find Virtual Machine most upgradable vm version (vm hardware)

[orian]

hi,

i am trying to create a workflow that automatically upgrade vmtools + vm hardwrae version for a specific virtual machine.

the vmtools upgrade process is working perfectly without any issues, i can list a predefined array of virtual machines with status "tools required updates" and then update them.

unfortunately,  i cannot find anything related to predefined condition of virtual machine hardware version (vmx-11,vmx-10 etc..) ,

my goal is to make a query which check the virtual machine current vm version and compare that to the host (esxi) most compatible vm version available.

how can i create this workflow?

[iiliev · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Here is sample code that prints the current vm version and all versions supported by the host (input parameter is variable vm of type VC:VirtualMachine)

System.log("VM version: " + vm.vmVersion);
System.log("Versions supported by the VM's host:");
var opts = vm.environmentBrowser.queryConfigOptionDescriptor();
for each (var opt in opts) {
  for each (var host in opt.host) {
    if (host.id == vm.runtime.host.id) {
      System.log("  " + opt.key);
      break;
    }
  }
}

[orian]

thank you! works as expected.