Hi All
Been trying to work out how to deploy an OVF from a content library through PowerCLI. I've got as far as this:
Connect-ViServer <vcenterfqdn>
Connect-CisService <vcenterfqdn>
$rp = Get-Cluster | New-ResourcePool -Name Test
$ovfLibItem = Get-CisService -Name com.vmware.vcenter.ovf.library_item
$deployment_target = $ovfLibItem.Help.deploy.target.CreateExample()
$deployment_target.resource_pool_id = $rp.Id
$deploymentSpec = $ovfLibItem.help.deploy.deployment_spec.CreateExample()
$deploymentSpec.accept_all_EULA = $true
$deploymentSpec.default_datastore_id = (Get-Datastore -name Shared).Id
$UniqueID = [guid]::NewGuid().tostring()
$ovfLibItem has a deploy() function which requires four arguments - Client token ($UniqueID), OVF ID, Deployment Target, Deployment Spec. I'm good for the client token, deployment target and deployment spec as above, but I can't figure out how to get the OVF ID.
I can get *an* ID from a content library item using the following code:
$svcContentLibrary = Get-CISService com.vmware.content.local_library
$CLID = $svcContentLibrary.list() | Select-Object -First 1
$ContentLibrary = $svcContentLibrary.get($CLID.Value)
$svcLibraryItems = Get-CisService com.vmware.content.library.item
$LibraryItems = $svcLibraryItems.list($CLID.Value)
$LibraryItem = $svcLibraryItems.get(($LibraryItems | ?{ ($svcLibraryItems.get($_.Value) | ?{$_.Name -eq "CentOS-Gold-Master"}) }).Value)
But if I plug the ID from $LibraryItem into the the deploy function it just comes back with an error saying the OVF item could not be found.
Help!
Mark
