vCloud plugin 5.1 manage snapshots

[bdamian]

Hi,

Is there any way to manage snapshots using vCloud plugin 5.1? It seams to be missing.

If not, can we make a direct call to the vCloud Director API using the plugin? I can make a snapshot using REST api, but I need to do it from an Orchestrator workflow.

Thanks a lot.

Damian

[cdecanini_]

Copying / Pasting internal thread. Credits go to Ivaylo Fizief.

The snapshot API is not exposed completely.

You can list all VM / vApp snapshots by using this code:

var snapshotSections = vm.section.find(new VclSnapshotSection());
System.log(snapshotSections.length + " snapshots found") ;
for each (var snapshotSection in snapshotSections) {
 var snapshot = snapshotSection.snapshot;
 if (snapshot != null) {
   System.log(snapshot.size);
 }
}
//To create a snapshot you can use this work around:
var params = new VclCreateSnapshotParams();
params.name = "name";
params.description = "description";
// ...
var taskXml = vm.getHost().post(vm.href + "/action/createSnapshot",
 params.toXml(),
 "application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.createSnapshotParams+xml",
 null);
var taskId = // parse the task XML and extract the task id
var task = vm.getHost().getEntityById(VclFinderType.TASK, taskId);
// wait for the task

You can use the same work around with other snapshot APIs (http://tpub-review.eng.vmware....)

Christophe.

[bdamian]

Hi Christophe,

Thanks a lot for your answer. Is exactly what I was looking for. I will try it.

By the way, I found a little trick to know if a VM has a snapshot. Even when the method is not exposed by the plugin, is still present in the XML. So, if you have a VM in a workflow, you can get the xml with .toXml() and check for the XML Element.

Regards,

Damián.

[cdecanini_]

Glad you like the toXml() functionality. This was one of my feature requests to engineering

[bdamian]

Yes, in fact, I use it to copy some Elements and create my own XML. Unfortunately, the XML plugin doesn't support the .importNode method .

By the way, I found some bugs (as you already know) and some errors in "built-in" workflows. I don't know how to report this things. For example: the Create Vdc workflow use "amount of cpu" as CpuSpeed.

I don't want to create a "case" because I don't really need assistance.

Is there any "contact form" or something to report this things?

Damián.

[cdecanini_]

The only way for you to report a bug and having it tracked is by creating a case.

Customer cases are handled in priority and there is a full team of people managing the case until there is a resolution. They will also identify if this is a known issue and provide information about it, possible work arounds, until resolution.

Engineering resources working on a product are also determined by the necessity to handle such cases.

Christophe.