/// <summary>
/// Register the virtual machine.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>Returns the boolean value true or false.</returns>
private Boolean registerVirtualMachine()
{
Boolean registered = false;
Console.WriteLine("Registering The Virtual Machine ..........");
// Get datacenter
var serviceUtil = cb.getServiceUtil();
var dataCenterMoref = serviceUtil.GetDecendentMoRef(_sic.rootFolder, "Datacenter", getDataCenter());
var vmFolderMoref = (ManagedObjectReference)serviceUtil.GetDynamicProperty(dataCenterMoref, "vmFolder");
// Get datastore
var datastoreMorefs = (ManagedObjectReference[])serviceUtil.GetDynamicProperty(dataCenterMoref, "datastore");
var dirSize = getDirSize(getLocalPath());
ManagedObjectReference targetDatastoreMoref = null;
foreach (var datastoreMoref in datastoreMorefs)
{
var datastoreSummary =
(DatastoreSummary)serviceUtil.GetDynamicProperty(datastoreMoref, "summary");
if (datastoreSummary.name.Equals(getDataStore(), StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase))
{
var datastoreInfo
= (DatastoreInfo)serviceUtil.GetDynamicProperty(datastoreMoref, "info");
if (datastoreInfo.freeSpace > dirSize)
{
targetDatastoreMoref = datastoreMoref;
break;
}
}
}
if (targetDatastoreMoref == null)
{
Console.WriteLine("Could not find user entered datastore.");
return(registered);
}
// Select the first accessible host attached to the datastore
var datastoreHostMounts =
(DatastoreHostMount[])serviceUtil.GetDynamicProperty(targetDatastoreMoref, "host");
ManagedObjectReference targetHostSystemMoref = null;
foreach (var datastoreHostMount in datastoreHostMounts)
{
if (datastoreHostMount.mountInfo.accessible)
{
targetHostSystemMoref = datastoreHostMount.key;
}
}
if (targetHostSystemMoref == null)
{
Console.WriteLine(
"No accessible host found in datacenter that has the specified datastore and free space.");
return(registered);
}
else
{
// Get vmx path
var vmxPath = "[" + getDataStore() + "] " + getVmName() + "/" + getVmName() + ".vmx";
// The parent of a host system is either ComputeResource or ClusterComputeResource
var computeResourceRef =
(ManagedObjectReference)serviceUtil.GetDynamicProperty(targetHostSystemMoref, "parent");
// Get resource pool of the compute resource
var resourcePoolMoref =
(ManagedObjectReference)serviceUtil.GetMoRefProp(computeResourceRef, "resourcePool");
// Registering the virtual machine
var taskmor = _service.RegisterVM_Task(
vmFolderMoref, vmxPath, getVmName(), false, resourcePoolMoref, targetHostSystemMoref);
string result = serviceUtil.WaitForTask(taskmor);
if (result.Equals("sucess"))
{
Console.WriteLine("Registering The Virtual Machine ..........Done");
registered = true;
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("Some Exception While Registering The VM");
registered = false;
}
return(registered);
}
}