Deploying OVF files on ESX
Nikunj
I am automating tasks on my vm infrastructure.
I want to deploy OVF files on the ESX. And do further operations on
them( on/off/status/suspend etc.).
How is it possible?
Any ideas?
Thanks
Nikunj
Seba
Hi Nikunj
I've just come from holiday and seen your message. I'm at home right
now and I don't have any ESXs to test against. Tomorrow at the office
I'll try to write some code snippet that might guide you in your task.
I've never worked with OVF files before but I'll see what I can do.
Regards,
Sebastian.
Seba
I'm crashing my ESXi 5.0 server.
According to the vSphere API documentation this is the process for
importing a vm or virtual appliance from an OVF:
"""
(via the OvfManager managed object)
Import
For the import scenario, the typical sequence of events is as follows:
The client calls parseDescriptor to obtain information about the OVF
descriptor. This typically includes information (such as a list of
networks) that must be mapped to VI infrastructure entities.
The OVF descriptor is validated against the OVF Specification, and any
errors or warnings are returned as part of the ParseResult. For
example, the parser might encounter a section marked required that it
does not understand, or the XML descriptor might be malformed.
The client decides on network mappings, datastore, properties etc. It
then calls createImportSpec to obtain the parameters needed to call
ResourcePool.importVApp.
If any warnings are present, the client will review these and decide
whether to proceed or not. If errors are present, the ImportSpec will
be missing, so the client is forced to give up or fix the problems and
then try again.
The client now calls ResourcePool.importVApp, passing the ImportSpec
as a parameter. This will create the virtual machines and VirtualApp
objects in VI and return locations to which the files of the entity
can be uploaded. It also returns a lease that controls the duration of
the lock taken on the newly created inventory objects. When all files
have been uploaded, the client must release this lease.
"""
And this is the ImportVApp documentation:
"""
ImportVApp
Creates a new entity in this resource pool. The import process
consists of two steps:
Create the VMs and/or vApps that make up the entity.
Upload virtual disk contents.
In step 1, the client must wait for the server to create all inventory
objects. It does that by monitoring the state property on the
HttpNfcLease object returned from this call. When the server is done
creating objects, the lease will change to the ready state, and step 2
begins. If an error occurs while the server is creating inventory
objects, the lease will change to the error state, and the import
process is aborted.
In step 2, the client uploads disk contents using the URLs provided in
the info property of the lease. The client must call
HttpNfcLeaseProgress on the lease periodically to keep the lease alive
and report progress to the server. Failure to do so will cause the
lease to time out, and the import process will be aborted.
When the client is done uploading disks, it completes the lease by
calling HttpNfcLeaseComplete. The client can also abort the import
process by calling HttpNfcLeaseAbort.
If the import process fails, is aborted, or times out, all created
inventory objects are removed, including all virtual disks.
This operation only works if the folder's childType includes
VirtualMachine.
Depending on the properties of the virtual machine bring imported,
additional privileges may be required. See CreateVM_Task for a
description of these privileges.
"""
The script I'll show later does all this up to the point where I get
the HttpNfcLease, I keep querying its state while it is on
"initializing" (meaning that the server is still creating the new vm
directory and file structure) and then suddenly the server crashes.
I did the same thing manually with the vSphere Client tool, and it
works all right. However got soap requests, and responses traces from
both, pysphere and the vSphere Client but I haven't found anything
wrong there.
Nkunj, can you run the following code using a test environment (DON'T
USE PRODUCTION as you might crash the server) an confirm I you crash
it too?
