NSX 6.2 API to enable data collection on a VM

[windfall]

Need help to run API to enable data collection from a Jumpbox VM. I read NSX 6.2 API  document example 14-1 but not working. The VMID is "7" based on vim-cmd CLI output. My run below script.

POST https://x.x.x.x/api/1.0/eventcontrol/vm/virtualMachineId/request

Request Body:

<perVmConfig>

<actions>

<action>

<type>per_vm_config</type>

<value>enabled</value>

</action>

</actions>

</perVmConfig>

The error I got is below.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<error>

    <details>Can not query for entry client id : 7</details>

    <errorCode>9022</errorCode>

    <moduleName>actionable-information</moduleName>

</error>

Can anyone help me what value of virtual machine ID to be used on the above script? Thanks

[rajeevsrikant]

Normally the VM Id will be in the format vm-xxx

The easy way to find the VMID is via NSX Manager central CLI

Let me know what exactly u type in the VMID field.

[windfall]

this is the POST URLs:

https://192.168.0.250/api/1.0/eventcontrol/vm/vm-7/request

https://192.168.0.250/api/1.0/eventcontrol/vm/7/request

none of the above post script works.

[root@dc1-esx2:~]  vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms

Vmid     Name                      File                        Guest OS       Version   Annotation

4      WEB-SVR2   [DC1-ESX2-Local] WEB-SVR2/WEB-SVR2.vmx   windows7_64Guest   vmx-11             

7      Jumpbox    [DC1-ESX2-Local] XP1/XP1.vmx             winXPProGuest      vmx-11             

The output shows VMID 7 for Jumpbox. Any idea?

thanks

[tspires · Accepted solution]

I think it's possible that you need to get the syntax from the NSX central CLI since that's where the API POST is directed.

SSH into the NSX manager and do the following

Find the cluster id for the cluster that owns the host which the VM is running on

nsxmgr > show cluster all

Find the HOST-ID for the host that the VM is running on

nsxmgr > show cluster CLUSTER-ID

Find the VM-ID for the VM running on the host

nsxmgr > show host HOST-ID

This should give you the vm-id in the format that NSX manager API can consume. Then replace virtualMachineId with whatever you get from that output.

I can't test this out right now, but let me know if that works for you.

[windfall]

Thanks buddy. I realised this too. Lesson learned that VMID value is different between ESXi and NSX.