Create a schedule task for multiple actions
I can use create schedule task by using method createScheduledTask (https://www.vmware.com/support/developer/converter-sdk/conv60_apireference/vim.scheduler.ScheduledTaskManager.html#create) for a...
View ArticleIs it possible to use vSphere scheduled task to call my own script in vSphere...
I have written a script which can be called using command line, and i want it can be called when triggering vSphere scheduled task.The API to create scheduled task is "createScheduledTask" method of...
View ArticleVMware HTML Console SDK
Hello. We are trying to create a custom solution to launch VMs for our own homegrown Hands on Labs project. We would like to display a page with available labs and that once clicked on, will launch...
View Articlehow to authenticate for rest api with vCenter 6.5 appliance
Hello,vCenter Appliance 6.5 has a feature to create a backup that can be restored with the installer gui. To create this backup one must access the appliance portal at port 5480. I would like to...
View ArticleHow to instal vim-cmd and vmkfstools in my linux machine ?
HiI have a script which converts a .iso to a vm image. The script makes use of vmkfstools and vim-cmd commands . When I execute the script in my linux machine, I get an error -bash: vmkfstools: command...
View ArticleCan I invoke a specific method instead of a "*_Task" like operation when...
MethodAction action = new MethodAction();action.setName("PowerOffVM_Task"); Can I invoke my own method instead of "PowerOffVM_Task"?
View ArticleESXi 6 free and Java Web SDK - Info and limitations
Hello all :)we are trying to set up a web gui to manage (start/stop/backup..) our VMs running on a free version of ESXi 6.0. We have no vCenter, just a standalone ESXi server. We are trying to use the...
View ArticleQuerty tags via Perl SDK
Hi, We recently changed from the use of Custom attributes to Tags. Custom attributes can be read, set etc via Perl SDK, no problems there. Now, there seems to be no way to use or at least read Tags...
View ArticleSOAP API Usage to Retrieve properties
Hello, I need to implement an automation integration with vSphere using SOAP HTTP API call. I am testing now each call I need using SoapUI interface, in order to implement later the call using an...
View Articlelogbrowser's problem in vsphere 6.5(GA)
Hello,the developers of vsphere web client !I have installed vsphere 6.5(GA VMware-VIM-all-6.5.0-4602587.iso) in windows server 2012 R2.Then I installed my plug-in by copy files to...
View ArticleCan't install vSphere SDK for Perl on Linux
I'm trying to install the SDK on a Dell Inspiron 9300 laptop with Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop as the operating system. This computer is not connected to the internet, it is on an internal network. I'm...
View ArticleHTML sample applications are broken in the latest version of Chrome
In the latest version of Chrome, Version 55.0.2883.87 (64-bit), the sample HTML applications (and our application) are broken.I can reproduce the issue using the chassisB-html application. The first...
View ArticleConflicts with vim25 between plug-ins
Hi Laurent, we are now working on our newest version of the plug-in using the 6.5 sdk for production. Our plug-in is working fine here.But now we have installed another plug-in (from a different...
View ArticleAdding vGPU using pyVmomi
Hi Everyone I have been trying to add a vGPU using pyVmomi. I found a way of doing it in powershell from a blog which is as follows: Param ($VM, $vGPUProfile) $VM = Get-VM $VM $spec = New-Object...
View ArticleVmware-vix 64 bit installation problem on Debian Lenny
Hello, I'm trying to install vmware-vix on Debian Lenny, without X. I logged in as root, then launched the installer: ./VMware-VIX-1.10.1-266898.x86_64.bundle --console Unfortunately it does this:...
View ArticleUnable to deploy OVF for vRealize Automation 7 appliance on Vsphere Client 5.5
Hi, I am trying to deploy a vRealize Automation Appliance (7.0.1) on my vCenter server via vSphere web client 5.5. My IP address for this appliannce is lglou143.lss.emc.com. I am receiving the...
View ArticleDependency on system property "org.eclipse.virgo.kernel.home". The value is...
We persist our plugin data in a directory data/ucs/ that is created under <System.getProperty(org.eclipse.virgo.kernel.home)>. We noticed that the value of this property is changed in 6.5 as...
View ArticleVM powered on by automation shuts down unexpectedly during large file copy on...
Hi The following DLLs are being used Vestris.VmWareLib.dll ( 1.7.824.0) and Interop.VixCom.dll (1.0.0.0) for powering on VMs and copying files on ESXi 6.0 server as part of an automation solution. We...
View ArticlevCloud 8.10
Hello, We are working with vCloud ver 8.10 and I would like to see the logs from edge device. I have already checked the log in the policy firewall. However I don't know how configure a remote syslog....
View ArticleCan't open VMDK file with VDDK 6.5, always returns 18000
I see there was another post also returning 18000 but it didn't seem to resolve my problem. I cannot seem to get the VDDK to open a disk when using the latest version 6.5. Can anyone help?...
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