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Windspirit
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‎09-13-2012 09:49 PM
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vCloud 5.1 api SourcedVmInstantiationParams

hi,

as 5.1 now supports the ability to choose the storage profile when provisioning I'm trying to rework my instantiateVAppTemplate php sctipt. The REST API shows:

<InstantiateVAppTemplateParams xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5" xmlns:ovf="http://schemas.dmtf.org/ovf/envelope/1" name="xs:string" deploy="xs:boolean" powerOn="xs:boolean" linkedClone="xs:boolean">
     <Description> xs:string </Description>
     <VAppParent href="xs:anyURI" id="xs:string" name="xs:string" type="xs:string"/>
     <InstantiationParams>
         <ovf:Section> ovf:Section_Type </ovf:Section>
     </InstantiationParams>
     <Source href="xs:anyURI" id="xs:string" name="xs:string" type="xs:string"/>
     <IsSourceDelete> xs:boolean </IsSourceDelete>
     <SourcedVmInstantiationParams>
         <Source href="xs:anyURI" id="xs:string" name="xs:string" type="xs:string"/>
         <StorageProfile href="xs:anyURI" id="xs:string" name="xs:string" type="xs:string"/>
         <LocalityParams>
             <ResourceEntity href="xs:anyURI" id="xs:string" name="xs:string" type="xs:string"/>
         </LocalityParams>
     </SourcedVmInstantiationParams>
     <AllEULAsAccepted> xs:boolean </AllEULAsAccepted>
 </InstantiateVAppTemplateParams>

meaning that I can eitehr use the old 1.5 api to instanciate (source) or use SourcedVmInstantiationParams to chose a storage profile.

in PHP SDK I found: setSourcedVmInstantiationParams ( $SourcedVmInstantiationParams)

and I came up with

$SourcedVmInstantiationParams= new VMware_VCloud_API_SourcedVmInstantiationParamsType();
$SourcedVmInstantiationParams->setsource($vAppTemplateRef);
$SourcedVmInstantiationParams->setStorageProfile($StorProRef);

$params = new VMware_VCloud_API_InstantiateVAppTemplateParamsType();
$params->set_name($vAppName);
$params->setDescription("Nada");
$params->setInstantiationParams($iparams);
#$params->setSource($vAppTemplateRef);
$params->setSourcedVmInstantiationParams(array($SourcedVmInstantiationParams));

however in the PHP SDK there is no further info about the internal workings of  $SourcedVmInstantiationParams so....any ideas?

BTW: when enabling the  #$params->setSource($vAppTemplateRef); line, the whole thing works, however it put the VApp onto the default Storage Profile -> seems to ignore the  SourcedVmInstantiation section\

However this is NOT a PHP problem. looks like its the same in the REST API....seee below

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rkamal
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‎10-25-2012 11:41 PM
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<SourcedVmInstantiationParams>
       <Source href="VM inside vApp Template" name="something" />
      <StorageProfile href="Storage profile" name="np-gold"/>
    </SourcedVmInstantiationParams>

You are missing the name property that is why the null pointer exception.

Regards,

Rajesh Kamal.

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IamTHEvilONE
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‎09-16-2012 05:51 AM
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I'd try posing in the SDK Forum ... this is the PHP Specific one:

http://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/developer/forums/vcloudsdkphp

There is a more general one as well.

Best Regards,

Jon Hemming

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Windspirit
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‎10-25-2012 11:25 PM
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Moved it back and forth......

I figured out some of the SourcedVmInstantiationParam stuff out. The call below works just fine....

<InstantiateVAppTemplateParams
   xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5"
   name="App Test"
   deploy="true"
   powerOn="false"
   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
   xmlns:ovf="http://schemas.dmtf.org/ovf/envelope/1">
   <Description>Some VM</Description>
   <InstantiationParams>  
   <NetworkConfigSection>
         <ovf:Info>Configuration parameters for logical networks</ovf:Info>
         <NetworkConfig
            networkName="VApp Network">
            <Configuration>
               <ParentNetwork
                  href="OvDC Network" />
               <FenceMode>bridged</FenceMode>
            </Configuration>
         </NetworkConfig>
      </NetworkConfigSection>
   </InstantiationParams>
 <Source href="vApp Template" />
    <SourcedVmInstantiationParams>
       <Source href="VM inside vApp Template" />
    </SourcedVmInstantiationParams>
   <AllEULAsAccepted>true</AllEULAsAccepted>
</InstantiateVAppTemplateParams>

however if I use

<SourcedVmInstantiationParams>
       <Source href="VM inside vApp Template" />
      <StorageProfile href="Storage profile" name="np-gold"/>
    </SourcedVmInstantiationParams>

I get the following error (same error with or without the name in it)

minorErrorCode="INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR" message="class java.lang.NullPointerException" majorErrorCode="500" 
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5 http://10.75.119.142/api/v1.5/schema/master.xsd"/>

anyone?

