So I think the problem is the ComplexType object doesn't encode_utf8 like it does for SimpleTypes. It gets to the property with characters that should be encoded and doesn't.
You can sort of force it yourself. I have an example below using Rename_Task(). Should be the same issue in your CreateVM_Task() call. If you're using someone else's script, you'll probably have to wrap the potential french accent characters in encode_utf8. You could patch up VICommon.pm. If that's something you think you need to do, let me know. Should be able to just do it for the 'string-like' properties during serialization.
You will probably get a warning message from LWP about the content header length (I did). I'm guessing there's something in the HTTP header content-length calculation missing in the VICommon.pm as well.
$ perl test.pl --username=administrator --password=* --server=172.16.2.10 --oldvmname=test --newvmname=fenêtres
Content-Length header value was wrong, fixed at /Library/Perl/5.18/LWP/Protocol/http.pm line 190.
# VM was renamed to 'fenêtres' in the vSphere Client UI
#!/usr/bin/perl
# Created by Reuben Stump (http://www.virtuin.com)
use strict;
use warnings;
use VMware::VIRuntime;
use Encode qw(encode_utf8);
my %opts = (
oldvmname => {
type => "=s",
required => 1,
},
newvmname => {
type => "=s",
required => 1,
},
);
Opts::add_options(%opts);
Opts::parse();
Opts::validate();
Util::connect();
my ($old_name, $new_name, $vm);
$old_name = Opts::get_option('oldvmname');
$new_name = encode_utf8(Opts::get_option('newvmname'));
$vm = Vim::find_entity_view(
view_type => 'VirtualMachine',
properties => ['name'],
filter => { 'name' => $old_name }
);
die "Failed to find vm '$old_name'" unless $vm;
# Rename VM
$vm->Rename(newName => $new_name);
Reuben Stump | http://www.virtuin.com | @ReubenStump
