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Managing VMware Infrastructure
using VMware APIs
VMworld Barcelona 2012
`whoami`
Basics
24h managing a VMware
Infrastructure Real use cases compiled in a day
`whoami`
Francois Loiseau VCP5
SysAdmin
R&D & Cloud
OVH Big VMware infrastructures
High automation level
VMware Users
Linux / Windows / Solaris / …
Web team
Dev team
Customers
Sysadmins
…
VMware Administrator Linux / Windows
VMware world
Storage: Storage Team
Network: Network Team
Security: Security Team (Quality)
VMware administrators to serve the company
VMware Infrastructures Self provisionned
Internal cloud
Customer provisonned vSphere As A Service
privateCloud hosting
VMware APIs vSphere
Perl / Java / powerCli
vCloud REST
Several ways to do it
VMware vSphere SDK for Perl Any platform
Download from: http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/sdk_pubs.html
Untar and copy: vmware-vsphere-cli-distrib/lib/VMware/share/VMware
To: /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.0/
Connexion sample #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use Data::Dumper; use VMware::VIRuntime; # Auth options Opts::set_option('server', ‘myvCenter'); Opts::set_option('username', ‘myUser'); Opts::set_option('password', ‘myPassw0rd!'); print "Connecting \n"; Util::connect(); print "Connected \n"; # # [ We’ll make actions there ] # Util::disconnect(); print "Disconnected \n";
9’ AM Network team alerts
Sep 20 08:59:44 sw1.corp : 2012 Sep 20 08:59:21 CEST: %FWM-6-MAC_MOVE_NOTIFICATION: Host 0050.5612.1234 in vlan 1111 is flapping between port Po30 and port Po31 Sep 20 08:59:44 sw1.corp : 2012 Sep 20 08:59:21 CEST: %FWM-6-MAC_MOVE_NOTIFICATION: Host 0050.5612.1234 in vlan 1111 is flapping between port Po30 and port Po31 Sep 20 08:59:44 sw1.corp : 2012 Sep 20 08:59:21 CEST: %FWM-6-MAC_MOVE_NOTIFICATION: Host 0050.5612.1234 in vlan 1111 is flapping between port Po31 and port Po30 Sep 20 08:59:44 sw2.corp : 2012 Sep 20 08:59:21 CEST: %FWM-6-MAC_MOVE_NOTIFICATION: Host 0050.5612.1234 in vlan 1111 is flapping between port Po31 and port Po30 Sep 20 08:59:44 sw2.corp : 2012 Sep 20 08:59:21 CEST: %FWM-6-MAC_MOVE_NOTIFICATION: Host 0050.5612.1234 in vlan 1111 is flapping between port Po30 and port Po31 Sep 20 08:59:44 sw1.corp : 2012 Sep 20 08:59:21 CEST: %FWM-6-MAC_MOVE_NOTIFICATION: Host 0050.5612.1234 in vlan 1111 is flapping between port Po31
Quick diagnosis
HA Failure VM powered on 2 hosts
Same mac set on both VMs ? Both VMs ?
Quick diagnosis
Vlan segmentation / CMDB vcenter201
Let us find it quickly my $mac = "00:50:56:12:12:34"; my $DatacenterView = Vim::find_entity_view( 'view_type' => 'Datacenter', 'filter' => { 'name' => 'myDatacenter', } ); my $VMViews = Vim::find_entity_views( 'view_type' => 'VirtualMachine', 'begin_entity' => $DatacenterView, ); foreach my $VMView (@$VMViews) { foreach my $Device (@{$VMView->config->hardware->device}) { if(exists $Device->{'macAddress'} and $Device->{'macAddress'} eq $mac) { print $VMView->summary->config->name . “\n”; } } }
Connecting Connected Getting Datacenter view Got Datacenter View Web001 Web123 Disconnected
Let us find it quickly
10’AM Storage maintenance planed
Storage team question : « May I shut this LUN tomorrow ?
I need to rack this SAN somewhere else. »
VM running on this Datastore solved
Next?
Iso from this datastore not used anymore?
