Hey all,
Here is my requirement: Deploy a VM, which is in my catalog, into an existing vApp, and customize it.
I'm currently using slightly modified code from the RecomposevApp community samples project to achieve part of what i want (i've modified it so it takes a list of vmRef for multiple machines to be . I've been able to create a vApp, and then recompose it with a VM contained in a vApp from a catalog i have.
The problem is, i have no idea how to name this VM before i recompose the vApp (it just gets the name from the template).
My current thinking is i need to get the child vms from the recomposed app, look for the app with the VM name in my catalog, then change it from there- but it feels like there should be a better way of doing it...
My code looks like this:
// Get objects required to connect to VMWare API API apiDetails = new API(URL, Username, Password, vDCName);
// Get the Parent vApp
ReferenceType vAppRef = apiDetails.vDC.GetVappRefByName(ParentvApp);
Vapp toBeRecomposed = Vapp.GetVappByReference(apiDetails.vcloudClient, vAppRef);
RecomposeVAppParamsType recomposeParamsType = apiDetails.CreateRecomposeParams(vAppRef,
new List<ReferenceType>{ apiDetails.SearchvAppTemplate(Template).GetChildren()[0].Reference });
Console.WriteLine("Recomposing vApp");
toBeRecomposed.RecomposeVapp(recomposeParamsType).WaitForTask(99999999);
