def find_child(vm_name):
e = None
try:
vm = FindChild(GetVmFolder(), vm_name)
except Exception as e:
vm = None
return vm, e
def get_vm_uuid_by_name(vm_name):
""" Returns vm_uuid for given vm_name, or None """
si = vmdk_ops.get_si()
try:
vm = FindChild(GetVmFolder(), vm_name)
return vm.config.uuid
except:
return None
def get_vm_config_path(vm_name):
"""Returns vm_uuid for given vm_name, or None """
si = vmdk_ops.get_si()
try:
vm = FindChild(GetVmFolder(), vm_name)
config_path = vm.summary.config.vmPathName
except:
return None
# config path has the format like this "[datastore1] test_vm1/test_vm1/test_vm1.vmx"
datastore, path = config_path.split()
datastore = datastore[1:-1]
datastore_path = os.path.join("/vmfs/volumes/", datastore)
# datastore_path has the format like this /vmfs/volumes/datastore_name
vm_config_path = os.path.join(datastore_path, path)
return vm_config_path