Quick diagnosis Storage definition / CMDB
vcenter197
vcenter134
vcenter026
Let us find it quickly my $DatacenterView = Vim::find_entity_view( 'view_type' => 'Datacenter', 'filter' => { 'name' => 'myDatacenter', } ); my $VMViews = Vim::find_entity_views( 'view_type' => 'VirtualMachine', 'begin_entity' => $DatacenterView , 'properties' => [ 'config.hardware.device', 'summary.config.name', ] ); my $datastore = "templates"; foreach my $VMView (@{ $VMViews }) { foreach my $Device (@{$VMView->{'config.hardware.device'}}) { if (ref( $Device ) eq "VirtualCdrom") { if ($Device->deviceInfo->summary =~ /^ISO/ && $Device->deviceInfo->summary =~ $datastore) { print $VMView->{'summary.config.name'} . “ is using “ . $Device->deviceInfo->summary . “\n”;
} } } }
Let us find it quickly vCenter134 Connecting Connected Getting Datacenter view Got Datacenter View vpn-upgrade is using ISO [templates] iso/RIPLinux-11.3-non-X.iso share is using ISO [templates] iso/gparted-live-0.7.1-1.iso Oracle-11g-1b is using ISO [templates] iso/oracleLinux32.iso Disconnected
vCenter197 Connecting Connected Getting Datacenter view Got Datacenter View Disconnected
vCenter026 Connecting Connected Getting Datacenter view Got Datacenter View Disconnected
Win
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2’ PM
Security team email : « Dear administrators,
We are suspecting unauthorized access
to our infrastructures last 3 months.
Could you please send us
all authentifications / login on VMware
front based on this template:
Date ; User ; IP From.»
Database retention policy
Let us find it quickly
# Getting Event Manager my $EventManager = Vim::get_view('mo_ref' => Vim::get_service_content()->eventManager); my $EventFilterSpecByEntity = EventFilterSpecByEntity->new( 'entity' => Vim::get_service_content()->rootFolder(), 'recursion' => EventFilterSpecRecursionOption->new('all'), ); my $EventFilterSpec = EventFilterSpec->new( 'entity' => $EventFilterSpecByEntity, ); my $EventHistoryCollector = $EventManager->CreateCollectorForEvents('filter' => $EventFilterSpec);
Let us find it quickly
my $biggestEventChainId = 0 ; while(1) { my $EventHistoryCollectorView = Vim::get_view('mo_ref' => $EventHistoryCollector); my @latestPage = @{ $EventHistoryCollectorView->latestPage }; for (my $eventId = scalar @latestPage ; $eventId >= 0 ; $eventId--) { my $createdTime = exists ( $latestPage[$eventId]->{'createdTime'} ) ? getDate($latestPage[$eventId]->createdTime) : "X"; my $username = exists ( $latestPage[$eventId]->{'userName'}) ? $latestPage[$eventId]->userName : "X"; my $fullFormattedMsg = exists ( $latestPage[$eventId]->{'fullFormattedMessage'} ) ? encode('UTF8' ,$latestPage[$eventId]->fullFormattedMessage) : "X"; my $task = exists ( $latestPage[$eventId]->{'info'}->{'task'}->{'value'} ) ? $latestPage[$eventId]->info->task->value : "X"; my $status = exists ( $latestPage[$eventId]->{'info'}->{'state'}->{'val'}) ? $latestPage[$eventId]->info->state->val : "X"; my $eventChainId = exists ( $latestPage[$eventId]->{'chainId'} ) ? $latestPage[$eventId]->chainId : "X"; if ($eventChainId > $biggestEventChainId) { chomp($fullFormattedMsg); print $createdTime . "|" . $fullFormattedMsg . "|" . $task . "|" . $username . "|" . $status . "\n" ; $biggestEventChainId = $eventChainId; } } }
On Syslog
