Okay, I've got it working. I'll post the code and then reveal the (stupid) secret:
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#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use warnings;
use FindBin;
use lib "$FindBin::Bin/../";
use VMware::VIRuntime;
use AppUtil::VMUtil;
$SIG=sub;
$Util::script_version = "1.0";
my %opts = (
);
Opts::add_options(%opts);
Opts::parse();
Opts::validate();
Util::connect();
my $m_o_vim_svc = Vim::get_vim_service();
my $m_o_vim_svc_content = Vim::get_service_content();
my $m_o_vdiskmgr = $m_o_vim_svc_content->virtualDiskManager;
my $m_o_view_vdiskmgr = Vim::get_view( mo_ref => $m_o_vdiskmgr, type => "VirtualDiskManager" );
print Dumper $m_o_view_vdiskmgr;
Util::disconnect();
---
This prints out:
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akutz@amends:general$ ./test.pl --server 192.168.0.40 --username root --password 'HAHA'
$VAR1 = bless( {
'mo_ref' => bless( {
'value' => 'ha-vdiskmanager',
'type' => 'VirtualDiskManager'
}, 'ManagedObjectReference' ),
'vim' => bless( {
'service_url' => 'https://192.168.0.40/sdk/webService',
'vim_service' => bless( {
'vim_soap' => bless( {
'user_agent' => bless( {
'max_redirect' => 7,
'protocols_forbidden' => undef,
'no_proxy' => [],
'protocols_allowed' => [
'http',
'https'
],
'use_eval' => 1,
'requests_redirectable' => [
'GET',
'HEAD'
],
'from' => undef,
'timeout' => 180,
'agent' => 'libwww-perl/5.805',
'cookie_jar' => bless( {
'ignore_discard' => 1,
'COOKIES' => {
'192.168.0.40' => {
'/' => {
'vmware_soap_session' => [
0,
'"523be872-8f56-f7ad-6c32-e750064fd1e0"',
undef,
1,
undef,
undef,
1
]
}
}
}
}, 'HTTP::Cookies' ),
'def_headers' => undef,
'parse_head' => 1,
'proxy' => {},
'max_size' => undef
}, 'LWP::UserAgent' ),
'url' => 'https://192.168.0.40/sdk/webService'
}, 'SoapClient' )
}, 'VimService' ),
'service_content' => bless( {
'accountManager' => bless( {
'value' => 'ha-localacctmgr',
'type' => 'HostLocalAccountManager'
}, 'ManagedObjectReference' ),
'fileManager' => bless( {
'value' => 'ha-nfc-file-manager',
'type' => 'FileManager'
}, 'ManagedObjectReference' ),
'eventManager' => bless( {
'value' => 'ha-eventmgr',
'type' => 'EventManager'
}, 'ManagedObjectReference' ),
'rootFolder' => bless( {
'value' => 'ha-folder-root',
'type' => 'Folder'
}, 'ManagedObjectReference' ),
'perfManager' => bless( {
'value' => 'ha-perfmgr',
'type' => 'PerformanceManager'
}, 'ManagedObjectReference' ),
'diagnosticManager' => bless( {
'value' => 'ha-diagnosticmgr',
'type' => 'DiagnosticManager'
}, 'ManagedObjectReference' ),
'setting' => bless( {
'value' => 'HostAgentSettings',
'type' => 'OptionManager'
}, 'ManagedObjectReference' ),
'searchIndex' => bless( {
'value' => 'ha-searchindex',
'type' => 'SearchIndex'
}, 'ManagedObjectReference' ),
'sessionManager' => bless( {
'value' => 'ha-sessionmgr',
'type' => 'SessionManager'
}, 'ManagedObjectReference' ),
'viewManager' => bless( {
'value' => 'ViewManager',
'type' => 'ViewManager'
}, 'ManagedObjectReference' ),
'licenseManager' => bless( {
'value' => 'ha-license-manager',
'type' => 'LicenseManager'
}, 'ManagedObjectReference' ),
'propertyCollector' => bless( {
'value' => 'ha-property-collector',
'type' => 'PropertyCollector'
}, 'ManagedObjectReference' ),
'authorizationManager' => bless( {
'value' => 'ha-authmgr',
'type' => 'AuthorizationManager'
}, 'ManagedObjectReference' ),
'taskManager' => bless( {
'value' => 'ha-taskmgr',
'type' => 'TaskManager'
}, 'ManagedObjectReference' ),
'about' => bless( {
'fullName' => 'VMware ESX Server 3.5.0 build-64607',
'version' => '3.5.0',
'apiVersion' => '2.5.0',
'name' => 'VMware ESX Server',
'localeBuild' => '000',
'build' => '64607',
'localeVersion' => 'INTL',
'apiType' => 'HostAgent',
'osType' => 'vmnix-x86',
'productLineId' => 'esx',
'vendor' => 'VMware, Inc.'
}, 'AboutInfo' ),
'virtualDiskManager' => $VAR1->{'mo_ref'},
'userDirectory' => bless( {
'value' => 'ha-user-directory',
'type' => 'UserDirectory'
}, 'ManagedObjectReference' )
}, 'ServiceContent' )
}, 'Vim' )
}, 'VirtualDiskManager' );
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The secret is ... wait for it ... you apparently cannot run this code against the VC server. It comes back with UNDEF when you try to get a reference to the virtual disk manager. However, it works fine directly against the ESX servers. I think we just found a bug! Or if not a bug, certainly a caveat that should be clearly documented in the SDK reference pages at VirtualDiskManager.