Of course you have to modify the server connection settings and the
following parameters with your values:
RESOURCE_POOL = "/Resources"
OVF_FILE = r"C:\FreeSCO\FreeSCO-043.ovf"
HOST = "localhost.localdomain"
DATASTORE = "datastore1"
NETWORK_NAME = "VM Network"
VAPP_NAME = "My New VM2"
Here's the code:
from pysphere import VIServer, VIProperty
from pysphere.resources import VimService_services as VI
def get_descriptor(ovf_path):
fh = open(ovf_path, "r")
ovf_descriptor = fh.read()
fh.close()
return ovf_descriptor
def parse_descriptor(ovf_descriptor):
ovf_manager = s._do_service_content.OvfManager
request = VI.ParseDescriptorRequestMsg()
_this =request.new__this(ovf_manager)
_this.set_attribute_type(ovf_manager.get_attribute_type())
request.set_element__this(_this)
request.set_element_ovfDescriptor(ovf_descriptor)
pdp = request.new_pdp()
pdp.set_element_locale("")
pdp.set_element_deploymentOption("")
request.set_element_pdp(pdp)
return s._proxy.ParseDescriptor(request)._returnval
def validate_host(host_name, ovf_descriptor):
hosts = s.get_hosts()
host = hosts.get(host_name)
if not host:
raise ValueError("invalid ESX host name")
ovf_manager = s._do_service_content.OvfManager
request = VI.ValidateHostRequestMsg()
_this =request.new__this(ovf_manager)
_this.set_attribute_type(ovf_manager.get_attribute_type())
request.set_element__this(_this)
request.set_element_ovfDescriptor(ovf_descriptor)
h = request.new_host(host)
h.set_attribute_type(host.get_attribute_type())
request.set_element_host(h)
vhp = request.new_vhp()
vhp.set_element_locale("")
vhp.set_element_deploymentOption("")
request.set_element_vhp(vhp)
return s._proxy.ValidateHost(request)._returnval
def find_datastore_by_name(datastore_name):
ret = None
for dc in s._get_datacenters().values():
dc_properties = VIProperty(s, dc)
for ds in dc_properties.datastore:
if ds.name == datastore_name:
ret = ds._obj
break
if ret:
break
if not ret:
raise ValueError("Couldn't find datastore '%s'" %
(datastore_name))
return ret
def find_network_by_name(network_name):
ret = None
for dc in s._get_datacenters().values():
dc_properties = VIProperty(s, dc)
for nw in dc_properties.network:
if nw.name == network_name:
ret = nw._obj
break
if ret:
break
if not ret:
raise ValueError("Couldn't find network '%s'" %
(network_name))
return ret
def find_vmfolder_by_name(folder_name):
ret = None
for dc in s._get_datacenters().values():
dc_properties = VIProperty(s, dc)
if dc_properties.vmFolder.name == folder_name:
return dc_properties.vmFolder._obj
raise ValueError("Couldn't find network '%s'" % (network_name))
def create_import_spec(resource_pool_mor,
datastore,
ovf_descriptor,
name,
host=None,
network=None,
ip_allocation_policy="fixedPolicy",
ip_protocol="IPv4",
disk_provisioning="flat"
):
#get the host MOR
if host:
hosts = s.get_hosts()
host = hosts.get(host)
if not host:
raise ValueError("invalid ESX host name")
#get the network MOR:
if network:
network_mor = find_network_by_name(network)
#get the datastore MOR
datastore_mor = find_datastore_by_name(datastore)
ovf_manager = s._do_service_content.OvfManager
request = VI.CreateImportSpecRequestMsg()
_this =request.new__this(ovf_manager)
_this.set_attribute_type(ovf_manager.get_attribute_type())
request.set_element__this(_this)
request.set_element_ovfDescriptor(ovf_descriptor)
rp = request.new_resourcePool(resource_pool_mor)
rp.set_attribute_type(resource_pool_mor.get_attribute_type())
request.set_element_resourcePool(rp)
ds = request.new_datastore(datastore_mor)
ds.set_attribute_type(datastore_mor.get_attribute_type())
request.set_element_datastore(ds)
cisp = request.new_cisp()
cisp.set_element_entityName(name)
cisp.set_element_locale("")
cisp.set_element_deploymentOption("")
if host:
h = cisp.new_hostSystem(host)
h.set_attribute_type(host.get_attribute_type())
cisp.set_element_hostSystem(h)
if network:
network_mapping = cisp.new_networkMapping()
network_mapping.set_element_name(network)
n_mor = network_mapping.new_network(network_mor)
