Problem while creating a vm from template using the vm template create_vm_template.py" about vsphere-automation-sdk-python HOT 19 CLOSED

There is a bug in the sample code. Working on a fix now.

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Actually I can't reproduce this. This is my test run:

(py36) het-m03:vsphere-automation-sdk-python het$ python samples/vsphere/contentlibrary/vmtemplate/create_vm_template.py --server x.x.x.x --username [email protected] --password Admin!23 --datacentername Sample_DC_2 --resourcepoolname rp --datastorename "local-0 (1)" --vmname Sample_Basic_VM_for_Simple_Testbed -v
server: x.x.x.x
Found VM 'Sample_Basic_VM_for_Simple_Testbed' (vm-78)
Selecting ResourcePool 'resgroup-80'
Datastore MoId: datastore-67
Local library created, ID: 363f3e91-0573-4cef-82f8-a070bb6540f5
.....

Have you pull the latest changes and installed the new binding yet?
https://github.com/vmware/vsphere-automation-sdk-python#installing-required-python-packages

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Yes i have pulled the latest code and installed the required packages but still getting this error i have actually modified code to use cluster instead of resource pool is this code not supported for cluster?

Found VM 'isp-7934' (vm-1801)
Detected cluster '7934' as domain-c1789
Datastore MoId: datastore-1795
Local library created, ID: 4f687373-4935-45e8-8e07-060a7e45aa8c
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/autosrc/sanjay/vsphere-automation-sdk-python/samples/vsphere/common/sample_base.py", line 79, in run
attr() # calling the method
File "samples/vsphere/contentlibrary/vmtemplate/create_vm_template.py", line 125, in _execute
self.item_id = self.client.vmtx_service.create(create_spec)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/com/vmware/vcenter/vm_template_client.py", line 2080, in create
'spec': spec,
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/vmware/vapi/bindings/stub.py", line 317, in _invoke
return self._api_interface.native_invoke(ctx, _method_name, kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/vmware/vapi/bindings/stub.py", line 275, in native_invoke
self._rest_converter_mode)
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.OperationNotFound: {data : None, messages : [LocalizableMessage(id='vapi.method.input.invalid.interface', default_message="Cannot find service 'com.vmware.vcenter.vm_template.library_items'.", args=['com.vmware.vcenter.vm_template.library_items'])]}
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/autosrc/sanjay/vsphere-automation-sdk-python/samples/vsphere/common/sample_base.py", line 79, in run
attr() # calling the method
File "samples/vsphere/contentlibrary/vmtemplate/create_vm_template.py", line 125, in _execute
self.item_id = self.client.vmtx_service.create(create_spec)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/com/vmware/vcenter/vm_template_client.py", line 2080, in create
'spec': spec,
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/vmware/vapi/bindings/stub.py", line 317, in _invoke
return self._api_interface.native_invoke(ctx, _method_name, kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/vmware/vapi/bindings/stub.py", line 275, in native_invoke
self._rest_converter_mode)
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.OperationNotFound: {data : None, messages : [LocalizableMessage(id='vapi.method.input.invalid.interface', default_message="Cannot find service 'com.vmware.vcenter.vm_template.library_items'.", args=['com.vmware.vcenter.vm_template.library_items'])]}

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Yes i have pulled the latest code and installed the required packages but still getting this error i have actually modified code to use cluster instead of resource pool is this code not supported for cluster?

Found VM 'isp-7934' (vm-1801)
Detected cluster '7934' as domain-c1789
Datastore MoId: datastore-1795
Local library created, ID: 4f687373-4935-45e8-8e07-060a7e45aa8c
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/autosrc/sanjay/vsphere-automation-sdk-python/samples/vsphere/common/sample_base.py", line 79, in run
attr() # calling the method
File "samples/vsphere/contentlibrary/vmtemplate/create_vm_template.py", line 125, in _execute
self.item_id = self.client.vmtx_service.create(create_spec)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/com/vmware/vcenter/vm_template_client.py", line 2080, in create
'spec': spec,
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/vmware/vapi/bindings/stub.py", line 317, in _invoke
return self._api_interface.native_invoke(ctx, _method_name, kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/vmware/vapi/bindings/stub.py", line 275, in native_invoke
self._rest_converter_mode)
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.OperationNotFound: {data : None, messages : [LocalizableMessage(id='vapi.method.input.invalid.interface', default_message="Cannot find service 'com.vmware.vcenter.vm_template.library_items'.", args=['com.vmware.vcenter.vm_template.library_items'])]}
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/autosrc/sanjay/vsphere-automation-sdk-python/samples/vsphere/common/sample_base.py", line 79, in run
attr() # calling the method
File "samples/vsphere/contentlibrary/vmtemplate/create_vm_template.py", line 125, in _execute
self.item_id = self.client.vmtx_service.create(create_spec)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/com/vmware/vcenter/vm_template_client.py", line 2080, in create
'spec': spec,
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/vmware/vapi/bindings/stub.py", line 317, in _invoke
return self._api_interface.native_invoke(ctx, _method_name, kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/vmware/vapi/bindings/stub.py", line 275, in native_invoke
self._rest_converter_mode)
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.OperationNotFound: {data : None, messages : [LocalizableMessage(id='vapi.method.input.invalid.interface', default_message="Cannot find service 'com.vmware.vcenter.vm_template.library_items'.", args=['com.vmware.vcenter.vm_template.library_items'])]}

