problem description : Ubuntu machine 12.04

                              vcli and per modules are sucessfully installed

/vmcreate.pl --url https://xx.xx.xx.xx:443/sdk/webService --username root --password "xxx" --filename /usr/lib/vmware-vcli/apps/sampledata/vmcreate.xml --schema /usr/lib/vmware-vcli/apps/schema/vmcreate.xsd

Error creating VM 'TestVM': Host 'ABC.XXX.XXX' not found ?????

however i am able to connect through seesion.pl and its working fine could any one point me to rigth script or the  mistake

thank you

Hi,

When I use ViPerlToolkit to create a virtual disk on a datastore, I always get this error, do you have any idea on this please?

my codes are like:

     my $vimObj = Vim->new(server => XXX);

     my $content = $vimObj->get_service_content();

     my $vDiskManager= $vimObj->get_view(mo_ref => $content->virtualDiskManager);

     $vDiskManager->CreateVirtualDisk_Task(

        name => XXX,

        spec => XXX,

    );

Any comments will be appreciate!

Thanks

Hi,

Is there any way we can connect to the vCenter/ESX from client with single time credentials, and that can connect to vCenter even after changing the password of vcenter user.

Here my requirement is to connect to vCenter periodically without asking the user to enter credentials every time even after changing password of user with one time credentials .

Thanks in advance.

Hi Friends,

               I need a perl api script to list the Chassis and Blades of  datacenter or c hassis and Blades of host/vm in vcenter web client.

Hi All,

I am trying to create a new cluster on a vCenter using the creatCluster method. The commands fails with "A specified parameter was not correct" error message.

I call the method like this:

$parent->CreateClusterEx('name'=>"Cluster2",'spec'=>$clusterSpec);

Here is the data::dumper output for the $clusterSpec :

$VAR1 = bless( {
                 'dasConfig' => bless( {
                                         'vmMonitoring' => 'vmMonitoringDisabled',
                                         'hostMonitoring' => 'disabled',
                                         'enabled' => 0
                                       }, 'ClusterDasConfigInfo' )
               }, 'ClusterConfigSpec' );

And here the data::Dumper output for the fault error returned by the clusterCreateEX method:

VAR1 = bless( {
                 'detail' => bless( {}, 'InvalidArgument' ),
                 'fault_string' => 'A specified parameter was not correct.
',
                 'name' => 'InvalidArgumentFault'
               }, 'SoapFault' );

When i removed the "spec" passed to the method (i.e create a cluster with default settings), it passed.

Can anyone help understand what i'm doing wrong here?

Regards,

Dori

Hi guys,

    I've been trying to create a Windows 2012R2 Core template and I think I've succeeded in automating almost every aspect of the deployment of such a template but I'm facing an issue that makes the use of that template impossible...  Everything is working fine BUT I cannot get the DNS Suffix to be added to the connection OR the global settings!  Does anybody else experienced this issue?  Are there any workarounds available?  It works for all other OSes/Distributions/etc...  We are still at ESXi 5.0, perhaps 5.5 will solve this behavior.

Also, I know it's not related to the Perl SDK but, have you noticed how a core deployment is different from a GUI deployment?   I mean, even powershell doesn't have the same synthax for a simple IF() !!!

Thank you very much,

Dave

Here is my snippet of code :

   my $customization_global_settings = CustomizationGlobalIPSettings->new(dnsServerList=>\@dns,dnsSuffixList=>\@dsuf);

   my $cust_name = CustomizationVirtualMachineName->new();

   my $customization_fixed_ip = CustomizationFixedIp->new(ipAddress => $ipaddr);

   my $cust_ip_settings = CustomizationIPSettings->new( gateway => \@gateway, subnetMask => $netmask, dnsServerList=> \@dns, dnsDomain => "$domain", ip => $customization_fixed_ip);

   my $cust_adapter_mapping = CustomizationAdapterMapping->new(adapter => $cust_ip_settings);

   push @cust_adapter_mapping_list, $cust_adapter_mapping;

Hi Friends,

I need a perl api script to get these information ('Video card','SCSI controller','CD/DVD drive','Network adapter','VMCI device')  of a Virtual Machine? Can any one help me ?

Anyone encountered and found a solution to this?

The esxcli command works fine when using username/password but not when using the credstore authentication.

This wouldn't normally be a problem but I want to use this in scripts and having a clear text password in there isn't making me happy.

regards

Gudmo

Hi, everybody

When I try to use the Perl SDK v5.5 I get SOAP request errors (using Net::HTTP 6.06):

./script.pl --vmname <blah> --server <my server>

SOAP request error - possibly a protocol issue: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"

xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"

xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"

xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

<soapenv:Body>

I did some research and it seemed that Net::HTTP 6.06 doesn't work so I downgraded to Net::HTTP 6.03, but still no luck - different errors:

# perl -MNet::HTTP -le 'print $Net::HTTP::VERSION'

6.03

./script.pl --vmname <blah> --server <my server>

SOAP request error - possibly a protocol issue: Undefined subroutine &LWP::Protocol::https::Socket::can_read called at /usr/local/share/perl5/LWP/Protocol/http.pm line 22

Any ideas of how to make this work with the downgraded Net::HTTP?

