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tayky

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Dec 19, 2011 1:03 AM

Sample to retrieve vm IP address

Hi,

I would like to know if there any sample code to retrieve the ip address of the vms on vcenter?

Thanks in advance.

maishsk

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1. Dec 19, 2011 4:16 AM

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Re: Sample to retrieve vm IP address

Are you looking to use any specific language? PowerCLI perhaps?

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tayky

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2. Dec 19, 2011 5:59 PM

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Re: Sample to retrieve vm IP address

Hi,

I'm actually looking at c# code. I have downloaded the vsphere sample for the vsphere web service sdk but cant seems to find any sample related to retrieve the IP address of VM other than its properties value like vm name.

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rajatscybage

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3. Jan 6, 2012 1:26 AM

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Re: Sample to retrieve vm IP address

Hi,

Yes we can retrieve the IpAddress of a VM using

((Vim25Api.VirtualMachineSummary)(objVM)).guest.ipAddress but this API does not return IP Addresses of all the VM of a particular ESX

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4. Jan 6, 2012 8:17 AM

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Re: Sample to retrieve vm IP address

The IP Address being returned from the guest is only available if they're running VMware Tools, it could alos be the case that it's installed but not running. That's how that property is being populated.

*Disclaimer: VMware Employee - William Lam | http://www.virtuallyghetto.com | http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/automation | @lamw

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tayky

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5. Mar 5, 2012 10:43 PM

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Re: Sample to retrieve vm IP address

Hi,Does anyone have a sample of the code on how it works as i have no idea where to start from? Currently i'm able to retrieve the VM IP address thru vsphere power cli but i looking at using web service sdk instead. Thanks