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Cluster should work too. Can you share your modified code?

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Can you try if the original version with resource pool works for you?

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#!/usr/bin/env python

"""

Copyright VMware, Inc. 2017-2018. All Rights Reserved.
SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
DISCLAIMER. THIS PROGRAM IS PROVIDED TO YOU "AS IS" WITHOUT
WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. THE AUTHOR SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY,
NON-INFRINGEMENT AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
"""
author = 'VMware, Inc.'
vcenter_version = '6.6.2+'

from com.vmware.vcenter.vm_template_client import (
LibraryItems as VmtxLibraryItem)

from vmware.vapi.vsphere.client import create_vsphere_client

from samples.vsphere.common.id_generator import rand
from samples.vsphere.common.sample_base import SampleBase
from samples.vsphere.common.ssl_helper import get_unverified_session
from samples.vsphere.contentlibrary.lib.cls_api_client import ClsApiClient
from samples.vsphere.contentlibrary.lib.cls_api_helper import ClsApiHelper
from samples.vsphere.vcenter.helper.cluster_helper import (get_cluster)
from samples.vsphere.vcenter.helper.vm_helper import get_vm

class CreateVmTemplate(SampleBase):
"""
Demonstrates how to create a library item containing a virtual machine
template from a virtual machine.

Prerequisites:
- A virtual machine
- A datacenter
- A cluster
- A datastore
"""

def init(self):
SampleBase.init(self, self.doc)
self.servicemanager = None
self.client = None
self.helper = None
self.vm_name = None
self.datastore_name = None
self.library_name = 'demo-vmtx-lib'
self.item_name = None
self.item_id = None

def _options(self):
self.argparser.add_argument('-vmname', '--vmname',
required=True,
help='The name of the source VM from '
'which to create a library item')
self.argparser.add_argument('-datacentername', '--datacentername',
required=True,
help='The name of the datacenter in which '
'to place the VM template')
self.argparser.add_argument('-clustername', '--clustername',
required=True,
help='The name of the cluster in '
'the datacenter in which to place '
'the VM template')
self.argparser.add_argument('-datastorename', '--datastorename',
required=True,
help='The name of the datastore in which '
'to create a library and VM template')
self.argparser.add_argument('-itemname', '--itemname',
help='The name of the library item to '
'create. The item will contain a '
'VM template.')

def _setup(self):
# Required arguments
self.vm_name = self.args.vmname
self.datacenter_name = self.args.datacentername
self.cluster_name = self.args.clustername
self.datastore_name = self.args.datastorename

# Optional arguments
self.item_name = (self.args.itemname if self.args.itemname
                  else rand('vmtx-item-'))

self.servicemanager = self.get_service_manager()
self.client = ClsApiClient(self.servicemanager)
self.helper = ClsApiHelper(self.client, self.skip_verification)

session = get_unverified_session() if self.skip_verification else None
self.vsphere_client = create_vsphere_client(server=self.server,
                                            username=self.username,
                                            password=self.password,
                                            session=session)

def _execute(self):
# Get the identifiers
vm_id = get_vm(self.vsphere_client, self.vm_name)
assert vm_id
cluster_id = get_cluster(self.vsphere_client,
self.datacenter_name,
self.cluster_name)
assert cluster_id

# Create a library
storage_backings = self.helper.create_storage_backings(
    self.servicemanager, self.datastore_name)
self.library_id = self.helper.create_local_library(storage_backings,
                                                   self.library_name)

# Build the create specification
create_spec = VmtxLibraryItem.CreateSpec()
create_spec.source_vm = vm_id
create_spec.library = self.library_id
create_spec.name = self.item_name
create_spec.placement = VmtxLibraryItem.CreatePlacementSpec(
    cluster=cluster_id)