n_mor.set_attribute_type(network_mor.get_attribute_type())
network_mapping.set_element_network(n_mor)
network_mapping2 = cisp.new_networkMapping()
network_mapping2.set_element_name("Internal")
n_mor = network_mapping.new_network(network_mor)
n_mor.set_attribute_type(network_mor.get_attribute_type())
network_mapping2.set_element_network(n_mor)
cisp.set_element_networkMapping([network_mapping,
network_mapping2])
if ip_allocation_policy:
cisp.set_element_ipAllocationPolicy(ip_allocation_policy)
if ip_protocol:
cisp.set_element_ipProtocol(ip_protocol)
if disk_provisioning:
cisp.set_element_diskProvisioning(disk_provisioning)
request.set_element_cisp(cisp)
return s._proxy.CreateImportSpec(request)._returnval
def import_vapp(resource_pool, import_spec, host=None, folder=None):
#get the host MOR
if host:
hosts = s.get_hosts()
host = hosts.get(host)
if not host:
raise ValueError("invalid ESX host name")
#get the vm folder MOR
if folder:
folder = find_vmfolder_by_name(folder)
request = VI.ImportVAppRequestMsg()
_this =request.new__this(resource_pool)
_this.set_attribute_type(resource_pool.get_attribute_type())
request.set_element__this(_this)
request.set_element_spec(import_spec.ImportSpec)
if host:
h = request.new_host(host)
h.set_attribute_type(host.get_attribute_type())
request.set_element_host(h)
if folder:
f = request.new_folder(folder)
f.set_attribute_type(folder.get_attribute_type())
request.set_element_folder(f)
return s._proxy.ImportVApp(request)._returnval
if __name__ == "__main__":
#you can get the resource pools running s._get_resource_pools()
RESOURCE_POOL = "/Resources"
OVF_FILE = r"C:\FreeSCO\FreeSCO-043.ovf"
#you can get the host names running s.get_hosts()
HOST = "localhost.localdomain"
DATASTORE = "datastore1"
NETWORK_NAME = "VM Network"
VAPP_NAME = "My New VM2"
s = VIServer()
s.connect("host", "username", "password")
try:
resource_pool = s._get_resource_pools()[RESOURCE_POOL]
ovf = get_descriptor(OVF_FILE)
descriptor_info = parse_descriptor(ovf)
support_info = validate_host(HOST, ovf)
import_spec = create_import_spec(resource_pool,
DATASTORE,
ovf,
VAPP_NAME,
host=HOST,
network=NETWORK_NAME,
)
if hasattr(import_spec, "Warning"):
print "Warning:", import_spec.Warning[0].LocalizedMessage
http_nfc_lease = import_vapp(resource_pool, import_spec,
host=HOST)
lease = VIProperty(s, http_nfc_lease)
while lease.state == 'initializing':
print lease.state
lease._flush_cache()
if lease.state != 'ready':
print "something went wrong"
exit()
for url in lease.info.deviceURL:
print url.key
#Once we reach here, we should use the provided url to upload
the .vmdk file(s)
#But the ESX has already crashed by this time
finally:
s.disconnect()
Besides trying to make this work I'll see if the bug is exploitable,
maybe I can get to execute arbitrary code in the server :P
Regards,
Seba
Nikunj
Thanks a lot for your reply.
I tried running the script with my set of parameters.
I am getting following error.
{{{
C:\Documents and Settings\badjan\Desktop>python pysphere_test_ovf.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "pysphere_test_ovf.py", line 238, in <module>
network=NETWORK_NAME,
File "pysphere_test_ovf.py", line 176, in create_import_spec
return s._proxy.CreateImportSpec(request)._returnval
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pysphere\resources
\VimService_services.py", line 1790, in Crea
teImportSpec
response =
self.binding.Receive(CreateImportSpecResponseMsg.typecode)
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pysphere\ZSI\client.py", line
544, in Receive
return _Binding.Receive(self, replytype, **kw)
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pysphere\ZSI\client.py", line
463, in Receive
raise FaultException(msg)
pysphere.ZSI.FaultException:
<pysphere.resources.VimService_services_types.InvalidHostStateFault_Dec_Holder
object at 0x0293DAD0>
}}}
I am giving NETWORK_NAME = "VM Network" and this is the name available
on the esx host and the ovf too has the same network name.
