vSphere-Python

Collection of Python vSphere scripts using PySphere (http://code.google.com/p/pysphere/)

Contributing

1. Fork the repository on Github
2. Create a named feature branch
3. Write your change
4. Submit a Pull Request using Github

multi-clone.py

This script can be used to deploy multiple VMs from a template in an automatic way, with the possibility to add a post script. The post script gets two parameters: the VM name and possibly the IP address (either IPv4 or IPv6, depending on the parameters)

Requirements

1. PySphere 0.1.8+
2. vCenter 5+ (tested with 5.1, 5.1u & 5.5)
3. A user with a role with at least the following permission over the complete vCenter server:
   • Datastore
     • Allocate space
   • Network
     • Assign Network
   • Resource
     • Apply recommendation
     • Assign virtual machine to resource pool
   • Scheduled task
     • Create tasks
     • Run task
   • Virtual Machine
     • Configuration
       • Add new disk
     • Interaction
       • Power on
     • Inventory
       • Create from existing
     • Provisioning
       • Clone virtual machine
       • Deploy from template

Usage

multi-clone.py [-h] [-6] -b BASENAME [-c COUNT] [-n AMOUNT]
                      [-p POST_SCRIPT] [-r RESOURCE_POOL] -s SERVER -t
                      TEMPLATE -u USERNAME [-v] [-w MAXWAIT]
 
Deploy a template into multiple VM's
 
optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -6, --six             Get IPv6 address for VMs instead of IPv4
  -b BASENAME, --basename BASENAME
                        Basename of the newly deployed VMs
  -c COUNT, --count COUNT
                        Starting count, the name of the first VM deployed will
                        be <basename>-<count>, the second will be
                        <basename>-<count +1> (default=1)
  -n AMOUNT, --number AMOUNT
                        Amount of VMs to deploy (default=1)
  -p POST_SCRIPT, --post-script POST_SCRIPT
                        Script to be called after each VM is created and
                        booted. Arguments passed: name ip-address
  -r RESOURCE_POOL, --resource-pool RESOURCE_POOL
                        The resource pool in which the new VMs should reside
  -s SERVER, --server SERVER
                        The vCenter or ESXi server to connect to
  -t TEMPLATE, --template TEMPLATE
                        Template to deploy
  -u USERNAME, --user USERNAME
                        The username with which to connect to the server
  -v, --verbose         Enable verbose output
  -w MAXWAIT, --wait-max MAXWAIT
                        Maximum amount of seconds to wait when gathering
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