VMware

This Integration is part of the VMware Pack.#

VMware vCenter server is a centralized management application that lets you manage virtual machines and ESXi hosts centrally. This integration was integrated and tested with version 7.03 of VMware

Configure VMware in Cortex#

Parameter	Description	Required
Server URL (i.e., 192.168.0.1:30022)	The server URL of the VCenter.	True
Credentials	Username and password used to login into the system.	True
insecure	Trust any certificate (not secure).	True
proxy	Use system proxy settings.	False

Use Cases#

Create and revert to snapshot.
Get information regarding virtual machines.
Power-on, power-off, suspend, reboot, clone, create, delete, relocate, resigster and unregister virtual machines.

Commands#

You can execute these commands from the CLI, as part of an automation, or in a playbook. After you successfully execute a command, a DBot message appears in the War Room with the command details.

vmware-get-vms#

Returns all virtual machines on a system.

Base Command#

vmware-get-vms

Input#

Argument Name	Description	Required
ip	List of IPs to filter VMs by.	Optional
hostname	Hostname to filter VMs by.	Optional
name	List of VM names to filter VMs by.	Optional
uuid	List of UUIDs to filter VMs by.	Optional

Context Output#

Path	Type	Description
VMWare.Name	String	VM name.
VMWare.Template	bool	true if template, else false.
VMWare.Path	String	Path to VM.
VMWare.Guest	String	Guest full name.
VMWare.UUID	String	VM instance UUID.
VMWare.IP	String	VM IP address.
VMWare.State	String	VM state (i.e., poweredOn, poweredOff, suspended, HardRebooted).
VMWare.HostName	String	Host name of VM.
VMWare.MACAddress	String	MAC address of VM.
VMWare.SnapshotCreateDate	String	Create date of the last snapshot of the VM.
VMWare.SnapshotUUID	String	UUID of the last snapshot of the VM.
VMWare.Deleted	Boolean	If set to true, the VM was deleted.

Command Example#

!vmware-get-vms

Context Example#

{
 "VMWare":[
   {
       "Guest": "Ubuntu Linux (64-bit)",
       "HostName": "ubuntu",
       "IP": "192.168.100.1",
       "MACAddress": "00:50:56:bc:86:ec",
       "Name": "UbuntuTest",
       "Path": "[datastore1] UbuntuTest/UbuntuTest.vmx",
       "State": "poweredOn",
       "Template": false,
       "UUID": "503ca58b-0821-cf21-fb56-459e55df6d19"
   }
 ]
}

Human Readable Output#

Name	Template	Path	Guest	UUID	IP	State	HostName	MACAddress	SnapshotCreateDate	SnapshotUUID	Deleted
VMware_vCenter_7_Integration_Test	false	[datastore1] VMware_vCenter_7_Integration_Test/VMware_vCenter_7_Integration_Test.vmx	Other 3.x or later Linux (64-bit)	52535506-77f9-ac98-77d3-63bb537ad7d2	192.168.1.141	poweredOn	localhost	00:0c:29:d4:ca:14			false
VMware_enhancement_test_vm	false	[datastore1] enhancement_test_3/enhancement_test_3.vmx	Other (32-bit)	503d608e-92a1-358a-9674-2806326527f5		poweredOn					false
CentOS7_VMware_Integration_Test	false	[datastore1] CentOS7_VMware_Integration_Test/CentOS7_VMware_Integration_Test.vmx	CentOS 7 (64-bit)	503dd190-3c64-493b-38ff-37db4e4ba2ab	192.168.1.142	poweredOn	localhost.localdomain	00:50:56:bd:25:c4	2021-09-22 12:09:57.989388+00:00	423da02f-c7f4-3cda-a33e-1c85c10e048d	false
TetsVM1	false	[datastore1] TetsVM1/TetsVM1.vmx	Other (32-bit)	503dae8b-afc2-d253-40d5-7e25e05d86f4		poweredOn					false
enhancement test 2	false	[datastore1] enhancement test 2/enhancement test 2.vmx	Other (32-bit)	503d4b98-8a62-c31e-239a-fc9480f55d30		poweredOff					false

vmware-poweron#

Powers on a powered-off or suspended virtual machine.