Any ideas?
Regards,
Nikunj
Seba
| InvalidState | Thrown if the operation failed due to the current state of the system. |
Nikunj
I checked once more by putting the exception handling line into the
script.
{{{
C:\Documents and Settings\badjan\Desktop>python pysphere_test_ovf.py
InvalidHostStateFault:
}}}
This is what I get.
Further,
I am trying to find the number of NIC cards present at a particular
ESX. I had a look at the source code but couldnt get anymethod for it.
Also, some methods require "mor" objects. What are those?
Regards,
Nikunj
On Dec 14, 5:37 pm, Seba <argo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi!
> This is the exception you are getting (which is returned by the server):http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=/com.vmware.wssdk.a...
> It's a subclass of this one:http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.wssdk.apiref.doc_5...
>
> The createImportSpec method described herehttp://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=/com.vmware.wssdk.a...
>
> may throw an InvalidState fault:
> InvalidState<http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.wssdk.apiref.doc_5...>Thrown
> if the operation failed due to the current state of the system.
>
> Perhaps the host is maintenance mode or some required objects are locked by
> another operation.
>
> You can catch the exception in the try block at the end of my script to get
> more details about what caused the error:
>
> .....
> except VI.ZSI.FaultException, e:
> print "%s: %s" % (e.fault.detail[0].typecode.pname, e.fault.args[1])
> finally:
> s.disconnect()
>
> Regards,
>
> Seba.
>
> 2011/12/14 Nikunj <nikunjbadja...@gmail.com>
>
>
>
> > Hi Seba,
>
> > Thanks a lot for your reply.
> > I tried running the script with my set of parameters.
> > I am getting following error.
>
> > {{{
> > C:\Documents and Settings\badjan\Desktop>python pysphere_test_ovf.py
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> > File "pysphere_test_ovf.py", line 238, in <module>
> > network=NETWORK_NAME,
> > File "pysphere_test_ovf.py", line 176, in create_import_spec
> > return s._proxy.CreateImportSpec(request)._returnval
> > File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pysphere\resources
> > \VimService_services.py", line 1790, in Crea
> > teImportSpec
> > response =
> > self.binding.Receive(CreateImportSpecResponseMsg.typecode)
> > File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pysphere\ZSI\client.py", line
> > 544, in Receive
> > return _Binding.Receive(self, replytype, **kw)
> > File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pysphere\ZSI\client.py", line
> > 463, in Receive
> > raise FaultException(msg)
> > pysphere.ZSI.FaultException:
>
> > <pysphere.resources.VimService_services_types.InvalidHostStateFault_Dec_Holder
> ...
>
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Seba
Nikunj
Thanks a lot Seba!
That worked for me. :)
I myself tried few other examples to make myself more comfortable. Slower method but have a look.
In a particular hostsystem:
1. Finding no. of networks a VM is using .
{{{
>>> for h, mor in server.get_hosts().items():
... if h ==’esx.domain.com’:
... prop = VIProperty(server, mor)
... for vmname in prop.vm:
... print vmname.name
... for net in vmname.network:
... print " ", net.name
}}}
2. Number of ethernet cards and virtual disks a VM has.
{{{
>>> for h, mor in server.get_hosts().items():
... if h == ’esx.domain.com':
... prop = VIProperty(server, mor)
... for vmname in prop.vm:
... print vmname.name
... print “ ethernet cards: “ , vmname.summary.config.numEthernetCards, “Virtual disks: “, vmname.summary.config.numVirtualDisks
}}}
I now understood what a MOR means and how to get different properties of Hostsystem, VM, Datastore etc.
As I said earlier, we are trying to deploy OVF file. Previously we were using powershell because of greater bonding with powercli. But now we are planning to remove powershell and make it 100% python.
We are in dire need for completed Advanced Usage guide of pysphere. May be now at some places I can too contribute in the documentation ;)
So, since pysphere is for interacting with vsphere web services sdk. It can do virtually anything what the sdk offers ??
When we compare pysphere with vsphere powercli sdk, how good it stands ??
