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shahbhavya
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‎05-20-2019 06:01 AM

Retrieval of vCenter and Site data using python

Hello All,

After collecting inventory and performance data using propertyCollector, me and My team now wants to collect vCenter and Site data. If you know anything about which is the best way to retrieve it and which things it should contain, please share.

Thanks a tonnes for your time.

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msripada
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‎05-20-2019 07:30 AM

What do you define as "vCenter and site data"?

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shahbhavya
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‎05-20-2019 07:34 AM

Hello,

As per my understanding, it's all about Platform Service Controllers, partner sites and SSOs active on vCenter server. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

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msripada
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Virtuoso
‎05-20-2019 08:10 AM

You can get the info using lstool.py list output

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For windows:

"%VMWARE_PYTHON_BIN%" "%VMWARE_CIS_HOME%\VMware Identity Services\lstool\scripts\lstool.py" list --url http://localhost:7080/lookupservice/sdk > c:\psc_services.txt

For Linux appliances:

/usr/lib/vmidentity/tools/scripts/lstool.py list --url http://localhost:7080/lookupservice/sdk > /tmp/psc_services.txt

Thanks,

MS

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