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rkamal
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‎10-25-2012 11:41 PM
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<SourcedVmInstantiationParams>
       <Source href="VM inside vApp Template" name="something" />
      <StorageProfile href="Storage profile" name="np-gold"/>
    </SourcedVmInstantiationParams>

You are missing the name property that is why the null pointer exception.

Regards,

Rajesh Kamal.

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Windspirit
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‎10-28-2012 03:49 PM
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WORKS. TA

UNBELIVIBLE....you dont need the name (in VM) if you leave out the Storage Profile...

TESTING:

ALSO...the Name attribute can be filled with ANYTHING. It dosnt Name the VM or anything....so THIS is a BUG.

MORE TESTING:

<SourcedVmInstantiationParams>
       <Source href="/api/vAppTemplate/" name=""/>
<StorageProfile href="/api/vdcStorageProfile/" />
    </SourcedVmInstantiationParams>


This works also....so def a BUG in the XMLNS

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clabman
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‎04-19-2013 03:16 AM
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Yes and even you configured the Storage Profile, it is not considered.

The vm will always be associated with the default storage profile...

Seems to be another bug !!

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kaoru0001
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‎12-12-2013 07:48 AM
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Hi Windspirit,

When I run your client sclipt which you posted no.2 but got below schema error. any thoughts ?

----

400 Bad Request

$VAR1 = bless( {

                 '_protocol' => 'HTTP/1.1',

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

<Error xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5" minorErrorCode="BAD_REQUEST" message="Bad request

- Unexpected JAXB Exception

- cvc-complex-type.2.4.a: Invalid content was found starting with element \'NetworkConfig\'. One of \'{&quot;http://schemas.dmtf.org/ovf/envelope/1":Info}\' is expected." majorErrorCode="400" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5 http://*******/api/v1.5/schema/master.xsd"></Error>

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Windspirit
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‎12-12-2013 08:10 AM
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Please attach your complete xml

Sent from mobile phone

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kaoru0001
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‎12-12-2013 08:15 AM
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Hi,

below is my actual xml request. Am I missing name space settings ?

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<InstantiateVAppTemplateParams deploy="false" name="Vapp Name" powerOn="false" xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5" xmlns:ovf="http://schemas.dmtf.org/ovf/envelope/1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

  <Description>you can delete me at anytime</Description>

  <InstantiationParams>

    <NetworkConfigSection networkName="ovdc-network-name">

      <NetworkConfig>

        <Configuration>

          <FenceMode>bridged</FenceMode>

          <ParentNetwork href="https://*******/api/network/********" />

        </Configuration>

      </NetworkConfig>

      <ovf:Info>Configuration parameters for logical networks</ovf:Info>

    </NetworkConfigSection>

  </InstantiationParams>

  <Source href="https://*******/api/vAppTemplate/vappTemplate-************" />

  <SourcedVmInstantiationParams>

    <Source href="https://************"/api/vAppTemplate/vm-************"" />

  </SourcedVmInstantiationParams>

</InstantiateVAppTemplateParams>

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Windspirit
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‎12-20-2013 02:31 AM
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Sorry I took so long.

Your Network Config section is wrong.

    <NetworkConfigSection networkName="ovdc-network-name">

      <NetworkConfig>

        <Configuration>

          <FenceMode>bridged</FenceMode>

          <ParentNetwork href="https://*******/api/network/********" />

        </Configuration>

      </NetworkConfig>

      <ovf:Info>Configuration parameters for logical networks</ovf:Info>

    </NetworkConfigSection>

check against the original, your missing the networkname entry.

NetworkConfigSection>


             <ovf:Info>Configuration parameters for logical networks</ovf:Info>


             <NetworkConfig


                networkName="VApp Network">


                <Configuration>


                   <ParentNetwork


                      href="OvDC Network" />


                   <FenceMode>bridged</FenceMode>


                </Configuration>


             </NetworkConfig>


          </NetworkConfigSection>

The Network name is the name of the network with which the template was provisioned.

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