Some more queries coming up! ;)
Thanks
Nikunj
Seba
provides simple interfaces for some operations (VMs, snapshots,
performance monitoring) so the user doesn't need to have deep
knowledge of vSphere for those things (you can still do it the hard
way).
I Hope the community helps adding more of these simplified interfaces,
so, for example if we managed to make this complex OVF deploying stuff
to work, we could add a single method to pysphere like
"deploy_ovf(file, host, resource_pool, ...extra_config)" that hides
all the complexity behind
> When we compare pysphere with vsphere powercli sdk, how good it stands ??
I answered a similar question here: http://communities.vmware.com/message/1876247#1876247
Thanks!
Sebastian
Nick Wiesmueller
code you specified. I have two problems.
First problem. If I don't extract the ova to OVF and VMDK and I can't
read in the file using python's .read() method (I get a MemoryError).
I can't find a feasible workaround for this other than extracting the
OVA file to its components. This is cumbersome and invalidates some of
the testing we're doing.
Second problem. When I run your code using this except block:
print "%s: %s" % (e.fault.detail[0].typecode.pname,
e.fault.args[1])
InvalidHostStateFault:
but no other output to suggest what the problem is.
Thanks for your help. FWIW, the code as written did not crash the
server.
Nick
>
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Seba
Nick has successfully reached to the last part of my script. I keep
crashing my ESXi 5.0 server (which is running on a vmware workstation,
so it's not very reliable). I tested with a different server, I didn't
crashed it, but I couldn't pass through the 'initializing' state of
the httpnfclease.
By the way, Nick solved the InvalidHostState fault by unregistering
the hosts and registering them back again.
Nick, I wrote the missing part of the code, being totally blind, so
I'll need your help to test it. It does the following
1- Reads the httpnfclease info, for each device that has to be
uploaded
2- Opens and reads the file using memory map (mmap) as a vmdk files
are probably very large, and you might get a memory error if you read
it all from one shot.
3- I believe the file has to be sent using the HTTP PUT method, not
suppoted by python's urllib 2, so there's a little hack there.
4- Once all the files have been sent, calls HttpNfcLeaseComplete.
Probably we should start a thread that calls HttpNfcLeaseProgress
for url in lease.info.deviceUrl:
print url.key
with this.
import os
import urllib2
import mmap
from urlparse import urlparse
for dev_url in lease.info.deviceUrl:
filename = dev_url.targetId
hostname = urlparse(s._proxy.binding.url).hostname
upload_url = dev_url.ulr.replace("*", hostname)
filename = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(OVF_FILE), filename)
fsize = os.stat(filename).st_size
f = open(filename,'rb')
mmapped_file = mmap.mmap(f.fileno(), 0, access=mmap.ACCESS_READ)
request = urllib2.Request(upload_url, upload_url=content)
request.get_method = lambda: 'PUT'
request.add_header("Content-Type", "application/x-vnd.vmware-
streamVmdk")
request.add_header("Connection", "Keep-Alive")
request.add_header("Content-Length", str(fsize))
resp = opener.open(request)
mmapped_file.close()
f.close()
if not resp.code == 200:
print "something didn't work"
request = VI.HttpNfcLeaseCompleteRequestMsg()
_this =request.new__this(http_nfc_lease)
_this.set_attribute_type(http_nfc_lease.get_attribute_type())
request.set_element__this(_this)
s._proxy.HttpNfcLeaseComplete(request)
Hope it works! let's cross our fingers!
Sebastian.
On Jan 13, 12:45 pm, Nick Wiesmueller
>
> read more »
Seba
Find my answers inline (starting with: **** ).
From: Nick Wiesmueller
Date: 2012/1/19
Subject: Re: Deploying OVF files on ESX
To: Seba
thanks Seba.
3. What is opener here:
import httplib
c = httplib.HTTPConnection('localhost', 3000)
c.request("POST", '/people', file('f.vmdk'))
print(c.getresponse().read())
Nick
Seba
I've figured it out and successfully deployed a vm!!! I changed the PUT to POST and it worked! I don't understand why that worked. Do you think we should always be using POST instead of PUT?
