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How to setup the power management of a VM to avoid its standby mode?

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#640 opened on May 5, 2020

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Description

The guest operating system is placed on standby. Then, the vm.guess.guessState is shown as "notRunning" although the VM is on. I would like to know how to change the power management related to this standby mode, using pyVmomi. Following the link below I can do it manually. https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.7/com.vmware.vsphere.vm_admin.doc/GUID-879FA851-2B24-49E6-B58F-F25D0E923D17.html

The question is, which method of the pyVmomi API allows me to apply this setup to several VMs automatically?

Thanks.

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infrastructurecloud
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basic pyVmomi knowledgeVMware vSphere concepts
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Research direction
Investigate pyVmomi API for power management of VMs, specifically how to disable standby mode. Refer to the VMware vSphere documentation linked in the issue for manual steps. Look for methods in the pyVmomi library that correspond to power management settings, such as setting the power policy or modifying VM configuration. The goal is to create a sample script that programmatically applies the same settings as the manual process.