exclude vm's

[Robert_BE]

i have schedule workflow for reset all vm's one time in week,

i take all vms from "vm folder" but i want to exclude vms from list of "array of virtualMachine".

is it possible?

[admin]

Hi Robert_BE,

both are arrays, so you have to compare them and if the names are not eqal you can push them in a new array as base for your reset. Here is how:

Comparing two arrays in Javascript - Stack Overflow

Best regards

Christian

[Robert_BE]

Cristian tank you for your response,

i dont compare between 2 arrays becuse i get all vm from folder and after i use "for each" command,

so i want to check if one VM belong to list of vms.

[vThinkBeyondVM]

You can create ArrayList containing "MOR" (Managed Object reference) of each VM. Take each MOR one by one out & if it is of the Vm that you want to exclude, just straightway skip any operation on that VM.

Let me know if you need any help.

[Robert_BE]

Hi,

"VMS" is aray of all Virtual machine,

"exlude" is array of 3 vm's,

I mean something like this:

for each var vm in vms {

if (??? != ????) {

Task=system.getModule("com.vmware.library.vc.vm.power").resetVM(vm)

}

so what is the command instead (??? !=???)  for check if vm belog to "exclude" ?

[Kagome]

a really simple Solution would be:

https://www.vmware.com/support/orchestrator/doc/vco_vsphere55_api/html/VcVirtualMachine.html

i hope every VM in your environment has a unique name...

//we go through each VM
for(var i in VMS)
{
     //each new VM is per default not excluded
     var isExcluded = false;
     // check against exclude array
     for(var j in exclude)
     {
          if(VMS[i].name == exclude[j].name)
          {
               isExcluded = true;
          }
     }
     //check if VM is now excluded
     if(isExcluded)
     {
          System.debug(VMS[i].name +" is excluded from restart");
     }else
     {
          System.getModule("com.vmware.library.vc.vm.power").resetVM(VMS[i])
     }     
}

out of my brain .. not tested.