Thanks in advance for your help.

I want to change the name of portgroup on vSwitch0 ,from 'VMkernel' to 'VMkernel2'.

However, this program does not work well.

Could you please tell me about correct code??

--<MY code>-------------------------------------------

my $entity_view = Vim::find_entity_view(

        view_type => 'HostSystem',

        filter => { 'name' => 'myesx_name' }

);

my $nwSys = $entity_view->configManager->networkSystem;

my $nwMgr = Vim::get_view(mo_ref => $nwSys);

$nwMgr->UpdatePortGroup(

        'pgName' => 'VMkernel',

        'portgrp' => {

                'name' => 'VMkernel2',

                'vlanId' => 0,

                'vswitchName' => 'vSwitch0',

        },

);

-------------------------------------------------------------

<Output Error>

Expected HostPortGroupSpec for 'portgrp' argument. at (eval 32) line 100

        VimService::get_arg_string('HASH(0x391fb90)', 'portgrp', 'HostPortGroupSpec') called at (eval 32) line 132

        VimService::build_arg_string('ARRAY(0x1cc30f8)', 'HASH(0x1cc3038)') called at (eval 32) line 4413

        VimService::UpdatePortGroup('VimService=HASH(0x17d4da8)', '_this', 'ManagedObjectReference=HASH(0x35a6998)', 'pgName', 'VMkernel', 'portgrp', 'HASH(0x391fb90)') called at /usr/lib/perl5/5.10.0/VMware/VICommon.pm line 1699

        ViewBase::invoke('HostNetworkSystem=HASH(0x1ee0a60)', 'UpdatePortGroup', 'pgName', 'VMkernel, 'portgrp', 'HASH(0x391fb90)') called at (eval 249) line 65

        HostNetworkSystemOperations::UpdatePortGroup('HostNetworkSystem=HASH(0x1ee0a60)', 'pgName', 'VMkernel', 'portgrp', 'HASH(0x391fb90)') called at ./test.pl line 42

Panasonic AG-AC90 is a professional AVCCAM HD camcorder, combining the high image quality, advanced functions and easy operation in a stylish, easy-to-handle design. Recording videos in AVCHD format,  the Panasonic AG-AC90 captures native 1920 x 1080 resolution images and records in 108060p, 60i, 30p and 24p, as well as in standard definition (48060i) in 60Hz. However, the AVCHD format is not a compatible format for some common editing systems on such as Avid, FCP, and iMovie.

So if you want to import the 1080p60p MTS to Movie 11 for post-production, you often struggle against compatible issues.

You know, iMovie is popular video authoring tool to edit video clips from camcorder on Mac. iMovie 11 is the latest version, with it you can import video clips from external devices or from anywhere else. The problem is you often get errors from iMovie when importing some raw MTS files to iMovie. You try everything but the MTS clips just cannot be read and recognized at all.

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Here are 4 steps:

Step 1: Load AG-AC90 1080p60p MTS to MTS Converter for Mac

Launch Aunsoft MTS Converter for Mac, import MTS files to it. Click add video which can only add one file a time. You can also drag and drop MTS files into file area directly.

Step2: Select "iMovie" the output format

Just click Format icon, choose the ''iMovie and Final Cut Express''- ''Apple InterMedia Codec (AIC) (.mov)'' as the output format.

Tips: If you need to combine several MTS files, check the Merge on the main interface of the app.

Step 3: Set audio and video profile

Click settings to adjust your audio and video.

Set audio and video profile in your Panasonic AG-AC90 1080p60p MTS, you will get the output compatible AIC MOV according to your need for post-production in iMovie 11.

Tips: The proper Frame Rate, Bitrate, Size and other settings setted by default to keep high quality of your audio and video.

Step 4: Start convert 1080p60p MTS to iMovie on Mac

At last, click the Convert icon to start converting Panasonic AG-AC90 1080p60p MTS to iMovie 11.

What's more, Aunsoft MTS Converter for Mac can help you do more

1. Convert 1080p AVCHD files to Apple Intermediate Codec for FCE

2. Make MTS and AVCHD files smoothly burned in iDVD

I want to get a list of all target ids used for RDM mapping on each controller.  So next time I can use the remaining target ids for RDM disk mapping using perl script.

I have checked findVMsWithRDMs.pl but it is not showing target ids used for each RDM disk. I am using ESXi 5.5 servers and SDK for perl.

Thanks

AMrut

I am adding a virtual disk to a SCSI controller with either physical or virtual bus sharing, which is getting failed for the below code. Same code gets successful if bus sharing is "noSharing".

