def _execute(self):
# Get the identifiers
vm_id = get_vm(self.vsphere_client, self.vm_name)
assert vm_id
resource_pool_id = get_resource_pool(self.vsphere_client,
self.datacenter_name,
self.resource_pool_name)
assert resource_pool_id
# Create a library
storage_backings = self.helper.create_storage_backings(
self.servicemanager, self.datastore_name)
self.library_id = self.helper.create_local_library(
storage_backings, self.library_name)
# Build the create specification
create_spec = VmtxLibraryItem.CreateSpec()
create_spec.source_vm = vm_id
create_spec.library = self.library_id
create_spec.name = self.item_name
create_spec.placement = VmtxLibraryItem.CreatePlacementSpec(
resource_pool=resource_pool_id)
# Create a new library item from the source VM
self.item_id = self.client.vmtx_service.create(create_spec)
print("Created VM template item '{0}' with ID: {1}".format(
self.item_name, self.item_id))
# Retrieve the library item info
info = self.client.vmtx_service.get(self.item_id)
print('VM template guest OS: {0}'.format(info.guest_os))
def create_vmtx_item_from_vm(self, library_id, source_vm_id,
vmtx_item_name):
# Create a VMTX item using the given VM as source
create_spec = VmtxLibraryItem.CreateSpec()
create_spec.source_vm = source_vm_id
create_spec.library = library_id
create_spec.name = vmtx_item_name
create_spec.description = 'sample-vmtx-description'
create_spec.placement = VmtxLibraryItem.CreatePlacementSpec()
create_spec.placement.resource_pool = self.resource_pool_id
vmtx_item_id = self.client.vmtx_service.create(create_spec)
print("VMTX item created id: {0}".format(vmtx_item_id))
return vmtx_item_id