Enable guest customization option with PowerCLI in vCloud

[filjo2409]

Hi,

I was wondering if there is a way to enable guest customization with PowerCLI instead of vCloud web GUI.

[LucD · Accepted solution]

Can you try with

$vm = Get-CIVM -Name 'MyVM'
$gc = $vm.ExtensionData.Section | Where { $_.Type -eq 'application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.guestCustomizationSection+xml' }
$gc.Enabled = $true
$gc.UpdateServerData()

[filjo2409]

Yep that's the correct answer! Thanks LucD!

In the meantime I've found another way to do it through vCloud's API:

1. Go to your vCloud web Gui
2. Go to your VM from vApp you want to enable the guestCustomization
3. Click on “Edit”
4. Right click anywhere on the page and click “Inspect” and navigate to “Network section”
5. Now click “Enable guest customization” option to enable it and click "Save"
6. Catch the query from Network section
7. From the network section you can copy the api URL, token and payload
8. Now within the payload section you can find “<root:Enabled>true</root:Enabled>” part. Here you can change the value to “true” or “false” and use the body, URL and token to toggle the option from an PowerCLI script

But yeah, your answer is much better.