    $vmView = Vim::find_entity_view(view_type=>'VirtualMachine',filter=>{name=>$vms[0]});
    $controllerKey = find_scsi_cntlrkey(vm=>$vmView,controller=>$cntlr);
    my %hash = (
                vm=>$vmView,
                diskMode=>"persistent",
                fileName=>$filename,
                controllerKey=>$controllerKey,
                unitNumber=>$target,
                size=>"5242880",
                backingtype=>"regular",
                uuid =>undef,
                deviceName=>undef,
                );
    my $filespec = get_vdiskSpec(%hash);
    print Dumper $filespec;
    my $vdisk = add_virtualdisk(vm=>$vmView,devspec=>$filespec);

Command execution:

amrut@2:~/scripts/vmware/apps$ perl RDM_add.pl  --vmname vm1  --server vcenter_server --username administrator@vsphere.local --password Pass@123 --operation add --controller 2:2 --filename vm_232
Adding new LsiLogicSAS vSCSI Controller 2 to "vm1"
Successfully added
$VAR1 = bless( {
                 'fileOperation' => bless( {
                                             'val' => 'create'
                                           }, 'VirtualDeviceConfigSpecFileOperation' ),
                 'operation' => bless( {
                                         'val' => 'add'
                                       }, 'VirtualDeviceConfigSpecOperation' ),
                 'device' => bless( {
                                      'capacityInKB' => '5242880',
                                      'backing' => bless( {
                                                            'fileName' => '[datastore1 (4)]/vm1/vm_232.vmdk',
                                                            'diskMode' => 'persistent'
                                                          }, 'VirtualDiskFlatVer2BackingInfo' ),
                                      'unitNumber' => 2,
                                      'controllerKey' => '1002',
                                      'key' => -1
                                    }, 'VirtualDisk' )
               }, 'VirtualDeviceConfigSpec' );
Unable to configure virtual device.

amrut@2:~/scripts/vmware/apps$

In vcenter GUi I am getting below error:

Failed to power on scsi2:2.
Failed to add disk scsi2:2.

But Getting successful if bus sharing is none!

amrut@uptohell2:~/scripts/vmware/apps$ perl RDM_add.pl  --vmname vm1 --server vcenter_server --username administrator@vsphere.local --password Pass@123 --operation add --controller 1:2 --filename vm_232
$VAR1 = bless( {
                 'fileOperation' => bless( {
                                             'val' => 'create'
                                           }, 'VirtualDeviceConfigSpecFileOperation' ),
                 'operation' => bless( {
                                         'val' => 'add'
                                       }, 'VirtualDeviceConfigSpecOperation' ),
                 'device' => bless( {
                                      'capacityInKB' => '5242880',
                                      'backing' => bless( {
                                                            'fileName' => '[datastore1 (4)]/vm1/vm1_232.vmdk',
                                                            'diskMode' => 'persistent'
                                                          }, 'VirtualDiskFlatVer2BackingInfo' ),
                                      'unitNumber' => 2,
                                      'controllerKey' => '1001',
                                      'key' => -1
                                    }, 'VirtualDisk' )
               }, 'VirtualDeviceConfigSpec' );
Virtual Disk created.
amrut@2:~/scripts/vmware/apps$

Can some one please let me know, do we need to pass any other parameter for adding disk to SCSIController with bus sharing physical/virtual ?

Thanks

AMrut

Hi!

I am using vSphere perl API for monitoring datastores inside cacti monitoring system.

Every 5 minutes I ask vCenter for capacity and free space of all datastores in datacenter.

I have the problem of having some false alarms triggered.

Above we have graph made inside cacti monitoring system and graph seen in vCenter perfromance tab. The correlation is obvious but there are differences seen - we see that by the way how I save the data in cacti,

I get more alarms. And compered to vSphere graph we can say that they are false alarms.In "purple" area I get a spike that should not be and as well in yellow area.

My question is, would anybody know what could be the reason for this?

I've been trying to user the perl scripts for some monitoring. I have 1 ESXi 5.1 server that I can connect to directly and the script has no problem connecting.

I have another 3 esxi servers that are all connected to a vsphere server.

On the single server, I can connect directly to the esxi server with vsphere client no problems.

On the vsphere server, I can only connect to the vsphere server, I cannot connect directly to the esxi hosts. (http, https, ssh, etc..)

I believe this is the issue I'm having with the perl sdk. I have a SSO login that I can user to log into the vsphere server, but those permissions will not get me access tot he esxi host.

Anyone have any thoughts on how to resolve this issue?

Thanks

Anyone has a sample code on how to use the datastoreNamespaceManager API to create a directory on a datastore?

Hi everyone,

We use a slightly modified vmclone.pl (vmcloneLin.pl, used to add config spec from http://www.lincvz.info).

The question I have is it possible to specify a resource pool and/or a folder in the datacenter to create the VM?

Thanks!

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Watch Blu-ray/DVDs on Kindle Fire HDX with multitracks/SBS 3D effects

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