Property named 'name' not found on object : VcVirtualMachine

[hchchchc]

hi,

i'm struggeling with a strange problem.

i try to get all vm's in vcenter(s) via sdk like this:

var sdkConnections = VcPlugin.allSdkConnections;

for (var i = 0; i < sdkConnections.length; i++) {

      var sdkConnection = sdkConnections[i];

      var vms = sdkConnection.getAllVirtualMachines();

      if (vms.length > 0) {

         for (var j = 0; j < vms.length; j++) {

         var vm = vms[j];

after that i try to get the id and name like this (f.e. to write it to the log as an example):

System.log("--->>> DEBUG - ie '" + vm.id + "'");

System.log("--->>> DEBUG - name '" + vm.name + "'");

but several id's DO NOT EXISTS in the vcenter db but come back from the sdk ?!

f.e. there's a vm with id "id-47" which is not in table vpx_vm

but another one with id "id-647" is in that table.

when i try to get the name (vm.name) of both i end up in an exception with the message "Property named 'name' not found on object : VcVirtualMachine".

i already tried to avoid that and check for the existance of the property, but without success.

how can i securely check for the existance of "vm.name" without ending up in an error ?

(other question would be, why do i get vm's through the sdk that don't exist in vcenter ?!)

thanks !!!!!

chris

[Burke- · Accepted solution]

Use try/catch...

This will allow your code to continue processing and simply log the errors rather than throwing an exception.

try{
// your code here....
}catch(err){
     System.log("Error: "+err);
}

[hchchchc]

hi burke,

just tried - 3 minutes ago - works perfekt !!

thanks, chris