Also the response code was not 200 but everything worked. I'm not sure what we got back because I didn't print it out.
How do I access the lease.info.status to keep the connection alive?
I've got a couple more issues to work out but I won't trouble you with them.
Thanks for your help on this issue!
Nick
On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Nick Wiesmueller <nick.wie...@singlewire.com> wrote:
Bah!
I'm getting a connection refused on this line
resp = opener.open(request)
File "C:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 394, in open
response = self._open(req, data)
File "C:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 412, in _open
'_open', req)
File "C:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 372, in _call_chain
result = func(*args)
File "C:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 1207, in https_open
return self.do_open(httplib.HTTPSConnection, req)
File "C:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 1174, in do_open
raise URLError(err)
URLError: <urlopen error [Errno 10054] An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host>
Still, it's progress, but I don't know how to troubleshoot the problem.
The vmware logs are very difficult to decipher. I did see this message at the time of attempted deploy:
2012-01-20T10:17:07.887-06:00 [03904 warning 'Default'] [VpxdVmprovUtil::GetDiskDatastoreFromUrl] Unable to lookup ds for disk
I don't know that this has anything to do with the problem though.
Nick
I looked at the vmcenter logs and I didn't see anything useful.
Nick Wiesmueller
Seba
Besides get_hosts() behavior was changed to do the same (now returns the same dictionary but inverted). I had to do this because MOR are unique but names aren't so some objects with the same name were not returned when calling these methods (http://code.google.com/p/pysphere/issues/detail?id=4)
Wu Li
在 2012年1月20日星期五UTC+8上午2时15分26秒，Seba写道：
Seba
Even though we must be doing something wrong I guess this is a VMWare bug as the server shouldn't crash due to a bad formatted request. The script worked for some people, I will run it again to see if I still crash the server.
Regards,
Seba
Wu Li
在 2013年1月2日星期三UTC+8下午9时05分26秒，Seba写道：
Seba
After upgrading ESXi from 5.0 to 5.1, I'm not longer crashing the server.
Regards,
Seba.
Wu Li
在 2013年1月15日星期二UTC+8下午9时03分59秒，Seba写道：
Dave Johnson
FYI, going through it, I stumbled across a issue in create_import_spec()... under if networks: you need to change
cisp.set_element_networkMapping(network_mapping)
to this
cisp.set_element_networkMapping(networks_map)
Unfortunately I ran into a issue that I am not sure how to deal with and am hoping someone has some experience to point me in the right direction...
Basically parse_descriptor comes back with a "Error: Line 1: Incorrect namespace 'http://schemas.dmtf.org/ovf/envelope/1/' found." which is confusing as this OVF does import into vsphere through the console and I am fairly certain it 'http://schemas.dmtf.org/ovf/envelope/1/'is the correct namespace, right?
Top two lines of the descriptor:
<?xml version=\'1.0\' encoding=\'UTF-8\'?><ovf:Envelope xmlns:ovf="http://schemas.dmtf.org/ovf/envelope/1/" xmlns:rasd="http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema/2/CIM_ResourceAllocationSettingData" xmlns:vssd="http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema/2/CIM_VirtualSystemSettingData" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" ovf:version="3.0.0.0">
Any help is much appreciated!
