Hi,
i'm trying to build an inventory list like the VI Client does. I thought retrieving the childEntities from the rootFolder and then recursively retrieving the properties of the ManagedEntities based on their type would work, but i have a problem.
Here is what i have:
I'm running the command: tvInventory.Nodes.Add(GetInventory(VMware.SERVICE_CONTENT.rootFolder))
Private Function GetInventory(ByVal root As ManagedObjectReference) As TreeNode
Dim tNode As New TreeNode
Dim oContent() As ObjectContent
If root.type = "Folder" Then
Dim pSpec As New PropertySpec
Dim subNode As TreeNode
'Get ManagedEntitties from the folder
pSpec.type = "ManagedEntity"
'Get the property "name"
pSpec.pathSet = New String() {"name"}
'Retrive the properties
oContent = VMware.GetFromInventory(New PropertySpec() , root, "childEntity")
'Loop through all found items
For i As Integer = 0 To oContent.Count - 1
'Create a new node
subNode = tNode.Nodes.Add(oContent(i).obj.type & ": " & oContent(i).propSet(0).val)
'Recursively get other properties depending on their type
subNode.Nodes.Add(GetInventory(oContent(i).obj))
Next
ElseIf root.type = "Datacenter"
'Handle other types
End If
Return tNode
End Function
Public Function GetProperties(ByVal SearchObject() As PropertySpec, ByVal rootObject As ManagedObjectReference, ByVal rootObjectProperty As String) As ObjectContent()
Dim propFilterSpec As New PropertyFilterSpec
Dim tSpec As New TraversalSpec
tSpec.type = rootObject.type
tSpec.path = rootObjectProperty
tSpec.name = rootObject.type & ":" & rootObjectProperty
Dim objSpec As New ObjectSpec
objSpec.obj = rootObject
objSpec.skip = True
objSpec.selectSet = New SelectionSpec()
propFilterSpec.propSet = SearchObject
propFilterSpec.objectSet = New ObjectSpec()
Return VIM_SERVICE.RetrieveProperties(SERVICE_CONTENT.propertyCollector, New PropertyFilterSpec() )
End Function
The problem is: If I retrieve the childEntities of a Folder, the folder itself is also being retrieved, which causes my app to infinitely loop. If i delete the GetInventory recursion the output is like this:
Datacenter:
Is this intended? Did i make a mistake? What is the best way to get an inventory list, like the VI Client?
Thanks in advance
