[Viperltoolkit-user] Error running vmprovision.pl sample

[Hayward, M. A \(Mike\) <mha...@av...>]

I'm attempting to create a VM using the perl toolkit with the sample.
The first invocation tries to take a default VM config and complains
about args.  It appears though that the args are the same as the
example, only modified to run against a esx machine in this environment.
The second example also fails, but this time with a parsing error.

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- Mike

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# ./vmprovision.pl --service_url http://donjulio/sdk/vimService --userid
root --password rootpassword --vmname PerlVM --vmhost donjulio
--datacenter DefaultDatacenter --operation create

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ERROR: Missing --datacenter or --disksize name

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USAGE:

   vmprovision.pl --service_url <SDK service URL> --userid <user login>
--password <password> --vmname <vm name> --vmhost <vm host name>
--operation [create | clone] [--datacenter <datacenter name>
--vmname_destination <name of new vm clone> --vmhost_destination <host
of new vm clone> --datastore <datastore name> --disksize <vm disk size
in KB> --guestid <guest operating system identifier> --memory <vm memory
in MB> --num_cpus <number of virtual processors in vm> --nic_network
<name of nic> --nic_poweron <[0|1] to disable or enable network
adapter>]

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Examples:

   vmprovision.pl --service_url https://localhost/sdk/vimService
--userid administrator --password mypassword --vmname new-vm --vmhost
myhost --datacenter DefaultDatacenter --operation create

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   vmprovision.pl --service_url https://localhost/sdk/vimService
--userid administrator --password mypassword --vmname new-vm --vmhost
myhost --datacenter DefaultDatacenter --operation create --datastore ds1
--disksize 2097152 --guestid winNTGuest --memory 256 --num_cpus 2
--nic_network "VM Network" --nic_poweron 0

   vmprovision.pl --service_url https://localhost/sdk/vimService
--userid administrator --password mypassword --vmname vm1 --vmhost host1
--vmname_destination vm2 --vmhost_destination host1 --operation clone

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# ./vmprovision.pl --service_url http://donjulio/sdk/vimService --userid
root --password rootpassword --vmname PerlVM --vmhost donjulio
--datacenter DefaultDatacenter --operation create --datastore local
--disksize 2097152 --guestid winNTGuest --memory 256 --num_cpus 1
--nic_network "VM Network" --nic_poweron 0

SOAP request error:  at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/VMware/VIStub.pm
line 168.

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