Can anyone see why the following code gives me the error "Invalid configuration for device '1'"? I found sample JAVA code that did this almost exactly. The code I found had a "Copyright VMWare" in it. I have not successfully created a VM with disks in C# yet. Thanks!
- David Wright
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int diskCtrlKey = 1;
int busNumber = 0;
// disk controller
VirtualDeviceConfigSpec vdcSpec = GetDiskControllerSpec(diskCtrlKey, busNumber);
// first (and only) disk
String storageName = (String)clientInfo.SvcUtil.GetDynamicProperty(dataStoreMOR, "info.name");
string backingFilePath = String.Format("[]/CDrive.vmdk", storageName, vmName);
VirtualDeviceConfigSpec vdisk1Spec = GetDiskConfigSpec(diskCtrlKey, dataStoreMOR, backingFilePath, true);
// add disk controller and disk
configSpec.deviceChange = new VirtualDeviceConfigSpec[] { vdcSpec, vdisk1Spec };
ManagedObjectReference vmCreateTaskRef;
try
{
vmCreateTaskRef = clientInfo.Connection.Service.CreateVM_Task(parentFolderMOR, configSpec, poolRef, null);
log.LogLine(String.Format("Create VM Task = ''", vmCreateTaskRef.type, vmCreateTaskRef.Value));
}
catch (Exception excep)
{
log.LogLine(String.Format("Exception creating VM: {0}: stack=", excep.Message, excep.StackTrace));
throw;
}
// wait for task to complete
String res = WaitForTask(vmCreateTaskRef);
if(String.Compare(res, "success", true) == 0)
log.LogLine("VM Created successfully");
else
log.LogLine(String.Format("VM creation failed: " + res));
...
/// <summary>
/// Get a SCSI controller spec to add
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
private VirtualDeviceConfigSpec GetDiskControllerSpec(int key, int busNumber)
{
VirtualBusLogicController scsiCtrl = new VirtualBusLogicController();
scsiCtrl.busNumber = busNumber;
scsiCtrl.key = key;
scsiCtrl.sharedBus = VirtualSCSISharing.noSharing;
VirtualDeviceConfigSpec scsiCtrlSpec = new VirtualDeviceConfigSpec();
scsiCtrlSpec.operation = VirtualDeviceConfigSpecOperation.add;
scsiCtrlSpec.operationSpecified = true;
scsiCtrlSpec.device = scsiCtrl;
return scsiCtrlSpec;
}
/// <summary>
/// Get a disk drive specification to add
/// </summary>
/// <param name="ctrlKey">Controller's key</param>
/// <param name="dataStoreMOR">Reference to the data store</param>
/// <param name="backingFilePath">Backing filename</param>
/// <param name="mustCreateBackingFile">true if the backing file must be created now</param>
/// <returns>The VirtualDeviceConfigSpec for the new disk</returns>
private VirtualDeviceConfigSpec GetDiskConfigSpec(int ctrlKey, ManagedObjectReference dataStoreMOR, string backingFilePath, bool mustCreateBackingFile)
{
VirtualDiskFlatVer2BackingInfo diskfileBacking1 = new VirtualDiskFlatVer2BackingInfo();
diskfileBacking1.fileName = backingFilePath;
diskfileBacking1.diskMode = "persistent";
diskfileBacking1.thinProvisioned = true;
diskfileBacking1.thinProvisionedSpecified = true;
// The following statement is not done by VMWare's JAVA example, so I guess it is not needed
// the backing filename is of form pathfile anyway
//
//diskfileBacking1.datastore = dataStoreMOR;
VirtualDisk disk1 = new VirtualDisk();
disk1.key = 0;
disk1.controllerKey = ctrlKey;
disk1.controllerKeySpecified = true;
disk1.unitNumber = 0; // next disk will be 1, etc.
disk1.unitNumberSpecified = true;
disk1.backing = diskfileBacking1;
VirtualDeviceConfigSpec diskSpec1 = new VirtualDeviceConfigSpec();
diskSpec1.operation = VirtualDeviceConfigSpecOperation.add;
diskSpec1.operationSpecified = true;
// If caller wants the backing file to be created by this operation, specify the fileOperation
if (mustCreateBackingFile)
{
diskSpec1.fileOperation = VirtualDeviceConfigSpecFileOperation.create;
diskSpec1.fileOperationSpecified = true;
}
diskSpec1.device = disk1;
return diskSpec1;
}
