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The verification of VimPortType.cloneSession() failed even with a new clone ticket 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 6.7u3: Firstly, cl... 
created by Flying_Cat
VMware 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 samp... 
created by TracyTTTTracking 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 better way to do... 
last modified by thale13Execute SOAP request to Add Virtual Machine to DRS Group Hi, I've been working with SOAP messages and the vSphere vimService lately. I've ran into a snag. I want to add a virtual machine to an existing DRS group by send a soap call to the API. Here's what I'm trying: ... 
last modified by antonnoble_2014config.vpxd.stats.collectPreAggregatedIntervalFactor parameter not present in vcenter 6.5 and 6.7. Hi, There is a parameter config.vpxd.stats.collectPreAggregatedIntervalFactor parameter that needs to be set so that collection gets completed within 5 minutes. This parameter was present for 5.5 and 6.0 but ... 
created by porwal150CreateVM_Task failure during restore process. I was able to complete the backup of a VM disks and configuration using a web services C++ wrapper from https://github.com/bfzhao/Native-vShpere. I am in to the restore process now. During backup, I have store... 
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Looking for sample C++ code to create a vm guest I'm looking for some sample C++ code that creates a vm guest. Anyone work with gSOAP and C++? Thanks, -Ron 
last modified by red0markVMWare VSphere SDK 6.7 - MOB - VpxSettings and LicenseManager Hi All, I am trying to access , ServiceContent = > LicenseManager = > licensedEdition property . Have generated the files using wsdl available in SDK . Neither the LicenseMAnager class is present ... 
created by SivacodefreakInstanceUUID details I've referred below articles in order to determine how to prevent this issue. According to those articles, the VM property value named "instanceUUID" is the easiest way to uniquely identify a VM in globally. I also ch... 
created by melan1VIsdk with C++ I am planning to use a C++ client with the VISDk web service. Is this supported ? i did not see any examples for C++ anywhere . So awnted to check 
last modified by AdityaVishwanathCan anyone explain why Performance Metric Keys differ in Deployments In the process of monitoring Datastores, we track the total Read and Write latency of Datastores. Historically speaking, we would use performance metric keys 182 and 183. Based on a bit of code that qu... 
created by IamTHEvilONE
How do get maxTotalLatency data Hi I have managed two ESXi on my VCenter, and there are some virtual machines on these two ESXi. i used vijava.jar monitoring VCenter. I need the data marked in the image above. How... 
created by N12vanaIssue with Remote Console over API after upgrade from vCenter 6.5U1 to vCenter 6.5U2 Hi, We have issue with opening Remote Console over API after upgrade vCenter to 6.5 U2e from 6.5 U1g. On vCenter 6.5 U1g everything worked fine. Remote Console works fine from vCenter server 6.5 U2e over vphere web c... 
created by O_Safranekwhy CustomizationIPSettings not setNicSettingMap method？ vsphere web service sdk 6.7 public static CustomizationSpec createCustomizations(){ CustomizationSpec spec=new CustomizationSpec(); ... 
created by andya881010Vsphere Automation rest API Is there a way to fetch permissions or roles defined vsphere client through Vsphere Automation rest API 
last modified by shikhartiwariCannot Set BIOS Boot Order Using VIM25 API From C# (I did find a reference to a similar post about this from 2013 but no answers AFAICT and no code https://code.vmware.com/forums/2416/vsphere-management-sdk#463881|2319617) I am using the C# (targetting 4.5 .NET) bind... 
last modified by AndyBWLHow to copy Thin Provisioned Disk(vmdk file) from one data store to another through vCenter Server? Hello all, I am trying to find a way to copy thin provisioned disk (vmdk file) from one data store to another through vCenter Server preserving its thin provision disk type. I tried using FileManager->Copy... 
last modified by atokaVirtualDisk VDiskId always null I'm trying to use the VcenterVStorageObjectManager ExtendDisk_Task operation to extend a virtual machine's virtual disk to 30GB, but for the VirtualDisk device it seems that the VDiskId property is always returned as ... 
last modified by petermieHow to find datastore of a VM from VM Name - VMWare.Vim.dll - C# Hi, Is there anyone that can tell me how to find vm details from the VM Name in C# ? I tried using VMWare.Vim.dll but could not link existing datastore properties to an existing VM. For VM, i could link the host of... 
created by zedragouneFind associated datastore from VM C# sdk Hi, Is anyone able to tell me how to find all Vm details from the VM name in c# using VMWare.Vim.dll ? I found how to find host but not datastore for example. I searched in all properties of VM and datastore... created by zedragouneSetting environment for vsphere-automation-sdk-python on Red Hat 7.3 Hi, I tried to setup environment for python3.5 according to https://github.com/vmware/vsphere-automation-sdk-python. When I run pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall -r requirements.txt --extra-index-url file... 
last modified by 14kostaVMware SDK with Java 10 Has anyone tried using the VMware SDK with Java 10? The samples work fine with Java 1.7 and 1.8 but i have challenges with 10.0.2 and 11.0.13. Connection to vCenter fails with the following exception: javax.xm... 
last modified by Jeff1868Questions on Virtual Disk's UUID Hi all, The API reference does not have much description about Virtual Disk UUID and so I would like to ask couple of questions. I am referring to the UUID we can retrieve from Virtual Disk's BackingInfo (vir... created by atokaDetermining capacity of PCIeSSDs that are PassthruActive Hi everyone! I have some PCIeSSDs that are being used as DirectPath I/O devices for my VMs. While they are in this configuration there doesn't seem to be any way (at the vSphere-level) to determine sto... 
created by clm1701503 Service Unavailable (Error connecting tunnel on named pipe: (null)) (ticket wmks) Hello, I'm trying to use the html5 sdk console from vmware to externally manage the machines, I have used the sample code and fulfilled the necessary requirements, but I am not getting success in running, it gives the... 
last modified by lucianozanitaHow to save/export VM's configuration? I have a requirement to create a new VM(different location) using exactly the same configurations as of existing VM. I have copy of its virtual disks and so I am only interested in VM's configurations. If possible I w... last modified by atokaIncorrect VirtualDisk.NumberWriteAveraged from QueryAvailableMetric I've recently been looking over some of the data collected by QueryAvailablePerfMetrics, and I came across some inconsistent data regarding the Disk Write IO metrics, specifically for Virtual Disks - "virtualdisk.numb... 
created by dzliImport and Export of alarms in vCenter - utility application Finding an easier way of managing alarms within vCenter has been bugging me for a while. I know there are the following VMware KBs to help: Restoring the default vCenter Server alarms Restoring and copying vCenter S... 
last modified by stripeyfishFetching Cluster Events using VI Java API Hi, Can someone help me in connecting to vCenter server and retrieve only Cluster related events using VI Java API? Using below snippet I'm able to retrieve Cluster details of my interest say name etc... but I reall... 
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