///<summary>
///Retrieves the specified set of properties for the given managed object
///reference into an array of result objects .
///</summary>
///<param name="moRef"></param>
///<param name="properties"></param>
///<returns>The function returns array of object.containg dynamic properties of host
/// (returned in the same oder as the property list)
///</returns>
///
public static Object[] getProperties(ManagedObjectReference moRef, String[] properties)
{
// PropertySpec specifies what properties to
// retrieve and from type of Managed Object
PropertySpec pSpec = new PropertySpec();
pSpec.type = moRef.type;
pSpec.pathSet = properties;
// ObjectSpec specifies the starting object and
// any TraversalSpecs used to specify other objects
// for consideration
ObjectSpec oSpec = new ObjectSpec();
oSpec.obj = moRef;
// PropertyFilterSpec is used to hold the ObjectSpec and
// PropertySpec for the call
PropertyFilterSpec pfSpec = new PropertyFilterSpec();
pfSpec.propSet = new PropertySpec[] { pSpec };
pfSpec.objectSet = new ObjectSpec[] { oSpec };
// retrieveProperties() returns the properties
// selected from the PropertyFilterSpec
ObjectContent[] ocs = new ObjectContent[20];
ocs = _service.RetrieveProperties(_sic.propertyCollector, new PropertyFilterSpec[] { pfSpec });
// Return value, one object for each property specified
Object[] ret = new Object[properties.Length];
if (ocs != null)
{
for (int i = 0; i < ocs.Length; ++i)
{
ObjectContent oc = ocs[i];
DynamicProperty[] dps = oc.propSet;
if (dps != null)
{
for (int j = 0; j < dps.Length; ++j)
{
DynamicProperty dp = dps[j];
// find property path index
for (int p = 0; p < ret.Length; ++p)
{
if (properties[p].Equals(dp.name))
{
ret[p] = dp.val;
}
}
}
}
}
}
return(ret);
}
/// <summary>
/// Get Container contents for all childEntities accessible from rootFolder
/// </summary>
public void GetContainerContents()
{
// Create a Filter Spec to Retrieve Contents for...
TraversalSpec rpToVm = new TraversalSpec();
rpToVm.name = "rpToVm";
rpToVm.type = "ResourcePool";
rpToVm.path = "vm";
rpToVm.skip = false;
// Recurse through all ResourcePools
TraversalSpec rpToRp = new TraversalSpec();
rpToRp.name = "rpToRp";
rpToRp.type = "ResourcePool";
rpToRp.path = "resourcePool";
rpToRp.skip = false;
rpToRp.selectSet = new SelectionSpec[] { new SelectionSpec(), new SelectionSpec() };
rpToRp.selectSet[0].name = "rpToRp";
rpToRp.selectSet[1].name = "rpToVm";
// Traversal through ResourcePool branch
TraversalSpec crToRp = new TraversalSpec();
crToRp.name = "crToRp";
crToRp.type = "ComputeResource";
crToRp.path = "resourcePool";
crToRp.skip = false;
crToRp.selectSet = new SelectionSpec[] { new SelectionSpec(), new SelectionSpec() };
crToRp.selectSet[0].name = "rpToRp";
crToRp.selectSet[1].name = "rpToVm";
// Traversal through host branch
TraversalSpec crToH = new TraversalSpec();
crToH.name = "crToH";
crToH.type = "ComputeResource";
crToH.path = "host";
crToH.skip = false;
// Traversal through hostFolder branch
TraversalSpec dcToHf = new TraversalSpec();
dcToHf.name = "dcToHf";
dcToHf.type = "Datacenter";
dcToHf.path = "hostFolder";
dcToHf.skip = false;
dcToHf.selectSet = new SelectionSpec[] { new SelectionSpec() };
dcToHf.selectSet[0].name = "visitFolders";
// Traversal through vmFolder branch