Fri Sep 12 11:22:42 2012|vcenter012|Fri Sep 12 11:22:42 2012|User John logged out|X|John|X Fri Sep 12 11:23:52 2012|vcenter012|Fri Sep 12 11:23:52 2012|User John@192.168.0.6 logged in|X|John|X Fri Sep 12 11:23:52 2012|vcenter012|Fri Sep 12 11:23:52 2012|User John logged out|X|John|X Fri Sep 12 11:25:33 2012|vcenter012|Fri Sep 12 11:25:33 2012|User Corp\vscope@172.16.2.2 logged in|X|vscope|X Fri Sep 12 11:25:59 2012|vcenter012|Fri Sep 12 11:25:59 2012|User Franck@46.105.137.3 logged in|X|Franck|X Fri Sep 12 11:26:02 2012|vcenter012|Fri Sep 12 11:26:02 2012|User John@172.16.2.2 logged in|X|John|X Fri Sep 12 11:26:02 2012|vcenter012|Fri Sep 12 11:26:02 2012|User John logged out|X|John|X
Let us find it quickly
# Getting Task Manager my $TaskManagerView = Vim::get_view('mo_ref' => Vim::get_service_content()->taskManager); my $TaskFilterSpecByEntity = TaskFilterSpecByEntity->new( 'entity' => Vim::get_service_content()->rootFolder(), 'recursion' => TaskFilterSpecRecursionOption->new('all'), ); my $TaskFilterSpec = TaskFilterSpec->new( 'entity' => $TaskFilterSpecByEntity, ); my $TaskHistoryCollector = $TaskManagerView->CreateCollectorForTasks( 'filter' => $TaskFilterSpec );
Let us find it quickly my $biggestTaskChainId = 0 ; while (1) { my $TaskHistoryCollectorView = Vim::get_view('mo_ref' => $TaskHistoryCollector); my @latestPage = @{ $TaskHistoryCollectorView->latestPage }; for (my $taskId = scalar @latestPage ; $taskId >= 0 ; $taskId--) { my $startTime = exists ( $latestPage[$taskId]->{'startTime'} ) ? getDate($latestPage[$taskId]->startTime) : "X"; my $completeTime = exists ( $latestPage[$taskId]->{'completeTime'} ) ? getDate($latestPage[$taskId]->completeTime) : "X"; my $entityName = exists ( $latestPage[$taskId]->{'entityName'} ) ? $latestPage[$taskId]->entityName : "X"; my $eventChainId = exists ( $latestPage[$taskId]->{'eventChainId'} ) ? $latestPage[$taskId]->eventChainId : "X"; my $task = exists ( $latestPage[$taskId]->{'task'}->{'value'} ) ? $latestPage[$taskId]->task->value : "X"; my $name = exists ( $latestPage[$taskId]->{'name'}) ? $latestPage[$taskId]->name : "X"; my $descriptionId = exists ( $latestPage[$taskId]->{'descriptionId'} ) ? $latestPage[$taskId]->descriptionId : "X"; my $username = exists ( $latestPage[$taskId]->{'reason'}->{'userName'}) ? $latestPage[$taskId]->reason->userName : "X"; my $status = exists ( $latestPage[$taskId]->{'state'}->{'val'}) ? $latestPage[$taskId]->state->val : "X"; if ($eventChainId > $biggestTaskChainId) { print $startTime . "|" . $completeTime . "|" . $task . "|" . $entityName . "|" . $name . "|" . $descriptionId . "|" . $username . "|" . $status . "\n" ; $biggestTaskChainId = $eventChainId; }
} }
On Syslog
Fri Sep 12 06:51:05 2012|vcenter012|Fri Sep 12 06:51:05 2012|Fri Sep 12 06:51:06 2012|task-13515|Centres de données|X|com.vmware.vcIntegrity.CheckNotificationTask|X|success Fri Sep 12 07:01:19 2012|vcenter012|Fri Sep 12 07:01:19 2012|Fri Sep 12 07:01:28 2012|task-13516|nas-001223|RefreshDatastoreStorageInfo|Datastore.refreshStorageInfo|Franck|success Fri Sep 12 07:10:55 2012|vcenter012|Fri Sep 12 07:10:55 2012|Fri Sep 12 07:10:57 2012|task-13517|nas-000268|RefreshDatastoreStorageInfo|Datastore.refreshStorageInfo|Franck|success Fri Sep 12 11:26:16 2012|vcenter012|Fri Sep 12 11:26:16 2012|Fri Sep 12 11:26:16 2012|task-13525|Datacenter-RBX|PowerOnMultiVM_Task|Datacenter.powerOnVm|John|success Fri Sep 12 11:26:24 2012|vcenter012|Fri Sep 12 11:26:24 2012|Task: Reconfigure virtual machine|task-13527|John|queued Fri Sep 12 11:26:24 2012|vcenter012|Fri Sep 12 11:26:24 2012|X|task-13527|NFS-99|ReconfigVM_Task|VirtualMachine.reconfigure|John|running Fri Sep 12 11:26:39 2012|vcenter012|Fri Sep 12 11:26:39 2012|X|task-13528|Oracle12-1b|PowerOffVM_Task|VirtualMachine.powerOff|John|running Fri Sep 12 11:26:59 2012|vcenter012|Fri Sep 12 11:26:59 2012|X|task-13529|Oracle12-1b|Destroy_Task|VirtualMachine.destroy|John|running
Win
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4’ PM
Web team post-production challenges All VMs with snapshots
Quick diagnosis Storage definitions / CMDB
vCenter definitions vcenter201
vcenter035
vcenter138
My tought Get on all web team Filers vmdk & date
List all VMs
find /directory-* |grep .vmdk|grep 0000 |nawk '{FS="\n" ; print $1}' |xargs -i ls -al {}
Let us find it quickly my $DatacenterView = Vim::find_entity_view( 'view_type' => 'Datacenter', 'filter' => { 'name' => 'myDatacenter', } ); my $VMViews = Vim::find_entity_views( 'view_type' => 'VirtualMachine', 'begin_entity' => $DatacenterView , ); my $listVm; my $snapshots; my $ret; foreach my $VMView (@$VMViews) { # Checking if VM got at least 1 snapshot if ($VMView->snapshot) { foreach my $snap (@{$VMView->snapshot->rootSnapshotList}) { $ret = _getAllSnapshots( 'snap' => $snap , 'snapshots' => $snapshots ); $listVm->{$VMView->name} = $ret; } } } print Dumper $listVm;
# Recursive Sub to list all snaps sub _getAllSnapshots { my %params = @_; my $snap = $params{'snap'}; my $snapshots = $params{'snapshots'}; my ($date1,$date2)= split /T/, $snap->createTime; my ($year,$mon,$day) = split /-/, $date1; my ($hrs,$min,$sec ) = split /:/, $date2; my $createdTime = timegm($sec, $min, $hrs, $day, $mon-1, $year-1900); # filling result my $snapHash = { 'name' => $snap->name , 'date' => $createdTime, 'desc' => $snap->description }; push @$snapshots , $snapHash; # and go on if ($snap->childSnapshotList) { foreach my $snapChild (@{$snap->childSnapshotList}) { my $ret = _getAllSnapshots('snap' => $snapChild , 'snapshots' => $snapshots);
} } return $snapshots; }
Let us find it quickly Connecting Connected Getting Datacenter view Got Datacenter View $VAR1 = { ‘Web142' => [ { 'desc' => ‘Before Uprgade', 'date' => 1317970514, 'name' => ‘snap1' }, ], ‘Web212' => [ { 'desc' => ‘Before Uprgade', 'date' => 1317970632, 'name' => ‘snap1' }, ], ‘Web123' => [ { 'desc' => ‘Before Uprgade', 'date' => 1317970312, 'name' => ‘snap1' }, ], }; Disconnected
Win
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5’ PM Customer request
« Notify me on what’s going on my infrastructure »
Solutions
Send email ?
Syslog ?
…
Let do this
my $msg = ‘User John created on this vCenter. Access has been granted to this Datacenter. We are going to log everything’; my $EventManager = Vim::get_view( 'mo_ref' => Vim::get_service_content()->eventManager ); $EventManager->LogUserEvent( 'entity' => $DatacenterView, 'msg' => $msg );
Win
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11’ PM Host Failure
Host 192.168.2.51 pings Failed to ping HARDWARE DRS TRIGGERED Getting Host spare Adding VMKernel Adding Host to inventory Adding networks Adding filers Done
my $host = "192.168.2.51"; eval { my $ping = 1; while ($ping) { `/bin/ping -c 1 $host`; if ($? != 0) { $ping = 0; last; } sleep 1; print "Host $host pings\n"; } alarm(0); }; print "Failed to ping\n"; print "Getting Hosts spare \n ";
Detection
Howto ?