Base Command#

vmware-poweron

Input#

Argument Name	Description	Required
vm-uuid	VM UUID of virtual machine to be powered on.	Required

Context Output#

Path	Type	Description
VMWare.UUID	String	VM instance UUID.
VMWare.State	String	VM state (i.e., poweredOn, poweredOff, suspended, HardRebooted).

Command Example#

!vmware-poweron vm-uuid="503ca58b-0821-cf21-fb56-459e55df6d19"

Context Example#

{
 "VMWare": {
     "State": "poweredOn",
     "UUID": "503ca58b-0821-cf21-fb56-459e55df6d19"
   }
}

Human Readable Output#

Virtual Machine was powered on successfully.

vmware-poweroff#

Powers off a powered-on or suspended virtual machine.

Base Command#

vmware-poweroff

Input#

Argument Name	Description	Required
vm-uuid	VM UUID of virtual machine to be powered on.	Required

Context Output#

Path	Type	Description
VMWare.UUID	String	VM instance UUID.
VMWare.State	String	VM state (i.e., poweredOn, poweredOff, suspended, HardRebooted).

Command Example#

!vmware-poweroff vm-uuid="503ca58b-0821-cf21-fb56-459e55df6d19"

Context Example#

{
 "VMWare": {
     "State": "poweredOff",
     "UUID": "503ca58b-0821-cf21-fb56-459e55df6d19"
   }
}

Human Readable Output#

Virtual Machine was powered off successfully.

vmware-hard-reboot#

Reboots a powered-on virtual machine.

Base Command#

vmware-hard-reboot

Input#

Argument Name	Description	Required
vm-uuid	VM UUID of virtual machine to reboot.	Required

Context Output#

Path	Type	Description
VMWare.UUID	String	VM instance UUID.
VMWare.State	String	VM state (i.e., poweredOn, poweredOff, suspended, HardRebooted).

Command Example#

!vmware-hard-reboot vm-uuid="503ca58b-0821-cf21-fb56-459e55df6d19"

Context Example#

{
 "VMWare": {
     "State": "HardRebooted",
     "UUID": "503ca58b-0821-cf21-fb56-459e55df6d19"
   }
}

Human Readable Output#

Virtual Machine was rebooted successfully.

vmware-suspend#

Suspends a powered-on virtual machine.

Base Command#

vmware-suspend

Input#

Argument Name	Description	Required
vm-uuid	VM UUID of virtual machine to be suspended.	Required

Context Output#

Path	Type	Description
VMWare.UUID	String	VM instance UUID.
VMWare.State	String	VM state (i.e., poweredOn, poweredOff, suspended, HardRebooted).

Command Example#

!vmware-suspend vm-uuid="503ca58b-0821-cf21-fb56-459e55df6d19"

Context Example#

{
 "VMWare": {
     "State": "suspended",
     "UUID": "503ca58b-0821-cf21-fb56-459e55df6d19"
   }
}

Human Readable Output#

Virtual Machine was suspended successfully.

vmware-soft-reboot#

Issues a command to the guest operating system asking it to perform a reboot.

Base Command#

vmware-soft-reboot

Input#

Argument Name	Description	Required
vm-uuid	VM UUID of virtual machine to reboot.	Required

Context Output#

There is no context output for this command.

Command Example#

!vmware-soft-reboot vm-uuid="503ca58b-0821-cf21-fb56-459e55df6d19"

Human Readable Output#

A request to reboot the guest has been sent.

vmware-create-snapshot#

Creates a VM snapshot.

Base Command#

vmware-create-snapshot

Input#

Argument Name	Description	Required
vm-uuid	VM UUID of virtual machine to take snapshot of.	Required
name	Snapshot name.	Optional
description	Snapshot description.	Optional
memory	Snapshot the virtual machine's memory. Possible values are: true, false. Default is True.	Optional
quiesce	Quiesce guest file system (needs VMWare Tools installed). Possible values are: true, false. Default is False.	Optional

Context Output#

There is no context output for this command.

Command Example#

!vmware-create-snapshot vm-uuid="503ca58b-0821-cf21-fb56-459e55df6d19" name="SnapShotName" description="A daily snapshot of VM" memory=true quiesce=false

Human Readable Output#

Snapshot SnapShotName completed.

vmware-revert-snapshot#

Reverts VM to snapshot.

