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How to WaitForUpdates from VMs in a cluster?


I am using VMWare VSphere WS SDK in Python using the suds client. I want to wait for any changes to VMs. I am specifically interested in VMs of a particular cluster. Is there a way in the propertyfilterspec to say that? I tried setting the managed object reference of the cluster in the ObjectSpec with no avail. Like:

object_spec = client_factory.create('ns0:ObjectSpec')
object_spec.obj = cluster_mor
object_spec.skip = False

Solution

  • Figured out myself. I had to set proper traversal spec also:

    object_spec = client_factory.create('ns0:ObjectSpec')
    object_spec.obj = cluster_mor
    object_spec.skip = False
    object_spec.selectSet = build_recursive_traversal_spec(client_factory)
    
    def build_recursive_traversal_spec(client_factory):
        #Recurse through all ResourcePools
        rp_to_rp = client_factory.create('ns0:TraversalSpec')
        rp_to_rp.name = 'rpToRp'
        rp_to_rp.type = 'ResourcePool'
        rp_to_rp.path = 'resourcePool'
        rp_to_rp.skip = False
        rp_to_vm = client_factory.create('ns0:TraversalSpec')
        rp_to_vm.name = 'rpToVm'
        rp_to_vm.type = 'ResourcePool'
        rp_to_vm.path = 'vm'
        rp_to_vm.skip = False
        spec_array_resource_pool = [client_factory.create('ns0:SelectionSpec'),
                                    client_factory.create('ns0:SelectionSpec')]
        spec_array_resource_pool[0].name = 'rpToRp'
        spec_array_resource_pool[1].name = 'rpToVm'
        rp_to_rp.selectSet = spec_array_resource_pool
    
        #Traversal through resource pool branch
        cr_to_rp = client_factory.create('ns0:TraversalSpec')
        cr_to_rp.name = 'crToRp'
        cr_to_rp.type = 'ComputeResource'
        cr_to_rp.path = 'resourcePool'
        cr_to_rp.skip = False
        spec_array_computer_resource = [client_factory.create('ns0:SelectionSpec'),
                                        client_factory.create('ns0:SelectionSpec')]
        spec_array_computer_resource[0].name = 'rpToRp'
        spec_array_computer_resource[1].name = 'rpToVm'
        cr_to_rp.selectSet = spec_array_computer_resource
    
        #Traversal through host branch
        cr_to_h = client_factory.create('ns0:TraversalSpec')
        cr_to_h.name = 'crToH'
        cr_to_h.type = 'ComputeResource'
        cr_to_h.path = 'host'
        cr_to_h.skip = False
    
        #Traversal through hostFolder branch
        dc_to_hf = client_factory.create('ns0:TraversalSpec')
        dc_to_hf.name = 'dcToHf'
        dc_to_hf.type = 'Datacenter'
        dc_to_hf.path = 'hostFolder'
        dc_to_hf.skip = False
        spec_array_datacenter_host = [client_factory.create('ns0:SelectionSpec')]
        spec_array_datacenter_host[0].name = 'visitFolders'
        dc_to_hf.selectSet = spec_array_datacenter_host
    
        #Traversal through vmFolder branch
        dc_to_vmf = client_factory.create('ns0:TraversalSpec')
        dc_to_vmf.name = 'dcToVmf'
        dc_to_vmf.type = 'Datacenter'
        dc_to_vmf.path = 'vmFolder'
        dc_to_vmf.skip = False
        spec_array_datacenter_vm = [client_factory.create('ns0:SelectionSpec')]
        spec_array_datacenter_vm[0].name = 'visitFolders'
        dc_to_vmf.selectSet = spec_array_datacenter_vm
    
        #Traversal through datastore branch
        dc_to_ds = client_factory.create('ns0:TraversalSpec')
        dc_to_ds.name = 'dcToDs'
        dc_to_ds.type = 'Datacenter'
        dc_to_ds.path = 'datastore'
        dc_to_ds.skip = False
        spec_array_datacenter_ds = [client_factory.create('ns0:SelectionSpec')]
        spec_array_datacenter_ds[0].name = 'visitFolders'
        dc_to_ds.selectSet = spec_array_datacenter_ds
    
        #Recurse through all hosts
        h_to_vm = client_factory.create('ns0:TraversalSpec')
        h_to_vm.name = 'hToVm'
        h_to_vm.type = 'HostSystem'
        h_to_vm.path = 'vm'
        h_to_vm.skip = False
        spec_array_host_vm = [client_factory.create('ns0:SelectionSpec')]
        spec_array_host_vm[0].name = 'visitFolders'
        h_to_vm.selectSet = spec_array_host_vm
    
        #Recurse through all datastores
        ds_to_vm = client_factory.create('ns0:TraversalSpec')
        ds_to_vm.name = 'dsToVm'
        ds_to_vm.type = 'Datastore'
        ds_to_vm.path = 'vm'
        ds_to_vm.skip = False
        spec_array_datastore_vm = [client_factory.create('ns0:SelectionSpec')]
        spec_array_datastore_vm[0].name = 'visitFolders'
        ds_to_vm.selectSet = spec_array_datastore_vm
    
        #Recurse through the folders
        visit_folders = client_factory.create('ns0:TraversalSpec')
        visit_folders.name = 'visitFolders'
        visit_folders.type = 'Folder'
        visit_folders.path = 'childEntity'
        visit_folders.skip = False
        spec_array_visit_folders = [client_factory.create('ns0:SelectionSpec'),
                                    client_factory.create('ns0:SelectionSpec'),
                                    client_factory.create('ns0:SelectionSpec'),
                                    client_factory.create('ns0:SelectionSpec'),
                                    client_factory.create('ns0:SelectionSpec'),
                                    client_factory.create('ns0:SelectionSpec'),
                                    client_factory.create('ns0:SelectionSpec'),
                                    client_factory.create('ns0:SelectionSpec'),
                                    client_factory.create('ns0:SelectionSpec')]
        spec_array_visit_folders[0].name = 'visitFolders'
        spec_array_visit_folders[1].name = 'dcToHf'
        spec_array_visit_folders[2].name = 'dcToVmf'
        spec_array_visit_folders[3].name = 'crToH'
        spec_array_visit_folders[4].name = 'crToRp'
        spec_array_visit_folders[5].name = 'dcToDs'
        spec_array_visit_folders[6].name = 'hToVm'
        spec_array_visit_folders[7].name = 'dsToVm'
        spec_array_visit_folders[8].name = 'rpToVm'
        visit_folders.selectSet = spec_array_visit_folders
    
        #Add all of them here
        spec_array = [visit_folders, dc_to_vmf, dc_to_ds, dc_to_hf, cr_to_h,
                      cr_to_rp, rp_to_rp, h_to_vm, ds_to_vm, rp_to_vm]
        return spec_array