Adding IP to Host
Howto ?
my $vmkernelIp = "192.168.2.53"; my $vmkernelNetmask = "255.255.254.0"; my $vlanId = "1234"; my $HostSystemView = Vim::find_entity_view( 'view_type' => 'HostSystem' ); my $NetworkSystemView = Vim::get_view( 'mo_ref' => $HostSystemView->configManager->networkSystem ); my $HostPortGroupSpec = HostPortGroupSpec->new( 'name' => "VMKernel", 'vlanId' => $vlanId, 'vswitchName' => "vSwitch0", 'policy' => HostNetworkPolicy->new(), ); $NetworkSystemView->AddPortGroup( 'portgrp' => $HostPortGroupSpec );
Adding IP to Host
Howto ?
my $HostIpConfig = HostIpConfig->new( 'dhcp' => 'false', 'ipAddress' => $vmkernelIp, 'subnetMask' => $vmkernelNetmask ); my $HostVirtualNicSpec = HostVirtualNicSpec->new( 'ip' => $HostIpConfig, ); my $vnic = $NetworkSystemView->AddVirtualNic( 'portgroup' => "VMKernel", 'nic' => $HostVirtualNicSpec ); my $HostVirtualNicManager = Vim::get_view( 'mo_ref' => $HostSystemView->configManager->virtualNicManager ); $HostVirtualNicManager->SelectVnicForNicType( 'nicType' => 'vmotion', 'device' => $vnic );
my $DatacenterView = Vim::find_entity_view( 'view_type' => 'Datacenter', 'filter' => { 'name' => "Rbx" } ); my $ClusterView = Vim::find_entity_view( 'view_type' => 'ClusterComputeResource', 'begin_entity‘ => $DatacenterView, 'filter' => { 'name' => "Cluster001" } ); $hostConnectSpec = HostConnectSpec->new( 'force' => 1, 'hostName' => $vmkernelIp, 'userName' => $hostUsername, 'password' => $hostPassword, 'sslThumbprint' => $thumbprint, ); $ClusterView->AddHost_Task( 'spec' => $hostConnectSpec, 'asConnected' => 1, 'license' => $licenseKey );
Adding Host
Howto ?
my $HostViews = Vim::find_entity_views( 'view_type' => 'HostSystem', 'begin_entity' => $DatacenterView ); my $DatastoreSystemView = Vim::get_view( 'mo_ref' => $HostView->configManager->datastoreSystem, ); my $HostNasVolumeSpec = HostNasVolumeSpec->new( 'accessMode' => 'readWrite', 'localPath' => nas-000357, 'remoteHost' => '192.168.2.10', 'remotePath' => ‘/share/nas-000357', 'type' => 'NFS' ); $DatastoreSystemView->CreateNasDatastore( 'spec' => $HostNasVolumeSpec );
Adding storage
Howto ?
my $HostSystemView = Vim::find_entity_view( 'view_type' => 'HostSystem', 'filter' => {'name' => "192.168.2.53",}, ); my $HostSystemView = Vim::find_entity_view( 'view_type' => 'HostSystem' ); my $NetworkSystemView = Vim::get_view( 'mo_ref' => $HostSystemView->configManager->networkSystem, ); my $HostPortGroupSpec = HostPortGroupSpec->new( 'name' => "vlanXXX", 'vlanId' => 1234, 'vswitchName' => "vSwitch0", 'policy' => HostNetworkPolicy->new(), ); $NetworkSystemView->AddPortGroup( 'portgrp' => $HostPortGroupSpec );
Adding vlans
Howto ?
