/* Copyright (c) 2017 VMware, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. */ /* This example program shows how the `view` package can be used to navigate a vSphere inventory structure using govmomi. */ package main import ( "context" "fmt" "github.com/vmware/govmomi/examples" "github.com/vmware/govmomi/view" "github.com/vmware/govmomi/vim25" "github.com/vmware/govmomi/vim25/mo" ) func main() { examples.Run(func(ctx context.Context, c *vim25.Client) error { // Create view of VirtualMachine objects m := view.NewManager(c) v, err := m.CreateContainerView(ctx, c.ServiceContent.RootFolder, []string{"VirtualMachine"}, true) if err != nil { return err } defer v.Destroy(ctx) // Retrieve summary property for all machines // Reference: http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-60/topic/com.vmware.wssdk.apiref.doc/vim.VirtualMachine.html var vms []mo.VirtualMachine err = v.Retrieve(ctx, []string{"VirtualMachine"}, []string{"summary"}, &vms) if err != nil { return err } // Print summary per vm (see also: govc/vm/info.go) for _, vm := range vms { fmt.Printf("%s: %s\n", vm.Summary.Config.Name, vm.Summary.Config.GuestFullName) } return nil }) }