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Get vCenter identity sources using APIs

Humphry — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 11:43:51 GMT

Hello!

I'd like to know if there is a way of retrieving the identity sources using rest api or vsphere webservices api or PowerCli or whatever I can automate.

I have 3 identity sources in a vCenter and I thought I could retrieve them using the rest api with the following method: https://developer.vmware.com/apis/vsphere-automation/v7.0U3/vcenter/api/vcenter/identity/providers/get/
but I only get an emtpy array.

Is there any way to retrieve the identity sources of a vCenter?

Thanks!

get DRS rule conflicts in cluster using web services api

Humphry — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 13:30:33 GMT

Hi, I'm trying to find a way to retrieve the DRS rules that have conflicts using the web services api.

I've been able to get the DRS rules config in the ClusterComputeResource->configuration->rule:

rule = (vim.cluster.RuleInfo) [ (vim.cluster.AntiAffinityRuleSpec) { dynamicType = <unset>, dynamicProperty = (vmodl.DynamicProperty) [], key = 4, status = <unset>, enabled = true, name = 'AFLSDKH', mandatory = <unset>, userCreated = true, inCompliance = <unset>, ruleUuid = '5224c444-3cd1-084b-54d5-2576b510d49a', vm = (vim.VirtualMachine) [ 'vim.VirtualMachine:vm-1040', 'vim.VirtualMachine:vm-1044' ] }, (vim.cluster.AffinityRuleSpec) { dynamicType = <unset>, dynamicProperty = (vmodl.DynamicProperty) [], key = 5, status = <unset>, enabled = false, name = 'asdfasg', mandatory = <unset>, userCreated = true, inCompliance = <unset>, ruleUuid = '523fee15-9eaf-0a51-3276-82046d4caaf0', vm = (vim.VirtualMachine) [ 'vim.VirtualMachine:vm-1044', 'vim.VirtualMachine:vm-1040' ] } ]

But I cannot find anywhere the info about the conflicts of each rule and the vms in conflict.

Does anybody know how to retrieve this info?

Thanks in advance.

cannot create vcenter in vcloud usage meter 3.6 api

Humphry — Tue, 29 Jun 2021 12:57:20 GMT

Hi, I'm trying to create a vcenter in Usage Manager 3.6.

curl -v -k -X POST -H x-usagemeter-authorization:<token> https://<host>:8443/um/api/vcServer -d '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><vcServer><hostname>hostnamexxx</hostname><port>443</port><username>user@vsphere.local</username><password>xxxxxxxx</password><monitor>true</monitor><sso>1</sso></vcServer>'

But I always get an error 404. It seems that POST /api/vcServer is not the correct path, but it's the one indicated in api reference. I'm able to get and delete the vcenters, so I know that authorization token and API URL are correct. I'm only having problems with the create method.

Does anyone know how could I create an vcenter un Usage Meter 3.6 using the api?

Re: get tasks using Rest API

Humphry — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 11:57:12 GMT

Hi!!! Any ideas?

get tasks using Rest API

Humphry — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 15:33:41 GMT

Hi, I have a problem listing the tasks using the Rest API (http://vmware.github.io/vsphere-automation-sdk-rest/6.7.1/operations/com/vmware/cis/tasks.list-operation.html). I want to retrieve the list of tasks for a specific user, so I make the following request:

GET /rest/cis/tasks?filter_spec.users.1=myuser

But I get the following error:

At least one of the parameters 'services' or 'tasks' must not be empty in the filter specification.

But I don't know what value to set in the filter_spec.services.1 parameter. What should I set in the services parameter? Can anyone write an example, please.

Thanks in advance.

Re: vCenter API description about instance for virtual disk performance counter "totalReadLatency"

Humphry — Tue, 25 Oct 2016 17:04:24 GMT

Hi mahe90, I have the same problem. Did you find any solution??

Re: how to find out the latest hardware version available for a VM

Humphry — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 08:41:53 GMT

Thank you, guys for your answers!!!! QueryConfigOptionDescriptor method works perfectly.

how to find out the latest hardware version available for a VM

Humphry — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:40:54 GMT

Hi, I'm having an issue upgrading the hardware version of virtual machines.

my $vm = Vim::find_entity_view (view_type => 'VirtualMachine', filter => {'name' => $vm_name});

$vm->UpgradeVM();

Invoking the method UpgradeVM I sometimes get an error saying: Virtual machine compatibility is already up-to-date

I can get the current hardware version checking $vm->config->version, but I don't know if it is the latest available hardware version or not. How can I find out which is the latest hardware version available for a virtual machine before upgrading it?

Thanks in advance.

Re: manage pending customization

Humphry — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 09:57:45 GMT

Thanks AngelaS. I supposed that it wasn't possible to change the guest customization before it completes, but I wasn't sure.

Our case is as follows:

A client applies for a new virtual server

We have a group of preinstalled virtual machines that only needs the final configuration of the guest OS. So we take one of those preinstalled machines and customize it with the client preferred configuration.

After this, we do a lot of external actions (not related with vsphere). If one of these actions fails, the process ends up with an error status and the virtual machine is not eventually assigned to that client, so it can be selected for another client.