# Create a new library item from the source VM
self.item_id = self.client.vmtx_service.create(create_spec)
print("Created VM template item '{0}' with ID: {1}".format(
    self.item_name, self.item_id))

# Retrieve the library item info
info = self.client.vmtx_service.get(self.item_id)
print('VM template guest OS: {0}'.format(info.guest_os))

def _cleanup(self):
if self.library_id:
self.client.local_library_service.delete(self.library_id)
print('Deleted library ID: {0}'.format(self.library_id))
def main():
sample = CreateVmTemplate()
sample.main()

if name == 'main':
main()

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Still can't reproduce the issue:
Found VM 'Sample_Basic_VM_for_Simple_Testbed' (vm-78)
Detected cluster 'Cluster1' as domain-c46
Datastore MoId: datastore-68
Local library created, ID: c2f9868a-6498-468e-897c-df0761bba2e5
Created VM template item 'vmtx-item-WNDFY' with ID: 2f2bf9f6-6b0c-41af-b445-12d220d471bd
VM template guest OS: WINDOWS_9_64
disconnecting the session

Can you post the result of "pip list"?

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this is the pip list
asn1crypto (0.24.0)
attrs (17.4.0)
Automat (0.6.0)
beautifulsoup4 (4.5.1)
certifi (2018.1.18)
cffi (1.11.5)
chardet (3.0.4)
click (6.7)
command-not-found (0.3)
constantly (15.1.0)
cryptography (2.2.2)
Cython (0.24.1)
extras (1.0.0)
falcon (1.0.0)
fixtures (3.0.0)
Flask (0.12.2)
gevent (1.1.2)
greenlet (0.4.10)
gunicorn (19.6.0)
html5lib (1.0.1)
hyperlink (18.0.0)
idna (2.6)
incremental (17.5.0)
itsdangerous (0.24)
Jinja2 (2.10)
language-selector (0.1)
language-selector (0.1)
linecache2 (1.0.0)
lxml (4.2.1)
MarkupSafe (1.0)
pbr (3.1.1)
pip (9.0.3)
pyasn1 (0.4.2)
pyasn1-modules (0.2.1)
pycparser (2.18)
pycurl (7.43.0)
pygobject (3.20.0)
pyOpenSSL (17.5.0)
python-apt (1.1.0b1+ubuntu0.16.4.1)
python-debian (0.1.27)
python-mimeparse (1.6.0)
python-systemd (231)
pyvmomi (6.5.0.2017.5.post1)
requests (2.18.4)
service-identity (17.0.0)
setuptools (39.0.1)
simplejson (3.13.2)
six (1.11.0)
ssh-import-id (5.5)
statsd (3.2.1)
suds-jurko (0.6)
tabulate (0.8.2)
testtools (2.3.0)
traceback2 (1.4.0)
Twisted (17.9.0)
ufw (0.35)
ujson (1.35)
unattended-upgrades (0.1)
unittest2 (1.1.0)
urllib3 (1.22)
vapi-client-bindings (1.1.0)
vapi-runtime (2.9.0)
vapi-vmc-client (2.9.0)
vmc-client-bindings (1.1.0)
webencodings (0.5.1)
Werkzeug (0.14.1)
wheel (0.29.0)
zope.interface (4.4.3)

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I have got the same error with original resource pool code too,
when i go to this path /usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/com/vmware/vcenterr. i dont have this file in there does that matter ""vm_template.library_items'"' because i am getting this error ????

Exception: {data : None, messages : [LocalizableMessage(args=['com.vmware.vcenter.vm_template.library_items'], default_message="Cannot find service 'com.vmware.vcenter.vm_template.library_items'.", id='vapi.method.input.invalid.interface')]}

do we need any specific version of vsphere any limitations?

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VM Templates from content library was added into VMware Cloud on AWS (VMC) only at the moment, are you running it against VMC?

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No I am not running against VMC . i am running against my on premise instance

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This API has not yet made it to an on-premise release, if you want to work with templates in Python the only way to do this at the moment is to use PyvMomi and use the VM Template functionality, VMTemlates in CL are currently only in VMC. Unless you are looking to work with OVFs published to CL?

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if OVFs works fine i will work with that

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Great, you can find them here: https://github.com/vmware/vsphere-automation-sdk-python/tree/master/samples/vsphere/contentlibrary

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Thank you so much for taking time

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can you also please send me the link of pyvmomi samples to create vm from a template

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@sanjay1839 Please check this example for deploying VM from template using Pyvmomi - https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi-community-samples/blob/master/samples/clone_vm.py

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