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The script has been modified so that the credentials are stored in (line 44 and 50) within the script versus prompting for it on the command-line (you can easily tweak it for testing purposes).
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I have created the following pyvmomi script called generate_esxi_support_bundle_from_vsphere_cluster.py which you will need to download and upload to your VCSA. The variable that we care about in this particular example is the VMWARE_ALARM_EVENT_COMPUTERESOURCE as this provides us with the name of the vSphere Cluster that we will need to iterate all the ESXi hosts to then generate the ESXi support bundles. VMWARE_ALARM_EVENT_COMPUTERESOURCE=Non-VSAN-Cluster VMWARE_ALARM_EVENTDESCRIPTION=Reconfigured DummyVM on 192.168.1.190 in NUC-Datacenter VMWARE_ALARM_EVENT_USERNAME=VGHETTO.LOCAL\Administrator VMWARE_ALARM_NAME=00 - Collect all ESXi Host Logs
VMWARE_ALARM_EVENT_DATACENTER=NUC-Datacenter VMWARE_ALARM_TRIGGERINGSUMMARY=Event: VM reconfigured (224045) Here is an example of what the environmental variables looks like for my vCenter Alarm which triggers off of the VM reconfigured event: VMWARE_ALARM_EVENT_DVS= These environmental variables can then be accessed and used directly from within the script itself.
When a vCenter Alarm is triggered, there are a bunch of metadata that is passed from the vCenter Alarm itself and stored in a set of VMware specific environmental variables which you can find some more details in the documentation here.
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UPDATE (06/14/16) - For generating an ESXI performance support bundle, please have a look at this article which can then be applied to this article in terms of running the script in the VCSA. In this example, we will create a simple vCenter Alarm on our vSphere Cluster that triggers our script when a particular VM is modified as this is probably one of the easiest way to test the alarm itself. The requirement was to automatically generate and collect an ESXi performance bundle (part of the support bundle) for all hosts in a given vSphere Cluster when a specific vCenter Alarm is triggered. The following example is based off of a real use case from one of our customers. If it is possible, a remote system using programmatic APIs to provide centralize management and configuration is preferred and it also limits the number of users that may have access directly to the vCenter Server.
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Given there are already multiple ways of achieving #1 and I am sure there are other options if you just did a quick Google search, I am going to focus on #2 which will demonstrate how to create a pyvmomi script that can be triggered by a vCenter Alarm action running on the VCSA.ĭisclaimer: It is generally recommended that you do not install or run additional tools or scripts on the vCenter Server (Windows or VCSA) itself as it may potentially impact the system.
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This will allow you to access the vSphere API just like you would with PowerCLI on a vCenter Server for Windows if you had that installed.
You can leverage pyvmomi (vSphere SDK for Python) which is already included in the VCSA.