Base Command#

vmware-revert-snapshot

Input#

Argument Name	Description	Required
snapshot-name	Snapshot name to revert to.	Required
vm-uuid	VM UUID of virtual machine to revert snapshot.	Required

Context Output#

Path	Type	Description
VMWare.UUID	String	VM instance UUID.
VMWare.Snapshot	String	Name of the snapshot reverted to.

Command Example#

!vmware-revert-snapshot vm-uuid="503ca58b-0821-cf21-fb56-459e55df6d19" snapshot-name="SnapShotName"

Context Example#

{
 "VMWare": {
     "Snapshot": "Reverted to SnapShotName",
     "UUID": "503ca58b-0821-cf21-fb56-459e55df6d19"
   }
}

Human Readable Output#

Reverted to snapshot SnapShotName successfully.

vmware-get-events#

Gets events of a VM.

Base Command#

vmware-get-events

Input#

Argument Name	Description	Required
vm-uuid	VM UUID of virtual machine to get events of.	Required
event-type	Type of events to get, given in CSV (i.e., VmGuestRebootEvent,VmGuestShutdownEvent). Default is VmGuestRebootEvent,VmGuestShutdownEvent,VmPoweredOnEvent,VmPoweredOffEvent,VmSuspendedEvent.	Optional
start-date	Event's start date.	Optional
end-date	Event's end date.	Optional
user	User name.	Optional
limit	Number of events to return. Default is 50.	Optional

Context Output#

Path	Type	Description
VMWareEvents.id	String	The id of the event.
VMWareEvents.Event	String	Description of the event.
VMWareEvents.CreatedTime	String	Creation time of the event.
VMWareEvents.UserName	Date	The user name of the user who triggered the event.

Command Example#

!vmware-get-events vm-uuid=525306-77f9-ac98-77d3-63bb537ad7d2 start-date="2021-12-14T00:00:00" end-date="2021-12-16T00:00:00" user="VSPHERE.TEST"

Context Example#

{
  "VMWareEvenet": [
        {
            "CreatedTime": "2021-12-15 09:38:46", 
            "UserName": "VSPHERE.TEST", 
            "Event": "Guest OS reboot for Datacenter", 
            "id": 99973
        }
    ]
}

Human Readable Output#

CreatedTime	Event	UserName	id
2021-12-15 09:38:46	Guest OS reboot for Datacenter	VSPHERE.TEST	999

vmware-change-nic-state#

Changes the state of a VM NIC.

Base Command#

vmware-change-nic-state

Input#

Argument Name	Description	Required
vm-uuid	VM UUID of virtual machine to change NIC state.	Required
nic-state	New state of the NIC to be changed. Possible values are: connect, disconnect, delete.	Required
nic-number	Number of the NIC to be changed.	Required

Context Output#

Path	Type	Description
VMWare.UUID	String	VM instance UUID.
VMWare.NICState	String	VM NIC state (i.e., connected, disconnected, delete).

Command Example#

!vmware-change-nic-state vm-uuid="503ca58b-0821-cf21-fb56-459e55df6d19" nic-state="disconnected" nic-number=1

Context Example#

{
 "VMWare": {
     "NICState": "disconnected",
     "UUID": "503ca58b-0821-cf21-fb56-459e55df6d19"
   }
}

Human Readable Output#

Virtual Machine's NIC was disconnected successfully.

vmware-list-vms-by-tag#

Lists all virtual storage objects attached to the tag.

Base Command#

vmware-list-vms-by-tag

Input#

Argument Name	Description	Required
category	The category to which the tag belongs.	Required
tag	The tag to be queried.	Required

Context Output#

Path	Type	Description
VMWareTag.TagName	String	The tag that was queried.
VMwareTag.Category	String	The category to which the tag belongs.
VMwareTag.VM	String	VM name which the tag attached to.