mxmader
Chris Powers
Ran Leibman
Daniel Resendez
frankh...@yahoo.com
Has anyone found a solution for this yet? Thanks
--Frank
Sankaranarayanan Muralidharan
Nick Wiesmueller
elf.localt.http_nfc_lease = self.import_vapp(self.localt.resource_pool, self.localt.import_spec, host=self.localt.hostname, folder=folder) 09:29:54 File "./src/informacast/linux_util/vm_util.py", line 978, in import_vapp 09:29:54 request.set_element_spec(import_spec.ImportSpec) 09:29:54 File "/root/jenkins/workspace/DeployONELinuxVM/lib/pysphere-0.1.6-py2.7.egg/pysphere/ZSI/generate/pyclass.py", line 167, in get 09:29:54 return getattr(self, what().aname) 09:29:54 AttributeError: 'DynamicData_Holder' object has no attribute '_importSpec'
Nick Wiesmueller
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Nick Wiesmueller
Hello Seba,I was wondering if you had any ideas on this (see below also posted to the group)?If I do a dir on an importspec object from a working system (esxi 5.1) I see this:11:26:52 informacast.linux_util.vm_util.Vm_util.deploy_ovf Dir of import spec is ['DynamicProperty', 'DynamicType', 'Error', 'FileItem', 'ImportSpec', 'Warning', '__class__', '__delattr__', '__dict__', '__doc__', '__format__', '__getattribute__', '__hash__', '__init__', '__metaclass__', '__module__', '__new__', '__reduce__', '__reduce_ex__', '__repr__', '__setattr__', '__sizeof__', '__str__', '__subclasshook__', '__weakref__', '_dynamicProperty', '_dynamicType', '_fileItem', '_importSpec', '_warning', 'get_element_dynamicProperty', 'get_element_dynamicType', 'get_element_error', 'get_element_fileItem', 'get_element_importSpec', 'get_element_warning', 'new_dynamicProperty', 'new_error', 'new_fileItem', 'new_importSpec', 'new_warning', 'set_element_dynamicProperty', 'set_element_dynamicType', 'set_element_error', 'set_element_fileItem', 'set_element_importSpec', 'set_element_warning', 'typecode']on a non-working system (esxi 5.5)11:25:07 informacast.linux_util.vm_util.Vm_util.deploy_ovf Dir of import spec is ['DynamicProperty', 'DynamicType', 'Error', 'FileItem', 'ImportSpec', 'Warning', '__class__', '__delattr__', '__dict__', '__doc__', '__format__', '__getattribute__', '__hash__', '__init__', '__metaclass__', '__module__', '__new__', '__reduce__', '__reduce_ex__', '__repr__', '__setattr__', '__sizeof__', '__str__', '__subclasshook__', '__weakref__', '_dynamicProperty', '_dynamicType', '_error', 'get_element_dynamicProperty', 'get_element_dynamicType', 'get_element_error', 'get_element_fileItem', 'get_element_importSpec', 'get_element_warning', 'new_dynamicProperty', 'new_error', 'new_fileItem', 'new_importSpec', 'new_warning', 'set_element_dynamicProperty', 'set_element_dynamicType', 'set_element_error', 'set_element_fileItem', 'set_element_importSpec', 'set_element_warning', 'typecode']I don't understand why attempting to access importspec.ImportSpec actually accesses _importSpec internally or why this property would not be present.Any ideas you have would be greatly appreciated.Thanks,Nick
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From: Nick Wiesmueller <nick.wie...@singlewire.com>
Date: Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 9:57 AM
Subject: Re: Deploying OVF files on ESX
~S
I have just started to look into PySphere package. I have a requirement to automate the vm deployment - ( with ova file ). I was trying to use the sample program that you wrote down. I made some minimum modification for the script to make it compatible for my environment. But while executing it gives the below mentioned error.
>>>
Traceback (most recent call last):
support_info = validate_host(HOST_LOCAL, ovf)
File "import_salil.py", line 38, in validate_host
h.set_attribute_type(host.get_attribute_type())
AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'get_attribute_type'
<<<
Following is the changes that I made.
>>>>
#you can get the resource pools running s._get_resource_pools()
RESOURCE_POOL = "/Resources"
OVF_FILE = r"C:\FreeSCO\FreeSCO-043.ovf"
#you can get the host names running s.get_hosts()
HOST = "localhost.localdomain"
HOST_LOCAL = 'ha-host'
DATASTORE = "datastore1"
DATASTORE = "datastore2 (1)"
NETWORK_NAME = "VM Network"
VAPP_NAME = "MyTestVM"
s = VIServer()
#s.connect("host", "username", "password")
s.connect(HOST, 'root', '12Password12')
<<<
Following are the information that I can get from the python command line.
