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8 Replies Last post: Aug 11, 2009 9:47 AM by SteveFonden

Changing a Configuration's Property Values posted: Aug 7, 2009 6:42 AM

SteveFonden

5 posts since
Aug 7, 2009

How does one change any of the properties of a Configuration and persist them to the system? Specifically, it is the "description" property that I would like to adjust for an existing, or newly captured, Configuration. I cannot determine how to do this, even with the "LabManagerInternal" WSDL, but the web application provides a property window that the user can adjust and persist so it must be possible. The only function I can find that accepts a "description" argument is the ConfigurationCopy function, but I don't think that I want to create a copy of a configuration each time I want to change the description, right?

Tags: lab_manager_sdk, internalapi, internal, developer, configuration, soap_api

Re: Changing a Configuration's Property Values

1. Aug 7, 2009 4:33 PM

in response to: SteveFonden

Michael Ottati

93 posts since
Jan 6, 2006

For new configurations you can use the LabManagerInternal.ConfigurationCreateEx method. That accepts a "desc" parameter.

As for modifying an existing description value, I believe you are correct, there does not appear to be a method that addresses that use case.

Re: Changing a Configuration's Property Values

2. Aug 8, 2009 9:27 AM

in response to: Michael Ottati

SteveFonden

5 posts since
Aug 7, 2009

Thanks for the response, Michael.

Ultimately, I am trying to provide a new description anytime I checkout or capture a configuration. If I would be able to create a new configuration in my workspace and to be able to checkout a library directly into it, as well as create a new library in the libraries and capture directly into it, then I could accomplish what I need to do. Is this possible instead?

Alternatively, it was mentioned that direct lab manager database access is possible and that this might provide a way to update an existing configuration's description, so I may investigate this instead.

Re: Changing a Configuration's Property Values

3. Aug 10, 2009 7:15 AM

in response to: SteveFonden

stanbinev

122 posts since
Feb 14, 2007

Both of those take new description text as parameter.

For Checkout you can use: LabManagerInternal.LibraryCloneToWorkspace

For capture: LabManagerInternal.ConfigurationCaptureEx

Re: Changing a Configuration's Property Values

4. Aug 10, 2009 7:22 AM

in response to: stanbinev

SteveFonden

5 posts since
Aug 7, 2009

stanbinev - I don't see these methods available on the "VMwareLabManagerSOAPinterface" class, in the internal Lab Manager 3.0 SOAP API. I see in another of your posts that they exist in 4.0 though, so this is great thanks!