Command Example#

!vmware-list-vms-by-tag category="Test Category" tag=test

Context Example#

{
  "VMWareTag": [
        {
            "Category": "Test Category", 
            "VM": "CentOS7_VMware_Integration_Test", 
            "TagName": "test"
        }, 
        {
            "Category": "Test Category", 
            "VM": "enhancement test 2", 
            "TagName": "test"
        }, 
        {
            "Category": "Test Category", 
            "VM": "VMware_enhancement_test_vm", 
            "TagName": "test"
        }
    ]}

Human Readable Output#

Category	TagName	VM
Test Category	test	Integration_Test
Test Category	test	enhancement test 2
Test Category	test	VMware_enhancement_test_vm

vmware-create-vm#

Creates a new virtual machine in the current folder and attaches it to the specified resource pool. This operation creates a virtual machine, instead of cloning a virtual machine from an existing one.

Base Command#

vmware-create-vm

Input#

Argument Name	Description	Required
name	Display name of the virtual machine.	Required
cpu-num	Number of virtual processors in a virtual machine.	Required
cpu-allocation	Resource limits for CPU.	Required
memory	Resource limits for memory.	Required
virtual-memory	Size of a virtual machine's memory, in MB.	Required
guestld	Short guest operating system identifier.	Optional
guest-os-familiy	description.	Required
guest-os-version	description.	Required
host	The target host on which the virtual machine will run.	Required
folder	The target folder in which the virtual machine will be located.	Required
pool	The resource pool to which the virtual machine will be attached.	Optional

Context Output#

Path	Type	Description
VMWare.vName	String	VM name.
VMWare.Template	bool	true if template, else false.
VMWare.Path	String	Path to VM.
VMWare.Guest	String	Guest full name.
VMWare.UUID	String	VM instance UUID.
VMWare.IP	String	VM IP address.
VMWare.State	String	VM state (i.e., poweredOn, poweredOff, suspended, HardRebooted).
VMWare.HostName	String	Host name of VM.
VMWare.MACAddress	String	MAC address of VM.
VMWare.SnapshotCreateDate	String	Create date of the last snapshot of the VM.
VMWare.SnapshotUUID	String	UUID of the last snapshot of the VM.
VMWare.Deleted	Boolean	If set to true, the VM was deleted.

Command Example#

!vmware-create-vm cpu-allocation=1 cpu-num=1 guest-os-familiy=Windows guest-os-version="Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (64-bit)" host=11.11.1.111 memory=32 name="test_vm_ui" virtual-memory=32 folder="vm"

Context Example#

{
  "VMWare": [
        {
           "MACAddress": "", 
            "Name": "test_vm_ui", 
            "Deleted": false, 
            "IP": " ", 
            "HostName": " ", 
            "SnapshotCreateDate": "", 
            "UUID": "503d-11bc-834e-51a8-51b19a1b6924", 
            "State": "poweredOff", 
            "Snapshot": " ", 
            "Template": false, 
            "SnapshotUUID": "", 
            "Path": "[datastore1] test_vm_ui/test_vm_ui.vmx", 
            "Guest": "Other (32-bit)"
        }
    ]
}

Human Readable Output#

Name	Template	Path	Guest	UUID	State	Deleted
test_vm_ui	false	[datastore1] test_vm_ui/test_vm_ui.vmx	Other (32-bit)	503d9bc9-5c5a-603e-65d9-0fea7b29b9a7	poweredOff	false

vmware-clone-vm#

Creates a clone of this virtual machine. If the virtual machine is used as a template, this method corresponds to the deploy command.

Base Command#

vmware-clone-vm

Input#

Argument Name	Description	Required
uuid	The UUID of the VM to clone.	Required
name	The name of the new virtual machine.	Required
folder	The location of the new virtual machine.	Required
template	Specifies whether or not the new virtual machine should be marked as a template.	Optional
powerOn	Specifies whether or not the new VirtualMachine should be powered on after creation. Possible values are: true, false. Default is False.	Required
datastore	The datastore where the virtual machine should be located.	Optional
host	The target host for the virtual machine.	Optional
pool	The resource pool to which this virtual machine should be attached.	Optional

Context Output#

Path	Type	Description
VMWare.Name	String	VM name.
VMWare.Template	bool	true if template, else false.
VMWare.Path	String	Path to VM.
VMWare.Guest	String	Guest full name.
VMWare.UUID	String	VM instance UUID.
VMWare.IP	String	VM IP address.
VMWare.State	String	VM state (i.e., poweredOn, poweredOff, suspended, HardRebooted).
VMWare.HostName	String	Host name of VM.
VMWare.MACAddress	String	MAC address of VM.
VMWare.SnapshotCreateDate	String	Create date of the last snapshot of the VM.
VMWare.SnapshotUUID	String	UUID of the last snapshot of the VM.
VMWare.Deleted	Boolean	If set to true, the VM was deleted.

