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How to fetching volume information of a VM

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#501 opened on Jul 13, 2018

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Description

How can I fetch volumes information of any VM? I want to fetch the following information of a volume. Name, DiskID, Creation Date, Disk Type, Status, Description, Attached value, Attached VM PERF - Disk Read/Write, Disk Read/Write Latency

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python
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apibackend
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3
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mostly clear
Prerequisites
PythonpyVmomivSphere API knowledge
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40
Research direction
The issue asks for a sample to retrieve volume information from a VMware VM. The repository is pyvmomi community samples, so the expected output is a Python script using the pyVmomi library. Look at existing samples in the repo, especially those involving VM properties or disk related queries. Use pyVmomi's `GetPropertyCollector` to fetch volume details like disk ID, type, etc. The request includes performance metrics, which may require additional vSphere performance counters. Provide a self contained script with comments explaining each step.