Package com.vmware.vm

Class VMCreate

  • @Sample(name="vm-create",
        description="This sample creates a VM")
public class VMCreate
extends ConnectedVimServiceBase
     VMCreate

 This sample creates a VM

 Parameters:
 url              [required] : url of the web service
 username         [required] : username for the authentication
 password         [required] : password for the authentication
 vmname           [required] : Name of the virtual machine
 datacentername   [required] : Name of the datacenter
 hostname         [required] : Name of the host
 networkname      [required] : Network Name
                              (Types can be Standard/Distributed/Opaque)
 guestosid        [optional] : Type of Guest OS
 cpucount         [optional] : Total cpu count
 disksize         [optional] : Size of the Disk
 memorysize       [optional] : Size of the Memory in 1024MB blocks
 datastorename    [optional] : Name of dataStore

 Command Line:
 Create a VM given datacenter and host names
 run.bat com.vmware.vm.VMCreate --url [webserviceurl]
 --username [username] --password [password] --vmname [vmname]
 --datacentername [DataCenterName] --hostname [hostname] --networkname [networkname]

 Create a VM given its name, Datacenter name and GuestOsId
 run.bat com.vmware.vm.VMCreate --url [webserviceurl]
 --username [username] --password [password] --vmname [vmname]
 --datacentername [DataCenterName] --guestosid [GuestOsId]

 Create a VM given its name, Datacenter name and its cpucount
 run.bat com.vmware.vm.VMCreate --url [webserviceurl]
 --username [username] --password [password] --vmname [vmname]
 --datacentername [DataCenterName] --cpucount [cpucount]

    • Constructor Detail

      • VMCreate

        public VMCreate()

    • Method Detail

      • setVirtualMachineName

        @Option(name="vmname",
        description="Name of the virtual machine")
public void setVirtualMachineName​(java.lang.String vmname)

      • setDataCenterName

        @Option(name="datacentername",
        description="Name of the datacenter")
public void setDataCenterName​(java.lang.String dcname)

      • setHostname

        @Option(name="hostname",
        description="Name of the host")
public void setHostname​(java.lang.String hostname)

      • setGuestOsId

        @Option(name="guestosid",
        required=false,
        description="Type of Guest OS [Windows|Posix]")
public void setGuestOsId​(java.lang.String guestOsId)

      • setCpuCount

        @Option(name="cpucount",
        required=false,
        description="Total cpu count")
public void setCpuCount​(java.lang.String cpuCount)

      • setDiskSize

        @Option(name="disksize",
        required=false,
        description="Size of the Disk")
public void setDiskSize​(java.lang.String size)

      • setMemorySize

        @Option(name="memorysize",
        required=false,
        description="Size of Memory in 1024MB blocks")
public void setMemorySize​(java.lang.String memorySize)

      • setDataStore

        @Option(name="datastorename",
        required=false,
        description="Name of dataStore")
public void setDataStore​(java.lang.String dsname)

      • setNetwork

        @Option(name="networkname",
        required=true,
        description="Name of Network. Supported Types:Standard Network|Distributed Virtual Switch|Opaque Network")
public void setNetwork​(java.lang.String networkname)

      • getAvailableHostNetworkDevice

        public java.util.HashMap<java.lang.String,​com.vmware.vim25.VirtualDeviceBackingInfo> getAvailableHostNetworkDevice​(com.vmware.vim25.ConfigTarget configTarget)
                                                                                                                  throws com.vmware.vim25.InvalidPropertyFaultMsg,
                                                                                                                         com.vmware.vim25.RuntimeFaultFaultMsg
        Return the list of any available networks on ESX which will host the VM
        Returns:
        deviceBacking
        Throws:
        com.vmware.vim25.RuntimeFaultFaultMsg
        com.vmware.vim25.InvalidPropertyFaultMsg

      • run

        @Action
public void run()
         throws com.vmware.vim25.RuntimeFaultFaultMsg,
                com.vmware.vim25.VmConfigFaultFaultMsg,
                com.vmware.vim25.AlreadyExistsFaultMsg,
                com.vmware.vim25.InvalidDatastoreFaultMsg,
                com.vmware.vim25.FileFaultFaultMsg,
                com.vmware.vim25.InvalidStateFaultMsg,
                com.vmware.vim25.InvalidCollectorVersionFaultMsg,
                com.vmware.vim25.InvalidNameFaultMsg,
                com.vmware.vim25.OutOfBoundsFaultMsg,
                com.vmware.vim25.DuplicateNameFaultMsg,
                com.vmware.vim25.InsufficientResourcesFaultFaultMsg,
                com.vmware.vim25.InvalidPropertyFaultMsg,
                java.rmi.RemoteException,
                com.vmware.vim25.TaskInProgressFaultMsg
        Throws:
        com.vmware.vim25.RuntimeFaultFaultMsg
        com.vmware.vim25.VmConfigFaultFaultMsg
        com.vmware.vim25.AlreadyExistsFaultMsg
        com.vmware.vim25.InvalidDatastoreFaultMsg
        com.vmware.vim25.FileFaultFaultMsg
        com.vmware.vim25.InvalidStateFaultMsg
        com.vmware.vim25.InvalidCollectorVersionFaultMsg
        com.vmware.vim25.InvalidNameFaultMsg
        com.vmware.vim25.OutOfBoundsFaultMsg
        com.vmware.vim25.DuplicateNameFaultMsg
        com.vmware.vim25.InsufficientResourcesFaultFaultMsg
        com.vmware.vim25.InvalidPropertyFaultMsg
        java.rmi.RemoteException
        com.vmware.vim25.TaskInProgressFaultMsg