Command Example#

!vmware-clone-vm folder=vm name=cloned_vm powerOn=false uuid=603e-65d9-0fea7b29b9a7

Context Example#

{
  "VMWare": [
        {
            "MACAddress": "", 
            "Name": "cloned_vm", 
            "Deleted": false, 
            "IP": " ", 
            "HostName": " ", 
            "SnapshotCreateDate": "", 
            "UUID": "e5aa-8fe8-a3faf1191395", 
            "State": "poweredOff", 
            "Template": false, 
            "SnapshotUUID": "", 
            "Path": "[datastore1] cloned_vm/cloned_vm.vmx", 
            "Guest": "Other (32-bit)"
        }
    ]
}

Human Readable Output#

Name	Template	Path	Guest	UUID	State	Deleted
cloned_vm	false	[datastore1] cloned_vm/cloned_vm.vmx	Other (32-bit)	e5aa-8fe8-a3faf1191395	poweredOff	false

vmware-relocate-vm#

Relocates a virtual machine to a specified location.

Base Command#

vmware-relocate-vm

Input#

Argument Name	Description	Required
datastore	The datastore where the virtual machine should be located. If not specified, the current datastore is used.	Optional
folder	The folder where the virtual machine should be located.	Required
host	The target host for the virtual machine.	Optional
pool	The resource pool to which this virtual machine should be attached.	Optional
service	The service endpoint of vCenter where the virtual machine should be located. If not specified, the current vCenter service is used.	Optional
profile	Storage profile requirement for Virtual Machine's home directory.	Optional
priority	The task priority. Possible values are: defaultPriority, highPriority, lowPriority.	Required
uuid	The UUID of the VM to relocate.	Required

Context Output#

There is no context output for this command.

Command Example#

!vmware-relocate-vm folder=enhancement_check priority=defaultPriority uuid=e5aa-8fe8-a3faf1191395

Human Readable Output#

Virtual Machine was relocated successfully.

vmware-delete-vm#

Destroys this object, deleting its contents and removing it from its parent folder (if any).

Base Command#

vmware-delete-vm

Input#

Argument Name	Description	Required
uuid	The UUID of the VM to delete.	Required

Context Output#

Path	Type	Description
VMWare.UUID	String	VM instance UUID.
VMWare.Deleted	String	If set to true, the VM was deleted.

Command Example#

!vmware-delete-vm uuid=503d537f-a8d0-e5aa-8fe8-a3faf1191395

Human Readable Output#

Virtual Machine was deleted successfully.

vmware-register-vm#

Adds an existing virtual machine to the folder.

Base Command#

vmware-register-vm

Input#

Argument Name	Description	Required
path	A datastore path to the virtual machine.	Required
name	The name to be assigned to the virtual machine.	Required
host	The target host on which the virtual machine will run.	Required
asTemplate	Flag to specify whether or not the virtual machine should be marked as a template. Possible values are: true, false. Default is False.	Optional
folder	Folder to register the VM to.	Required

Context Output#

There is no context output for this command.

Command Example#

!vmware-register-vm path="[datastore1] test_vm_ui/test_vm_ui.vmx" folder=vm host=192.168.1.140 name=rgistered_vm asTemplate=false

Human Readable Output#

Virtual Machine was registered successfully.

vmware-unregister-vm#

emoves this virtual machine from the inventory without removing any of the virtual machine's files on disk.

Base Command#

vmware-unregister-vm

Input#

Argument Name	Description	Required
uuid	The UUID of the VM to remove.	Required

Context Output#

There is no context output for this command.

Command Example#

!vmware-unregister-vm uuid=503d9bc9-5c5a-603e-65d9-0fea7b29b9a7

Human Readable Output#

Virtual Machine was unregistered successfully.