Govc

govc

Install

curl -L -o - "https://github.com/vmware/govmomi/releases/latest/download/govc_$(uname -s)_$(uname -m).tar.gz" | sudo tar -C /usr/local/bin -xvzf - govc

Enable login

export GOVC_URL=https://vcenter.halfface.se
export GOVC_USERNAME=administrator@vsphere.local;
export GOVC_PASSWORD=<password>
export GOVC_INSECURE=true

govc Completion

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List resources

govc ls

View console

govc vm.console -capture - <output from ls> | display

open console

Download and install VMware-Remote-Console-12.0.5-22744838.x86_64.bundle

sudo mkdir -p /etc/vmware/hostd/
echo '<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<metadata>
</metadata>' | sudo tee /etc/vmware/hostd/proxy.xml
vmrc $(govc vm.console /site/vm/bla/bla) &

List roles.

govc role.ls

who has specified role

govc role.usage

list privileges

govc role.ls -json Admin | jq -r '.privilege[]'

Add missing permission to role.

govc role.update -a openshift-vcenter-level openshift-vcenter-level

List all permission for matching role

govc role.ls | sort | grep openshift | awk '{print $1}' | while read i ; do echo '*' $i ; govc role.ls $i ; done | less

List info about vm

govc vm.info /RGK/vm/costest-ph9l4/costest-ph9l4-master-0
govc vm.info -json /<cluster>/vm/<folder>/<vm>

Turn on or off.

govc vm.power -on /<cluster>/vm/<folder>/<vm>
govc vm.power -off /<cluster>/vm/<folder>/<vm>
govc vm.power -off -force /<cluster>/vm/<folder>/<vm>

reboot/reset

govc vm.power -reset=true /<cluster>/vm/<folder>/<vm>

Change memory on vm.

govc vm.change -vm /<cluster>/vm/<folder>/<vm> -m 20480

Change number of cpu:s

govc vm.change -vm /<cluster>/vm/<folder>/<vm> -c 10

Set attribute

govc vm.change -e="disk.EnableUUID=1" -vm='VM Path'

List datastore

govc ls /<company>/datastore/IPO-01-vsanDatastore

List datastore to find file Iso

govc datastore.ls -ds=IPO-01-vsanDatastore -R -a -l -p

List directories

govc datastore.ls -ds /company/datastore/IX-STO1-01-vsanDatastore . | grep -v '[0-9a-f]\{8\}-[0-9a-f]\{4\}-[0-9a-f]\{4\}-[0-9a-f]\{4\}-[0-9a-f]\{12\}' | sort

Find network

govc ls /company/network | grep 172.19.14.
/company/network/dpg-1914-172.19.14.0

List devices

govc device.ls -vm=/<cluster>/vm/<folder>/<vm>-00001-odf-0

datastore.upload

govc datastore.upload -ds=IPO-01-vsanDatastore boot.3.iso 0b0a8061-420f-77bd-367b-e43d1a863890/boot.3.iso

datastore.rm

govc datastore.rm -ds=IPO-01-vsanDatastore 0b0a8061-420f-77bd-367b-e43d1a863890/boot.3.iso

Eject cdrom

govc device.cdrom.eject -vm <vm>

Insert cdrom

govc device.cdrom.insert -vm <vm> images/boot.iso

View events from vm

govc events /<cluster>/vm/<folder>/<vm> | less

List logs

List logs from vsphere.

govc logs.ls

List logs from all hostsystems.

govc find . -type h | awk -F / '{print $NF}'| while read HOST ; do echo '*' $HOST ; govc logs.ls -host $HOST ; done

extend disk

Find disk to extend

govc device.ls -vm /path/to/your/vm

Extend disk

govc vm.disk.change -vm /path/to/your/vm -disk.label "Hard disk 1" -size 100G
govc vm.disk.change -vm control-plane-1 -disk.name disk-1000-0 -size 100G

events

Search for events for vm.

govc find / -type m | sort | grep oc5 | while read i ; do echo '*' $i ; govc events -n 100 $i | grep migrate ; done

Distributed Resource Scheduler(drs) disable

Change on matching vm:s.

govc find / -type m | grep oc4 | sort | while read i ; do echo '*' $i ; govc cluster.override.change -cluster /LIV/host/LIVCLU01 -vm $i -drs-enabled=false ; done

How are settings.

govc cluster.override.info -cluster /LIV/host/LIVCLU01

get ip address of vm

govc vm.ip <path_to_vm>