If another client applies for a new virtual machine and the previous virtual machine is selected, an error arises saying that the virtual machine has a customizatin pending. So, as it's not possible to remove the pending customization, this virtual machine has to be removed, and a new virtual machine has to be selected to be assigned to that client.

manage pending customization

Humphry — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 09:06:33 GMT

Hi, I'd like to know wether it's possible to remove a pending customization or modify it. Is it mandatory to start the virtual machine and wait until the customization applies or is it possible to modify it before appliying it? Is there any way to remove it when the customization is still pending?

Thanks in advance.

Re: problem with snapshots and thin provisioning

Humphry — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:42:15 GMT

Thanks AngelaS, it solved the problem!!!!

problem with snapshots and thin provisioning

Humphry — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:12:37 GMT

Hi, I'm having some problems creating templates from virtual machines with snapshots. Virtual machines use thin provisioning, but when I take a snapshot the virtual disk is marked as thick (it seems to be a known bug ), although it actually uses thin provisioning. So, when I clone the virtual machine and mark it as template, this new template is configured as thick provisioning.

I've not been able to force the new template to be created as thin provisioning via the Perl SDK. Does anyone know how could I force the template to use thin provisioning??

Thanks in advance.

Re: trigger alarm when VMWare Tools installed??

Humphry — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 06:26:44 GMT

Thanks, lamw. I supposed that, but I wanted to be sure.

trigger alarm when VMWare Tools installed??

Humphry — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:11:23 GMT

Hi friends,

I'd like to set up an alarm to be fired when the client installs the VMWare Tools. Is it possible to do it? I haven't seen any event defined to do this.

Thanks in advance.

triggering actions on events

Humphry — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:25:35 GMT

Hi, I'm trying to find a way to trigger actions (executing scripts, writting data in a database, etc.) when certain events occurs (like starting up a VM, shutting it down, creating a snapshot, etc.).

Do you know if it's possible to do this??? If so, how could I do it??? I'm reading the documentation and I'm not sure wether I can do it.

Thanks.

Re: issue retrieving data types

Humphry — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:05:36 GMT

thanks njain, it works great!!

issue retrieving data types

Humphry — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:27:36 GMT

Hi, I have a problem trying to retrive the data type of an object. I use the VMUtils::find_device method to get the cdrom especification.Then I need to obtain the backing data type (VirtualCdromRemoteAtapiBackingInfo or VirtualCdromIsoBackingInfo) but I don't know how to retrieve this info from $cdrom_spec->backing.

The value of $cdrom_spec is:

$VAR1 = bless( {
 'deviceChange' => [
                     bless( {
                              'operation' => bless( {
                                                      'val' => 'remove'
                                                    }, 'VirtualDeviceConfigSpecOperation' ),
                              'device' => bless( {
                                                   'connectable' => bless( {
                                                                             'allowGuestControl' => 0,
                                                                             'connected' => 0,
                                                                             'startConnected' => 1
                                                                           }, 'VirtualDeviceConnectInfo' ),
                                                   'backing' => bless( {
                                                                         'fileName' => ''
                                                                       }, 'VirtualCdromIsoBackingInfo' ),
                                                   'unitNumber' => 0,
                                                   'controllerKey' => 200,
                                                   'key' => 3000
                                                 }, 'VirtualCdrom' )
                            }, 'VirtualDeviceConfigSpec' )
                   ]
}, 'VirtualMachineConfigSpec' );

Does anybody know how could I retrieve the backing data type.

questions about statistics intervals

Humphry — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:11:23 GMT

Hi, I have two questions about network statistics:

1.- The PerfSampleInfo contains the timestamp when the statistic is collected and the interval. But the interval is from the timestamp or until the timestamp??? For example, I have the following PerfSampleInfo:

bless( {
    'timestamp' => '2009-03-16T13:15:00Z',
    'interval' => '300'
}, 'PerfSampleInfo' ),

This means that the statistics interval is (2009-03-16T13:10:00Z - 2009-03-16T13:15:00Z )or (2009-03-16T13:15:00Z - 2009-03-16T13:20:00Z) ?????

2.- Is there any way to obtain the exact KBs transmitted in a interval??? Because, I'm currently getting the average and I multiply it for the interval. For example, in the previous interval I get an average of 50KB. So I multiply the 50KB by the 300 seconds interval and get 15000KB of data transmitted in that interval. But this is not the exact value because the transmitted value is an interger value (not float), so the result is just an approach. Is it posible to obtain the exact total value of data transmitted in a interval???

Thanks in advance.

Re: issue expanding virtual disk

Humphry — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 08:40:07 GMT

I'm using VMware ESX Server 3i, 3.5.0.

Nevertheless, can I expand the disk in any other way??? Maybe, using ReconfigVm??

Re: issue expanding virtual disk

Humphry — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 08:05:56 GMT

Hi, lamw. The problem is that the function Vim::get_service_content() doesn't return a virtualDiskManager, as you can see in my previous message. I'm getting all the managers except the virtualDiskManager. So, do you know what is the problem retrieving the virtualDiskManager?? Do you know any other way to retrieve it??