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CloudForms VMware Tools Upgrade method

May 14th, 2015 Leave a comment Go to comments

I wrote a method a while back to allow me to upgrade VMware tools from within the CloudForms interface. I thought I would share it. I usually create a VM button to call the method, but it could probably be used elsewhere with some tweaking.

For the button, create it with System/Process/Request, Message create and Request upgrade_vmware_tools.

Screen Shot 2015-05-14 at 10.31.33 AM

Next, create an instance under /System/Process/Request called upgrade_vmware_tools that has a relationship field pointing to the location of your method. In my case, I chose /Infrastructure/VM/Operations/Methods/upgrade_vmware_tools

Screen Shot 2015-05-14 at 10.32.56 AM

Finally, you can create your instance and method.

Screen Shot 2015-05-14 at 10.33.32 AM

Here’s the code for what I wrote:

###################################
#
# CFME Automate Method: upgrade_vmware_tools
#
# Inputs: $evm.root['vm']
#
###################################
begin
  # Method for logging
  def log(level, message)
    @method = 'upgrade_vmware_tools'
    $evm.log(level, "#{@method} - #{message}")
  end
 
  def dump_attributes(my_object, my_object_name)
    $evm.log(:info, "Begin #{my_object_name}.attributes")
    my_object.attributes.sort.each { |k, v| $evm.log(:info, "#{my_object_name} Attribute - #{k}: #{v}")}
    $evm.log(:info, "End #{my_object_name}.attributes")
    $evm.log(:info, "")
  end
 
  def dump_associations(my_object, my_object_name)
    $evm.log(:info, "Begin #{my_object_name}.associations")
    my_object.associations.sort.each { |a| $evm.log(:info, "#{my_object_name} Association - #{a}")}
    $evm.log(:info, "End #{my_object_name}.associations")
    $evm.log(:info, "")
  end
 
  def dump_virtual_columns(my_object, my_object_name)
    $evm.log(:info, "Begin #{my_object_name}.virtual_columns")
    my_object.virtual_column_names.sort.each { |vcn| $evm.log(:info, "#{my_object_name} Virtual Column - #{vcn}")}
    $evm.log(:info, "End #{my_object_name}.virtual_columns")
    $evm.log(:info, "")
  end
 
  log(:info, "CFME Automate Method Started")
 
  # Log information 
  #dump_attributes($evm.root, "$evm.root")
  #dump_associations($evm.root['vm'], "vm")
  #dump_virtual_columns($evm.root, "$evm.root")
 
  def find_vm(dc, name)
    vm = {}
    dc.datastoreFolder.childEntity.collect do |datastore|
      vm[:instance] = datastore.vm.find { |x| x.name == name }
      if vm[:instance]
        vm[:datastore] = datastore.name
        break
      end
    end
    vm
  end
 
  def upg_tools(vm)
    if vm[:instance][:guest][:guestFamily] == 'windowsGuest'
      instopts = '/s /v "/qn REBOOT=ReallySuppress"'
    else
      instopts = nil
    end
 
    $evm.log(:info, "Upgrading VMware Tools on #{vm[:instance][:name]}")
    upgtask = vm[:instance].UpgradeTools_Task(:installerOptions => instopts).wait_for_completion
  end
 
  require 'rbvmomi'
 
  VIM = RbVmomi::VIM
  rvm  = $evm.root['vm']
  ems = rvm.ext_management_system()
 
  credentials = { :host => ems['hostname'], :user => ems.authentication_userid(), :password => ems.authentication_password(), :insecure => true }
  vim = VIM.connect credentials
 
  dc = vim.serviceInstance.find_datacenter
  vm = find_vm(dc, rvm.name)
  rc = upg_tools(vm)
 
  # Exit method
  log(:info, "CFME Automate Method Ended")
  exit MIQ_OK
 
  # Ruby rescue 
rescue => err
  log(:error, "[#{err}]\n#{err.backtrace.join("\n")}")
  exit MIQ_ABORT
end
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