vsphere.go

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package vsphere

import (
	"errors"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"io/ioutil"
	"net/url"
	"path"
	"path/filepath"
	"regexp"
	"runtime"
	"strings"
	"sync"
	"time"

	"gopkg.in/gcfg.v1"

	"github.com/golang/glog"
	"github.com/vmware/govmomi"
	"github.com/vmware/govmomi/find"
	"github.com/vmware/govmomi/object"
	"github.com/vmware/govmomi/property"
	"github.com/vmware/govmomi/session"
	"github.com/vmware/govmomi/vim25"
	"github.com/vmware/govmomi/vim25/mo"
	"github.com/vmware/govmomi/vim25/soap"
	"github.com/vmware/govmomi/vim25/types"
	"golang.org/x/net/context"

	k8stypes "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
	k8runtime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/cloudprovider"
)

const (
	ProviderName                     = "vsphere"
	ActivePowerState                 = "poweredOn"
	SCSIControllerType               = "scsi"
	LSILogicControllerType           = "lsiLogic"
	BusLogicControllerType           = "busLogic"
	PVSCSIControllerType             = "pvscsi"
	LSILogicSASControllerType        = "lsiLogic-sas"
	SCSIControllerLimit              = 4
	SCSIControllerDeviceLimit        = 15
	SCSIDeviceSlots                  = 16
	SCSIReservedSlot                 = 7
	ThinDiskType                     = "thin"
	PreallocatedDiskType             = "preallocated"
	EagerZeroedThickDiskType         = "eagerZeroedThick"
	ZeroedThickDiskType              = "zeroedThick"
	VolDir                           = "kubevols"
	RoundTripperDefaultCount         = 3
	DummyVMPrefixName                = "vsphere-k8s"
	VSANDatastoreType                = "vsan"
	MAC_OUI_VC                       = "00:50:56"
	MAC_OUI_ESX                      = "00:0c:29"
	DiskNotFoundErrMsg               = "No vSphere disk ID found"
	NoDiskUUIDFoundErrMsg            = "No disk UUID found"
	NoDevicesFoundErrMsg             = "No devices found"
	NonSupportedControllerTypeErrMsg = "Disk is attached to non-supported controller type"
	FileAlreadyExistErrMsg           = "File requested already exist"
	CleanUpDummyVMRoutine_Interval   = 5
)

// Controller types that are currently supported for hot attach of disks
// lsilogic driver type is currently not supported because,when a device gets detached
// it fails to remove the device from the /dev path (which should be manually done)
// making the subsequent attaches to the node to fail.
// TODO: Add support for lsilogic driver type
var supportedSCSIControllerType = []string{strings.ToLower(LSILogicSASControllerType), PVSCSIControllerType}

// Maps user options to API parameters.
// Keeping user options consistent with docker volume plugin for vSphere.
// API: http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-60/index.jsp#com.vmware.wssdk.apiref.doc/vim.VirtualDiskManager.VirtualDiskType.html
var diskFormatValidType = map[string]string{
	ThinDiskType:                              ThinDiskType,
	strings.ToLower(EagerZeroedThickDiskType): EagerZeroedThickDiskType,
	strings.ToLower(ZeroedThickDiskType):      PreallocatedDiskType,
}

var DiskformatValidOptions = generateDiskFormatValidOptions()
var cleanUpRoutineInitialized = false

var ErrNoDiskUUIDFound = errors.New(NoDiskUUIDFoundErrMsg)
var ErrNoDiskIDFound = errors.New(DiskNotFoundErrMsg)
var ErrNoDevicesFound = errors.New(NoDevicesFoundErrMsg)
var ErrNonSupportedControllerType = errors.New(NonSupportedControllerTypeErrMsg)
var ErrFileAlreadyExist = errors.New(FileAlreadyExistErrMsg)

var clientLock sync.Mutex
var cleanUpRoutineInitLock sync.Mutex
var cleanUpDummyVMLock sync.RWMutex

// VSphere is an implementation of cloud provider Interface for VSphere.
type VSphere struct {
	client *govmomi.Client
	cfg    *VSphereConfig
	// InstanceID of the server where this VSphere object is instantiated.
	localInstanceID string
}

type VSphereConfig struct {
	Global struct {
		// vCenter username.
		User string `gcfg:"user"`
		// vCenter password in clear text.
		Password string `gcfg:"password"`
		// vCenter IP.
		VCenterIP string `gcfg:"server"`
		// vCenter port.
		VCenterPort string `gcfg:"port"`
		// True if vCenter uses self-signed cert.
		InsecureFlag bool `gcfg:"insecure-flag"`
		// Datacenter in which VMs are located.
		Datacenter string `gcfg:"datacenter"`
		// Datastore in which vmdks are stored.
		Datastore string `gcfg:"datastore"`
		// WorkingDir is path where VMs can be found.
		WorkingDir string `gcfg:"working-dir"`
		// Soap round tripper count (retries = RoundTripper - 1)
		RoundTripperCount uint `gcfg:"soap-roundtrip-count"`
		// VMUUID is the VM Instance UUID of virtual machine which can be retrieved from instanceUuid
		// property in VmConfigInfo, or also set as vc.uuid in VMX file.
		// If not set, will be fetched from the machine via sysfs (requires root)
		VMUUID string `gcfg:"vm-uuid"`
	}

	Network struct {
		// PublicNetwork is name of the network the VMs are joined to.
		PublicNetwork string `gcfg:"public-network"`
	}

	Disk struct {
		// SCSIControllerType defines SCSI controller to be used.
		SCSIControllerType string `dcfg:"scsicontrollertype"`
	}
}

type Volumes interface {
	// AttachDisk attaches given disk to given node. Current node
	// is used when nodeName is empty string.
	AttachDisk(vmDiskPath string, nodeName k8stypes.NodeName) (diskID string, diskUUID string, err error)

