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Re: how do I programtically create a guest vm

navadavuluri — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:50:01 GMT

http://communities.vmware.com/thread/219943

Doesn't seem like VIX is for creating VMs

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navadavuluri — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:26:20 GMT

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navadavuluri — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:25:24 GMT

Re: Getting Started with the vSphere SDK for Perl

navadavuluri — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:28:53 GMT

Great article, seems like the perfect path for mastering the SDK for Perl

VMware vCloud API

navadavuluri — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:20:38 GMT

Re: Help Virtual Center + C# begginer

navadavuluri — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:40:41 GMT

Hello,

Please take a look at these C# samples: http://communities.vmware.com/community/developer/codecentral/vsphere_ws_c

I would advise downloading the Webservices SDK

Here is the documentation to the SDK: http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vc-sdk/

Developer's setup guide will guide you through setting up the environmental variables, etc.

Programming Guide will guide you through the concepts of programming on vSphere Data models, etc

The Webservices SDK could be used from Client (where your Visual Studio is).

Please let us know if there is further questions.

Thanks You,

Nava Davuluri

http://communities.vmware.com/community/developer/codecentral

Re: How to use SDK API to assign static IP address to VM

navadavuluri — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:38:50 GMT

Hello Jeff,

Please find the attached sample code that our dev team cooked up.

Note:

In this class, look for “deployVMFromTemplate” method. That

method contains “CustomizationIPSettings” object, and we are setting the IP of

that object to DHCP IP. To make it static instead of setting its IP to

“CustomizationDhcpIpGenerator”, the user needs to set it to

“CustomizationFixedIp” which has “ipAddress” as its property.

Thank you,

Nava

Re: Noob... haha. Need help understanding...

navadavuluri — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:49:56 GMT

Hello swerly01,

vMA comes with SDK for Perl, vCLI and WebServices.

Once you are done adding your target servers using using vifp() you can get started with playing with scripts on your environment.

Above document of vMA covers all of this information.

For getting started, I would recommend playing with vCLI which are one-liner commands.

VMware Documenatation for vCLI: & A great external reference to getting started:

You may also start playing with a lot of scripts that are in our sample code repository: http://communities.vmware.com/community/developer/codecentral

I would also recommend looking into the SDK for Perl if you have familiarity with Perl, its a flexible tool.

Thanks Much,

Nava

Re: Problem with vdiskcreate.pl

navadavuluri — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:36:16 GMT

See if this post helps: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/213276

The answer of this post seems to have worked.

Thanks,

Nava

Re: vMA4 vima-update error

navadavuluri — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:52:21 GMT

I second William, this is what I get when I hit

--vi-admin@nava ~--$ sudo vima-update scan
Password:
vmw-VIMA-4.0.0-metadata.zip                                    ####################################################################################### [100%]

Applicable bulletins with updates are listed.
---Bulletin ID--- ---Date--- ------------Summary-------------
VIMA400-200906001 2009-07-13 Security Patch for Red Hat RPMs.
--vi-admin@nava ~--$

Thanks,

Nava

To mount LVM Volumes

navadavuluri — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:14:05 GMT

VMware Contributed Sample Code Disclaimer

Below are the attached two simple scripts to show how you can use vmware-mount on Linux to open LVM volumes.

lvmMount.sh is a barebones script to mount lvm disks. Basic idea is

simple, vmware-mount on Linux allows you to mount a VMDK in flat mode.

Using this, we mount all the disks in an LVM physical group in flat

mode. We can then use LVM to scan for volume groups, activate the

volume group of interest and mount the volume.

lvmCreate.sh is another barebones script to test the lvmMount.sh. It

creates 2 disks, makes a group out of these, creates a volume, mounts

it and copies a test file into the volume.

I have hardcoded many parameters and removed any error checking to show

the sequence of commands. I don't claim to be a Linux/Scripting expert,

please feel free to comment.

Sample Code:

http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/sudarsan/2009/02/05/sample-script-to-mount-lvm-volumes

How to quarantine a VM using VIX and VDDK?

navadavuluri — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:12:26 GMT

VMware Contributed Sample Code Disclaimer

The attached sample code shows off the integration between VIX and
VDDK (VixDiskLib and vmware-mount). The sample is fairly complex,
showing the usecase of quantining a workstation VM.

