fndByDns is not finding some VMs.
im trying to write a script to list the properties of VMs via pymomi.
observed that it does not work for all VMs in my environment.
nslookup for the failing VMs are working, forward and reverse.
any guidance?
"""
import csv
from pyVim.connect import SmartConnect
import ssl
"""
function to convert VM names from csv to a list.
"""
def csv2list(csv_file😞
vm_list = []
with open('vm_names.csv', 'r') as f:
# for row in csv.reader(f):
# data.append(row)
vm_list = [row for row in csv.reader(f)] # using list comprehension instead of code above
print(vm_list)
return(vm_list)
def vm_list(vm_properties):
s = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23) # For VC 6.5/6.0 s=ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1)
s.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE
vc_fqdn = "<vc>"
user_name = "<user>"
password = "<password>"
vc_connect = SmartConnect(host=vc_fqdn, user=user_name, pwd=password, sslContext=s)
vm = None
search_index = vc_connect.content.searchIndex
for v in vm_properties:
try:
vm = search_index.FindByDnsName(dnsName = str(v[0]), vmSearch = True)
#str(v[0]) since csv2list retunrs list of lists. like [[vm0],[vm1]]
#vmSearch is for searching vms,else search forESXi hosts
details = {
'name': vm.summary.config.name,
'instance UUID': vm.summary.config.instanceUuid,
'bios UUID': vm.summary.config.uuid,
}
for name,value in details.items():
print(u" {0:{width}{base}}: {1}".format(name, value, width=25, base='s'))
print("\n\n\n")
except AttributeError as e:
print("vm {} has ".format(str(v[0]))+ str(e))
"""
MAIN program
"""
csvfile = "vm_names.csv"
vm_properties = csv2list(csvfile)
vm_list(vm_properties)