>>>>
In [17]: server.connect('10.106.251.12', 'root', '12Cisco12')
In [18]: hosts = server.get_hosts()
In [19]: hosts
Out[19]: {'ha-host': 'ucs59rangbala.rt.cisco.com'}
In [20]: server.get_datastores()
Out[20]:
{'10.78.87.44:/common/adminsftp/fresh_install/': 'blrr36ccm44_NFS',
'10.78.87.74:/common/adminsftp/fresh_install/': 'blrr40ccm74_NFS',
'4e0ab072-9a6cab72-a010-0010189c04ea': 'datastore1 (3)',
'4e0ab088-5443c956-a8bf-0010189c04ea': 'datastore2 (1)'}
In [21]: server.get_datacenters()
Out[21]: {'ha-datacenter': 'ha-datacenter'}
In [22]: server.get_re
server.get_registered_vms server.get_resource_pools
In [22]: server.get_resource_pools()
Out[22]: {'ha-root-pool': '/Resources'}
<<<
I attached the script with this message
How do I fix this issue ?
Thanks and regards
~S
cisp.set_element_deploymentOption("")
if host:
h = cisp.new_hostSystem(host)
h.set_attribute_type(host.get_attribute_type())
cisp.set_element_hostSystem(h)
if network:
network_mapping = cisp.new_networkMapping()
network_mapping.set_element_name(network)
n_mor = network_mapping.new_network(network_mor)
n_mor.set_attribute_type(network_mor.get_attribute_type())
network_mapping.set_element_network(n_mor)
network_mapping2 = cisp.new_networkMapping()
network_mapping2.set_element_name("Internal")
n_mor = network_mapping.new_network(network_mor)
n_mor.set_attribute_type(network_mor.get_attribute_type())
network_mapping2.set_element_network(n_mor)
cisp.set_element_networkMapping([network_mapping,
network_mapping2])
if ip_allocation_policy:
cisp.set_element_ipAllocationPolicy(ip_allocation_policy)
if ip_protocol:
cisp.set_element_ipProtocol(ip_protocol)
if disk_provisioning:
cisp.set_element_diskProvisioning(disk_provisioning)
request.set_element_cisp(cisp)
return s._proxy.CreateImportSpec(request)._returnval
def import_vapp(resource_pool, import_spec, host=None, folder=None):
#get the host MOR
if host:
hosts = s.get_hosts()
host = hosts.get(host)
if not host:
raise ValueError("invalid ESX host name")
#get the vm folder MOR
if folder:
folder = find_vmfolder_by_name(folder)
request = VI.ImportVAppRequestMsg()
_this =request.new__this(resource_pool)
_this.set_attribute_type(resource_pool.get_attribute_type())
request.set_element__this(_this)
request.set_element_spec(import_spec.ImportSpec)
if host:
h = request.new_host(host)
h.set_attribute_type(host.get_attribute_type())
request.set_element_host(h)
if folder:
f = request.new_folder(folder)
f.set_attribute_type(folder.get_attribute_type())
request.set_element_folder(f)
return s._proxy.ImportVApp(request)._returnval
if __name__ == "__main__":#you can get the resource pools running s._get_resource_pools()
RESOURCE_POOL = "/Resources"
OVF_FILE = r"C:\FreeSCO\FreeSCO-043.ovf"
#you can get the host names running s.get_hosts()
HOST = "localhost.localdomain"
DATASTORE = "datastore1"
NETWORK_NAME = "VM Network"
VAPP_NAME = "My New VM2"
s = VIServer()
s.connect("host", "username", "password")
try:
resource_pool = s._get_resource_pools()[RESOURCE_POOL]
ovf = get_descriptor(OVF_FILE)
descriptor_info = parse_descriptor(ovf)
support_info = validate_host(HOST, ovf)
import_spec = create_import_spec(resource_pool,
DATASTORE,
ovf,
VAPP_NAME,
host=HOST,
network=NETWORK_NAME,
)
if hasattr(import_spec, "Warning"):
print "Warning:", import_spec.Warning[0].LocalizedMessage
http_nfc_lease = import_vapp(resource_pool, import_spec,
host=HOST)
lease = VIProperty(s, http_nfc_lease)
while lease.state == 'initializing':
print lease.state
lease._flush_cache()
if lease.state != 'ready':
print "something went wrong"
exit()
for url in lease.info.deviceURL: