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pyVmomi is the Python SDK for the VMware vSphere API that allows you to manage ESX, ESXi, and vCenter.

pyVmomi is the Python SDK for the VMware vSphere API that allows you to manage ESX, ESXi, and vCenter.

https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi

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Pyvmomi Deploy OVF template gets 'Host did not have any virtual network defined' Error

When I'm trying to use the deploy_ovf sample (pyvmomi) in order to deploy OVF file, Im getting this error in the CreateImportSpecResult: error = 'Host did not have any virtual network defined'. This causes that the spec_params is None. When I…
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Getting supported EVC Modes from a ESXi host using python script and pyvmomi

I am connecting with vmware ESXi host using python scripts (pyvmomi). I need to extract supported EVC modes of a ESXi host present in the vCenter. This official vmware document state that from where I can get this information after logging into…
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Python: Is there a way to join threads while using semaphores

Background: I have an inventory application that scrapes data from our various IT resources (VMware, storage, backups, etc...) We have a vCenter that has over 2000 VMs registered to it. I have code to go in and pull details for each VM in its own…
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vim.LicenseManager in pyvmomi returns as an unsupported type?

I am trying to get all of the information on the licenses within a vSphere instance, and since I am already using pyvmomi for the vm information, I figured it'd be easiest to use it for the licenses as well, but now a it doesn't seem to work for…
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using atexit.register with a defined __exit__ function

I'm trying to figure out how to best close a connection when I'm done with a custom object, but I'm not to sure how using atexit.register() will work with a defined __exit__() function import atexit from pyVim.connect import Disconnect,…
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Ansible-Failed to import the required Python library (PyVmomi)

I still have this error when I execute ansible playbook using vmware_guest module "msg": "Failed to import the required Python library (PyVmomi) on vcenter's Python /usr/bin/python. Please read module documentation and install in the appropriate…
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Cannot turn on DRS on vSphere server with generated python code

This is the code generated by the code capture feature. from pyVmomi import vim spec = vim.cluster.ConfigSpecEx() spec.drsConfig = vim.cluster.DrsConfigInfo() spec.drsConfig.defaultVmBehavior = "fullyAutomated" spec.drsConfig.scaleDescendantsShares…
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Pyvmomi get CRUD operations for Portgroup

I want to write a script in Python & Django, where I will do CRUD operations for Port-group. I am working on VM Sphere / VM-Ware. But after searching a lot I got only a single repository for reference -…
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Define Pvlan ID to guest with Pyvmomi

i'm currently working on a project, to automate VM deployment, based on template. To proceed I'm using Ansible 2.10, and Pyvmomi 7.0.1. I'm facing an issue trying to define a Pvlan id (51), to my guest, here's my playbook : --- - hosts: localhost …
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Get VM tags using pyvmomi in vSphere 6.5

I am trying to filter VMs with a Python3 script by using pyvmomi. Environment: Versions: vSphere: 6.5 Python: 3.7.7 pyvmomi: 6.5 At this very moment this is the code I bet for: si = SmartConnectNoSSL( host=config['host'], …
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Check if a PyVmomi object is of a certain class in python

I am trying to figure out how to check if an object is of a specific class, it works just fine for classes like "str", "int" etc but not for custom classes from modules. Here is what I have tried. In [36]: type(cluster) …
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How to get data deduplication and data compression status for vSAN cluster using pyVmomi?

I want to fetch data deduplication and data compression status of vSAN cluster for running precheck disk format version upgrade.
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python list all vm with ip on vsphere

I'm trying to get the vm name and ip from my vsphere server, currently I have only the name of the vm. How to get the ip? #! /usr/bin/env python from pyVim.connect import SmartConnect, SmartConnectNoSSL, Disconnect from pyVmomi import vim import…
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Execute python script with parameter

I try to use python for get VM name on VMware (vSphere) when I execute this python script: https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi-community-samples/blob/master/samples/get_vm_names.py I have this message : python3 test2.py --host ip_of_vmware usage:…
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pyvmomi to retrieve custom attribute "owner" for all VMs

I'm trying (and failing) to figure out how to use pyvmomi to retrieve a custom attribute named "owner" for all VMs in a vCenter. I use code like this to retrieve VM name, power state, and uuid: summary = vm.summary print(summary.config.name, " ",…
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