Here is what this sample does:

Read and analyze the MBR of the primary disk
Read boot.ini from the active partition - deterime and mount the boot volume
Copy the system hive and determine the mounted drives
'Scan' the drives to 'find' an infected file
Quarentine the VM by removing the network device from VMX
Power On the VM and Delete the files using VIX api
Power off the VM and restore back the original configuration

Sample Code: http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/sudarsan/2009/01/21/sample-code-showing-how-to-quarantine-a-vm-using-vix-and-vddk

Extracting and modifying Disk Signature

navadavuluri — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:07:33 GMT

VMware Contributed Sample Code Disclaimer

The attahced sample code shows how to use VDDK to extract disk signature and possibly modify it - both in managed and hosted scenarios.

Hopefully, you will find them useful. Note that this is sample code to show how to work with VDDK and not meant for direct use in your production code.

Sample Code: http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/sudarsan/2009/01/21/new-sample-code-for-vddk

Using vmware-mount to mount disks on ESX / VC

navadavuluri — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:34:49 GMT

VMware Contributed Sample Code Disclaimer

How to use vmware-mount to mount disks on esx / vc seems to be a
frequent question. I attached 2 pictures here to show the usage.
Hopefully, these help.

A couple of points to note:

ha-datacenter is the data center name for any ESX. You can see this also in the Managed Object Viewer. ([/]<esx address>/mob/?moid=ha-datacenter)
The inventory path can just be read off the VC client display (set
the display mode to Virtual Machines & Templates) - insert "/vm"
just after the datacenter name.

Sample Code: http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/sudarsan/2009/01/14/using-vmwaremount-to-mount-disks-on-esx-vc

Manage Disk Load Hive

navadavuluri — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:19:44 GMT

VMware Contributed Sample Code Disclaimer

The attached sample code shows how to work with VDDK and VIM apis together.

It uses C# to call the VI methods to get disk details, mount the system volume and load a registry hive.

Note that the sample only handles basic disk - also it is meant to show the VDDK api's working with VI api's, not meant for use in production code.

Sample Code: http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/sudarsan/2009/01/21/more-sample-code

Re: Technology Exchange Developer Day - VIX API Applications and Scripts for Managing Guest Environments

navadavuluri — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:52:24 GMT

Demos are not on schedule builder, they are on first come first serve basis.

-Nava

Technology Exchange Developer Day - Learn about vMA as a platform for deploying scripts and agents

navadavuluri — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:08:38 GMT

Hello,

We are happy to announce about our demo at Technology Exchange Developer Day 2009, Learn about vMA as a platform for deploying scripts and agents

Presenter: Ashwath Seshadri

Demo ID: DS-23

Time: 5:45 - 6:45 PM

Abstract:

VMware vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) is a prepackaged Linux virtual machine in which

administrators can deploy scripts and select third-party agents to manage ESX and ESXi systems.

Software included in vMA includes vSphere CLI, an authentication component that supports

non-interactive login, and a log collection component. Learn about the features provided vCLI and vMA and how you can integrate with your vSphere environment.

Technology Exchange Developer Day - Vprobes -Observing the software stack from top to bottom

navadavuluri — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:03:19 GMT

Hello,

We are happy to announce about our demo at Technology Exchange Developer Day 2009, Vprobes -Observing the software stack from top to bottom

Presenter: Rob Benson

Demo ID: DS-21

Time: 10:45 - 11:45 AM

Abstract:

VProbes is an instrumentation framework that enables users to observe VMware and guest software during runtime.

We will also provide a brief overview of the current technology and what the future may hold.

Technology Exchange Developer Day - Demo on VDDK, a part of vStorage APIs

navadavuluri — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:58:03 GMT

Hello,

We are happy to announce about our hands-on demo at Technology Exchange Developer Day 2009, Demo on VDDK(Virtual Disk Development Kit), a part of vStorage APIs

Presenter: Sudarsan Piduri

Demo ID: DS-07

Time: 5:45 - 6:45 PM

Abstract:

VixDiskLib and VixMntapi libraries can be used to manipulate virtual disks in both hosted and virtual infrastructure environments.

These libraries can be used to enable on-line backups of running VMs from outside the VM. This demo will illustrate some

additional use cases, like the use of these libraries to perform disk and file level tasks such as checking for presence of a file

on a powered off vm. The demo is implemented using standard C.

Technology Exchange Developer Day - Chargeback Demo

navadavuluri — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:53:56 GMT

Hello,

We are happy to announce about our demo at Technology Exchange Developer Day 2009, Chargeback Demo

Presenter: Jagannath Raghu

Demo ID: DS-15

Time: 3:45 - 4:45 PM

Abstract:

The Charge Back API team would like to take this opportunity to answer your questions, solicit feedback and engage in further discussions.