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Sample: inject metadata into a Virtual Machine for display

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#35 opened on May 28, 2014

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Description

Demonstrate how to inject metadata key/value pairs into vSphere virtual machines and then read these back to the user demonstrating how to read this embedded information.

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Research direction
Explore pyVmomi documentation and existing samples to understand how to set and retrieve extra config (metadata) on a VirtualMachine object. Look at the ExtraConfig property and the ReconfigVM Task method.
Tech stack
python
Domain
backendcloud
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
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Half day
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Fresh
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Clear
Prerequisites
PythonpyVmomivSphere basics
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
60