Win
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2’ AM vCenter crash
Alert received
vCenter logs
Quick diagnosis
Panic: Win32 exception: Access Violation (0xc0000005) Read (0) at address 0000000000000098 Panic: Assert Failed: "openedInfo._activations == 0" @ d:/build/ob/bora-340981/bora/vim/lib/vimutil/view/multiContainerView.cpp:123 Backtrace: backtrace[00] rip 000000018010a8aa Vmacore::System::Stacktrace::CaptureWork backtrace[01] rip 00000001800e8008 Vmacore::System::SystemFactoryImpl::CreateFileWriter backtrace[02] rip 00000001800e84fe Vmacore::System::SystemFactoryImpl::CreateQuickBacktrace backtrace[03] rip 0000000180129ba5 Vmacore::PanicExit backtrace[04] rip 0000000180129cb1 Vmacore::PanicExit backtrace[05] rip 000000018007669e Vmacore::RunTimeFailure backtrace[06] rip 000000013fddd883 (no symbol) backtrace[07] rip 000000013fdcae13 (no symbol) backtrace[08] rip 0000000000eef1e1 Vim::View::ListView::_GetType backtrace[09] rip 0000000000358d9c Vmomi::RuntimeFault::_GetDataType backtrace[10] rip 000000014044cf6f (no symbol) backtrace[11] rip 000000014042a672 (no symbol) backtrace[12] rip 0000000140430a08 (no symbol) backtrace[13] rip 000000018011f68d Vmacore::System::IsEnlisted backtrace[14] rip 0000000180120a6f Vmacore::System::IsEnlisted backtrace[15] rip 0000000180119df5 Vmacore::System::ThisThreadExists backtrace[16] rip 0000000073562fdf endthreadex backtrace[17] rip 0000000073563080 endthreadex backtrace[18] rip 00000000777bf56d BaseThreadInitThunk backtrace[19] rip 00000000779f3281 RtlUserThreadStart [2012-04-13 02:35:32.385 05324 panic 'App' opID=50E97826-00000154] Assert Failed: "openedInfo._activations == 0" @ d:/build/ob/bora-340981/bora/vim/lib/vimutil/view/multiContainerView.cpp:123
More verbose ?
Quick diagnosis
C:\Users\All Users\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\vpxd.cfg <log> <level>trivia</level> </log>
Looks better ... :)
Quick diagnosis
Panic: Win32 exception: Access Violation (0xc0000005) Read (0) at address 0000000000000098 Panic: Assert Failed: "openedInfo._activations == 0" @ d:/build/ob/bora-340981/bora/vim/lib/vimutil/view/multiContainerView.cpp:123 Backtrace: backtrace[00] rip 000000018010a8aa Vmacore::System::Stacktrace::CaptureWork backtrace[01] rip 00000001800e8008 Vmacore::System::SystemFactoryImpl::CreateFileWriter backtrace[02] rip 00000001800e84fe Vmacore::System::SystemFactoryImpl::CreateQuickBacktrace backtrace[03] rip 0000000180129ba5 Vmacore::PanicExit backtrace[04] rip 0000000180129cb1 Vmacore::PanicExit backtrace[05] rip 000000018007669e Vmacore::RunTimeFailure backtrace[06] rip 000000013fddd883 (no symbol) backtrace[07] rip 000000013fdcae13 (no symbol) backtrace[08] rip 0000000000eef1e1 Vim::View::ListView::_GetType backtrace[09] rip 0000000000358d9c Vmomi::RuntimeFault::_GetDataType backtrace[10] rip 000000014044cf6f (no symbol) backtrace[11] rip 000000014042a672 (no symbol) backtrace[12] rip 0000000140430a08 (no symbol) backtrace[13] rip 000000018011f68d Vmacore::System::IsEnlisted backtrace[14] rip 0000000180120a6f Vmacore::System::IsEnlisted backtrace[15] rip 0000000180119df5 Vmacore::System::ThisThreadExists backtrace[16] rip 0000000073562fdf endthreadex backtrace[17] rip 0000000073563080 endthreadex backtrace[18] rip 00000000777bf56d BaseThreadInitThunk backtrace[19] rip 00000000779f3281 RtlUserThreadStart [2012-04-13 02:42:32.385 05324 panic 'App' opID=50E97826-00000154] Assert Failed: "openedInfo._activations == 0" @ d:/build/ob/bora-340981/bora/vim/lib/vimutil/view/multiContainerView.cpp:123
Help ? Google
kb.vmware.com
=> S/R my.vmware.com
Solution Quick, easy and efficient
vpxd.exe -b
Cool?