TraversalSpec dcToVmf = new TraversalSpec();
dcToVmf.name = "dcToVmf";
dcToVmf.type = "Datacenter";
dcToVmf.path = "vmFolder";
dcToVmf.skip = false;
dcToVmf.selectSet = new SelectionSpec[] { new SelectionSpec() };
dcToVmf.selectSet[0].name = "visitFolders";
// Recurse through all Hosts
TraversalSpec HToVm = new TraversalSpec();
HToVm.name = "HToVm";
HToVm.type = "HostSystem";
HToVm.path = "vm";
HToVm.skip = false;
HToVm.selectSet = new SelectionSpec[] { new SelectionSpec() };
HToVm.selectSet[0].name = "visitFolders";
// Recurse thriugh the folders
TraversalSpec visitFolders = new TraversalSpec();
visitFolders.name = "visitFolders";
visitFolders.type = "Folder";
visitFolders.path = "childEntity";
visitFolders.skip = false;
visitFolders.selectSet = new SelectionSpec[] { new SelectionSpec(), new SelectionSpec(), new SelectionSpec(), new SelectionSpec(), new SelectionSpec(), new SelectionSpec(), new SelectionSpec() };
visitFolders.selectSet[0].name = "visitFolders";
visitFolders.selectSet[1].name = "dcToHf";
visitFolders.selectSet[2].name = "dcToVmf";
visitFolders.selectSet[3].name = "crToH";
visitFolders.selectSet[4].name = "crToRp";
visitFolders.selectSet[5].name = "HToVm";
visitFolders.selectSet[6].name = "rpToVm";
SelectionSpec[] selectionSpecs = new SelectionSpec[] { visitFolders, dcToVmf, dcToHf, crToH, crToRp, rpToRp, HToVm, rpToVm };
PropertySpec[] propspecary = new PropertySpec[] { new PropertySpec() };
propspecary[0].all = false;
propspecary[0].allSpecified = true;
propspecary[0].pathSet = new string[] { "name" };
propspecary[0].type = "ManagedEntity";
PropertyFilterSpec spec = new PropertyFilterSpec();
spec.propSet = propspecary;
spec.objectSet = new ObjectSpec[] { new ObjectSpec() };
spec.objectSet[0].obj = _rootFolder;
spec.objectSet[0].skip = false;
spec.objectSet[0].selectSet = selectionSpecs;
// Recursively get all ManagedEntity ManagedObjectReferences
// and the "name" property for all ManagedEntities retrieved
ObjectContent[] ocary =
_service.RetrieveProperties(
_propCol, new PropertyFilterSpec[] { spec }
);
// If we get contents back. print them out.
if (ocary != null)
{
ObjectContent oc = null;
ManagedObjectReference mor = null;
DynamicProperty[] pcary = null;
DynamicProperty pc = null;
for (int oci = 0; oci < ocary.Length; oci++)
{
oc = ocary[oci];
mor = oc.obj;
pcary = oc.propSet;
Console.WriteLine("Object Type : " + mor.type);
Console.WriteLine("Reference Value : " + mor.Value);
if (pcary != null)
{
for (int pci = 0; pci < pcary.Length; pci++)
{
pc = pcary[pci];
Console.WriteLine(" Property Name : " + pc.name);
if (pc != null)
{
if (!pc.val.GetType().IsArray)
{
Console.WriteLine(" Property Value : " + pc.val);
}
else
{
Array ipcary = (Array)pc.val;
Console.WriteLine("Val : " + pc.val);
for (int ii = 0; ii < ipcary.Length; ii++)
{
object oval = ipcary.GetValue(ii);
if (oval.GetType().Name.IndexOf("ManagedObjectReference") >= 0)
{
ManagedObjectReference imor = (ManagedObjectReference)oval;
Console.WriteLine("Inner Object Type : " + imor.type);
Console.WriteLine("Inner Reference Value : " + imor.Value);
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("Inner Property Value : " + oval);
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("No Managed Entities retrieved!");
}
}