Change string type to VC:VirtualMachine Attribute type

[numulite]

Hello,

I'm newbie in vCO. I'm want create a workflow to schedule a virtual machine deletion.

Input parameter is "Virtualmachine" type String. Into the script I want to use this string to use as a VC:VirtualMachine type.

How can convert string type to VC:VirtualMachine type?

Thanks

[tschoergez]

In the List of Input Parameters in your workflow, just click on the actual Type of the parameter to change it.

(you must be in Workflow editor mode CRTL+E for the workflow)

Regards,

Joerg

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Change string type to VC:VirtualMachine Attribute type

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[numulite]

Hello Joerg,

I want to create an scheduled workflow to delete specific Virtual Machine. Once it is deleted, another workflow create it again.

If I set VirtualMachine parameter as VC:VirtualMachine when I try to delete again the virtual machine, workflows fails because the virtual machine's id (ex: vm-524) has been changed when I created it again.

Regards.

[Burke-]

In that case, at the end of your re-create workflow, store the new VC:VirtualMachine object as a configuration element...and use that configuration element as the source input for your delete VM workflow...this of course assumes the delete/re-create is for a single VM....

[numulite]

Hi Burke,

Sorry I'm not explained all the process...

New virtual machine is created with P2V process. I create a workflow that execute a powercli into Converter Server (It's a virtual machine and I use a VIX connection to execute the script) to re-create the virtual machine. How can obtain the VC:VirtualMachine object created by the Converter server?

I think that it could be more easy create into the workflow an script to search a virtual machine that match the name with the string value. When the script found this virtual machine, delete it. But I don't know how to create that script....  :'(

Regards

[tschoergez]

ah, now I understand the use-case... tricky one 🙂

provides the converter any output (which may contain the Managed Object ID)?

Identifying a VM by the name is dangerous, because it's not necessarily unique (e.g. if you have multiple vCenter-Server connected to a single vCO).

However: The script which calls the converter has somehow to provide a unique name and place in that specific vCenter's Inventory, so with this information you can try to find the VM afterwards.

For a start you may use the xpath filter in the getAllxxxxx-Methods of a SDKConnection, more infos about that:

http://www.google.com/search?q=xpath+orchestrator+site%3Acommunities.vmware.com

Regards,

Joerg