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Description
How pyvmomi run command on esx and get back its output?
Contributor guide
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- infrastructure
- Issue type
- research
- DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
- 2
- Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
- under 1 hour
- Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
- stale
- ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
- unclear
- Prerequisites
- PythonpyVmomiVMware vSphere concepts
- Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
- 30
- Research direction
- The issue asks how to run a command on an ESX host using pyVmomi. Research the pyVmomi library documentation for methods like 'ExecuteSimpleCommand' in the guest operations manager. Also refer to VMware vSphere API documentation for host level command execution. Consider creating a minimal sample script that connects to ESX and runs a command, then captures the output.