Quick diagnosis CMDB
Storage definitions
vCenter defintions
Hosts definitions
Let’s do it
Let’s do it I got Redis that is a Folder Working on vmAndTemplates we are on a root context Entity is neither host neither vm neither datastore - _whatToDoWithContextAndPathForThisEntity I have to create a container (Folder) named Redis in vmAndTemplates (root) -> vmAndTemplates –
_whatToDoWithContextAndPathForThisEntity Directly creating Folder in vmAndTemplates Finding view of entity Folder, named Redis beginning from vm done Applying alarms No alarms on this entity, skipping Now, looking at what's inside Folder Redis I got, from this at root, 4 direct entity I have to move a vm named redis100 in Redis (Folder) in path vmAndTemplates/Redis
moving vm into Redis context is Folder Task to move redis100 into Redis (vmAndTemplates/Redis) started Applying alarms No alarms on this entity, skipping VM moved I have to move a vm named redis101 in Redis (Folder) in path vmAndTemplates/Redis moving vm into Redis context is Folder Task to move redis101 into Redis (vmAndTemplates/Redis) started Applying alarms No alarms on this entity, skipping VM moved I have to move a vm named redis102 in Redis (Folder) in path vmAndTemplates/Redis
moving vm into Redis context is Folder Task to move redis102 into Redis (vmAndTemplates/Redis) started Applying alarms No alarms on this entity, skipping VM moved I have to move a vm named redis103 in Redis (Folder) in path vmAndTemplates/Redis
moving vm into Redis context is Folder Task to move redis103 into Redis (vmAndTemplates/Redis) started Applying alarms No alarms on this entity, skipping VM moved I got SMTP that is a Folder
Finding view of entity ResourcePool, named prod beginning from Web done Applying alarms No alarms on this entity, skipping Now, looking at what's inside ResourcePool prod I got, from this at root, 2 direct entity Entity is neither host neither vm neither datastore - _whatToDoWithContextAndPathForThisEntity I have to create a container (ResourcePool) named Front in prod (ResourcePool) -> hostsAndClusters/Cluster001/Web/prod - _whatToDoWithContextAndPathForThisEntity
Using Pool prod I have to move a vm named web1057 in Front (ResourcePool) in path hostsAndClusters/Cluster001/Web/prod/Front I have to move a vm named web1058 in Front (ResourcePool) in path hostsAndClusters/Cluster001/Web/prod/Front moving vm into Front context is ResourcePool Task to move web1058 into Front (hostsAndClusters/Cluster001/Web/prod/Front) started Applying alarms No alarms on this entity, skipping VM moved I have to move a vm named web1055 in Front (ResourcePool) in path hostsAndClusters/Cluster001/Web/prod/Front moving vm into Front context is ResourcePool Task to move web1055 into Front (hostsAndClusters/Cluster001/Web/prod/Front) started Applying alarms No alarms on this entity, skipping VM moved I have to move a vm named web1040 in Front (ResourcePool) in path hostsAndClusters/Cluster001/Web/prod/Front moving vm into Front context is ResourcePool Task to move web1040 into Front (hostsAndClusters/Cluster001/Web/prod/Front) started Applying alarms No alarms on this entity, skipping
Snapshot vCenter
Takes alarms set up on entities
Takes config of Pools / Clusters / vApps
Inventory hierarchy Folder / Clusters / Pools / vApps
All entities
Snapshot vCenter - alarms: [] config: !!perl/hash:ResourceConfigSpec cpuAllocation: !!perl/hash:ResourceAllocationInfo expandableReservation: 1 limit: -1 reservation: 1125 shares: !!perl/hash:SharesInfo level: !!perl/hash:SharesLevel val: normal shares: 4000 memoryAllocation: !!perl/hash:ResourceAllocationInfo expandableReservation: 1 limit: -1 reservation: 125 shares: !!perl/hash:SharesInfo level: !!perl/hash:SharesLevel val: normal shares: 163840 name: Internal type: ResourcePool childs: - alarms: [] config: vmx: '[nas-000357] web100/web100.vmx' name: web100 type: vm values: [] - alarms: [] config: vmx: '[nas-000357] web101/web101.vmx' name: web101 type: vm values: []
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