topic Re: Create a VM using StoragePlacementSpec in vSphere SDK for Perl Discussions

Create a VM using StoragePlacementSpec

nuriel77 — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:28:51 GMT

Hello,

I cannot use the apps/vm/vmcreate.pl when using StoragePod (SDRS).

I understood one might need to use StorageDrsPodSelectionSpec and the like?

Would it be possible to request a working example of a script creating a VM onto a StoragePod?

Or otherwise a link, as I did not find any example besides a CloneVM one.

Thanks in advance,

Nuriel Shem-Tov

Re: Create a VM using StoragePlacementSpec

lamw — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:06:55 GMT

To provision VMs whether creating a new or cloning from an existing onto a Datastore Cluster, you will need to leverage a different vSphere API than the CreateVM_Task() or CloneVM_Task() methods. You can take a look at this article which goes into details on what you would need to provision VMs on Datastore Clusters http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2012/03/vm-provisioning-on-datastore-clusters.html and that should provide you with what you need to create your provisioning script.

Re: Create a VM using StoragePlacementSpec

nuriel77 — Tue, 15 May 2012 09:32:29 GMT

Thank you for your reply and information.

It took me some trial and error and I finally managed to create a VM onto a datastore cluster

One of the errors I encountered was due to me providing the wrong parameters. Ther reason I am mentioning this is because the "wrong call" has disconnected vCenter completely, something I did not expect could happen.

The parameter which I entered which was wrong was the "vmfolder", somehow it defaulted to the word "Datacenters"...

Output:

Creating imp-test onto sdrs_cluster1

Error creating VM 'imp-test':
SOAP request error - possibly a protocol issue: Status read failed: Connection reset by peer at /usr/share/perl5/Net/HTTP/Methods.pm line 269.

After which vCenter has become not accessible anymore (my vSphere client seemed to loose connection as well).
I could not connect for about 5 minutes, but then vCenter seemed to become accessible again.
I also did not encounter any interesting entries in the log.

I am glad this is working and I can now start using it in production.
However, I am unsettled about the declaration:
NOTE: This data object type and all of its methods are experimental and subject to change in future releases.
Hope for the best
Thanks again,
Nuriel Shem-Tov

Re: Create a VM using StoragePlacementSpec

Warenn — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 14:16:35 GMT

Hi,

I m facing the same issue and I keep on getting the same error : 'A general system error occured: optional value not set'. When I put a datastore, everything(vm.congifSpec) but it seems that for a cluster of datastore you need different parameters could you please tell me which ones ?

An example of your working code would also be greatly appretiated.

Thanks in advance