#!/usr/bin/env python3 from pyVmomi import vim import pyVim.connect import atexit import argparse import siteconf site_conf = siteconf.read() def get_args(): parser = argparse.ArgumentParser( description='Rename VM') parser.add_argument('-s', '--site', required=True, action='store', help='name of the site to connect to') parser.add_argument('-v', '--vm', required=True, action='store', help='vm to rename') parser.add_argument('-n', '--newname', required=True, action='store', help='new name') args = parser.parse_args() return args def get_obj(content, vimtype, name): """ Return an object by name, if name is None the first found object is returned """ obj = None container = content.viewManager.CreateContainerView( content.rootFolder, vimtype, True) for c in container.view: if name: if c.name == name: obj = c break else: obj = c break return obj def main(): args = get_args() if not args.site in site_conf: print(f"site not found: {args.site}") exit(1) host = site_conf[args.site]['vcenter'] user = site_conf[args.site]['vcenter_user'] passwd = site_conf[args.site]['vcenter_passwd'] si = pyVim.connect.SmartConnectNoSSL( host = host, user = user, pwd = passwd ) atexit.register(pyVim.connect.Disconnect, si) content = si.RetrieveContent() vm = get_obj(content, [vim.VirtualMachine], args.vm) if not vm: print("vm not found") exit(1) vm.Rename(args.newname) if __name__ == "__main__": main() # vim: set tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 expandtab smarttab: