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get the list of vms on a esx host

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#716 opened on Dec 15, 2022

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Description

Describe the bug

I want to migrate all virtual machines from one host to another, how can I get a list of virtual machines on one of the esxi farm hosts. I only found methods to get a list of all the machines. please help me

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Research direction
Investigate pyVmomi API to list VMs filtered by ESXi host. Look for methods like 'GetAllVmsByHost' or iterate over VMs and filter by host property.
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python
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backend
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2
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PythonpyVmomi
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70