed with error message:503 Service Unavailable (Failed to connect to endpoint: [class...
View ArticleWhat is the difference between Vsphere Management SDK and Automation SDK?
What is the difference between Vsphere Management SDK and Automation SDK?
View ArticleAre there any maven repositories for vim25
Hi, Anyone knows which maven repository to use inorder to include vim25 jar the local project?Thanks in advance.
View ArticleHow to get VirtualMachine moid
I just started working with the MOB and learning about MOID's. I was hoping to get the VirtualMachine MOID. We have ESXi hosts with free license. Any way to get this? I just want to execute...
View ArticleAccount lockout on vsphere web client and ssh
Hello friends: I have the following concern: I have a stand alone esxi version 6.7 server; I had to manage via ssh on the server to set up a trust relationship, and after a while the session ended....
View ArticlePerl API Silent Install
Is there any way to automate the Perl API install? I want to add it to my kickstart so it is part if the initial build. Any ideas?
View ArticleCannot extract VMs from VRealize with Api WeB
Hello,I have a PowerShell script that uses the Web API to extract data from host, cluster and VMs on VRealize but since I installed version 6.7 of VSphere, I have data from host, cluster but not those...
View ArticleRefresh Network Information
I have a script that automates the creation of port groups on an ESX server. It just uses the esxcfg-vswitch tool that comes on each ESX server. The script works just as it should - I can create,...
View ArticleVM Folder Name
Greetings,Is there a simple way for me to get the folder name of a vm? I am using the https://github.com/vmware/vsphere-automation-sdk-restThanks!
View ArticleSession not Authenticated - Client received SOAP Fault from server
Hello, I am attempting to retrieve HostSystem and VirtualMachine data with the web services API after using the vimport.login() method. I seem to be logging in just fine and retrieving the...
View ArticleGetting Properties from a ManagedObjectReference
I am trying to figure out how to get a subset of properties from a ManagedObjectReference to HostSystem. My current use case is that I am using a property collector to retrieve all VirtualMachines. One...
View ArticleProgramming / 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 ArticleHow to map VirtualMachine virtualDisk metric instance id like scsi0:0 to...
I am querying virtual machine and its virtual disk..later getting virtual disk metrics for VM but I am having problem in mapping between VirtualDisk objectId and Virtual machine virtualDisk metric...
View ArticleFind hostsystem by findbyip
Hello,how to retrieve the information about hostsystem object by using searchindex.findbyip for ipv6,Findbyip works fine for ipv4. Is there any workaround to ger hostsystem object by using ipv6...
View Article### Not able to capture VMware event Lost network connectivity for DVSPort
I tried the following code. I am able to see the event in vSphere but not able to capture with code.I am able to see the descriptions related to event on this particular vCenter. To my understanding...
View ArticleQuery information from VCenter / Host / VMs
Hello friends, are you okay?I am working on a system that will read information from VCenter / Host / VMs. I identified some existing APIs, they are the API Rest and SOAP (vimService). However, I am...
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