Pyvmomi

install

• pip install pyvim

or

• pip3 install pyvim

samples

• git clone https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi

community samples

• git clone https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi-samples

first test

• cd pyvmomi/sample

getallvms

• python3 getallvms.py --host esxi-01.xinux.org --user root --pass secret

Name       :  db-testsystem
Path       :  [geldspeicher] db-testsystem/db-testsystem.vmx
Guest      :  Ubuntu Linux (64-bit)
State      :  poweredOn
IP         :  10.81.1.39

poweron

• python3 poweronvm.py --host esxi-01.xinux.org --vmname db-testsystem --user root --pass secret

Caught vmodl fault : Current license or ESXi version prohibits execution of the requested operation.