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Sample: using a VM's UUID determine its esx host's IP and datacenter

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#23 opened on May 28, 2014

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Description

Demonstrate how to find a VM using its UUID and then examine key facts about that VM's position in inventory. Details like Datastore, Datacenter, and ESXi Host are of interest.

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Explore pyVmomi documentation for VM UUID lookup methods and inventory traversal to retrieve host and datacenter details. Write a sample script demonstrating these steps.
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python
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backend
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2
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1-3 hours
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Fresh
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Clear
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Python
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75