	// DetachDisk detaches given disk to given node. Current node
	// is used when nodeName is empty string.
	// Assumption: If node doesn't exist, disk is already detached from node.
	DetachDisk(volPath string, nodeName k8stypes.NodeName) error

	// DiskIsAttached checks if a disk is attached to the given node.
	// Assumption: If node doesn't exist, disk is not attached to the node.
	DiskIsAttached(volPath string, nodeName k8stypes.NodeName) (bool, error)

	// DisksAreAttached checks if a list disks are attached to the given node.
	// Assumption: If node doesn't exist, disks are not attached to the node.
	DisksAreAttached(volPath []string, nodeName k8stypes.NodeName) (map[string]bool, error)

	// CreateVolume creates a new vmdk with specified parameters.
	CreateVolume(volumeOptions *VolumeOptions) (volumePath string, err error)

	// DeleteVolume deletes vmdk.
	DeleteVolume(vmDiskPath string) error
}

// VolumeOptions specifies capacity, tags, name and diskFormat for a volume.
type VolumeOptions struct {
	CapacityKB         int
	Tags               map[string]string
	Name               string
	DiskFormat         string
	Datastore          string
	StorageProfileData string
}

// Generates Valid Options for Diskformat
func generateDiskFormatValidOptions() string {
	validopts := ""
	for diskformat := range diskFormatValidType {
		validopts += (diskformat + ", ")
	}
	validopts = strings.TrimSuffix(validopts, ", ")
	return validopts
}

// Parses vSphere cloud config file and stores it into VSphereConfig.
func readConfig(config io.Reader) (VSphereConfig, error) {
	if config == nil {
		err := fmt.Errorf("no vSphere cloud provider config file given")
		return VSphereConfig{}, err
	}

	var cfg VSphereConfig
	err := gcfg.ReadInto(&cfg, config)
	return cfg, err
}

func init() {
	cloudprovider.RegisterCloudProvider(ProviderName, func(config io.Reader) (cloudprovider.Interface, error) {
		cfg, err := readConfig(config)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}
		return newVSphere(cfg)
	})
}

// Returns the name of the VM on which this code is running.
// Prerequisite: this code assumes VMWare vmtools or open-vm-tools to be installed in the VM.
// Will attempt to determine the machine's name via it's UUID in this precedence order, failing if neither have a UUID:
// * cloud config value VMUUID
// * sysfs entry
func getVMName(client *govmomi.Client, cfg *VSphereConfig) (string, error) {
	var vmUUID string

	if cfg.Global.VMUUID != "" {
		vmUUID = cfg.Global.VMUUID
	} else {
		// This needs root privileges on the host, and will fail otherwise.
		vmUUIDbytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile("/sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/product_uuid")
		if err != nil {
			return "", err
		}

		vmUUID = string(vmUUIDbytes)
		cfg.Global.VMUUID = vmUUID
	}

	if vmUUID == "" {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("unable to determine machine ID from cloud configuration or sysfs")
	}

	// Create context
	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
	defer cancel()

	// Create a new finder
	f := find.NewFinder(client.Client, true)

	// Fetch and set data center
	dc, err := f.Datacenter(ctx, cfg.Global.Datacenter)
	if err != nil {
		return "", err
	}
	f.SetDatacenter(dc)

	s := object.NewSearchIndex(client.Client)

	svm, err := s.FindByUuid(ctx, dc, strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(vmUUID)), true, nil)
	if err != nil {
		return "", err
	}

	var vm mo.VirtualMachine
	err = s.Properties(ctx, svm.Reference(), []string{"name"}, &vm)
	if err != nil {
		return "", err
	}

	return vm.Name, nil
}

func newVSphere(cfg VSphereConfig) (*VSphere, error) {
	if cfg.Disk.SCSIControllerType == "" {
		cfg.Disk.SCSIControllerType = PVSCSIControllerType
	} else if !checkControllerSupported(cfg.Disk.SCSIControllerType) {
		glog.Errorf("%v is not a supported SCSI Controller type. Please configure 'lsilogic-sas' OR 'pvscsi'", cfg.Disk.SCSIControllerType)
		return nil, errors.New("Controller type not supported. Please configure 'lsilogic-sas' OR 'pvscsi'")
	}
	if cfg.Global.WorkingDir != "" {
		cfg.Global.WorkingDir = path.Clean(cfg.Global.WorkingDir) + "/"
	}
	if cfg.Global.RoundTripperCount == 0 {
		cfg.Global.RoundTripperCount = RoundTripperDefaultCount
	}
	if cfg.Global.VCenterPort != "" {
		glog.Warningf("port is a deprecated field in vsphere.conf and will be removed in future release.")
	}

	c, err := newClient(context.TODO(), &cfg)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	id, err := getVMName(c, &cfg)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	vs := VSphere{
		client:          c,
		cfg:             &cfg,
		localInstanceID: id,
	}
	runtime.SetFinalizer(&vs, logout)

	return &vs, nil
}

// Returns if the given controller type is supported by the plugin
func checkControllerSupported(ctrlType string) bool {
	for _, c := range supportedSCSIControllerType {
		if ctrlType == c {
			return true
		}
	}
	return false
}

func logout(vs *VSphere) {
	vs.client.Logout(context.TODO())
}

func newClient(ctx context.Context, cfg *VSphereConfig) (*govmomi.Client, error) {
	// Parse URL from string
	u, err := url.Parse(fmt.Sprintf("https://%s/sdk", cfg.Global.VCenterIP))
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	// set username and password for the URL
	u.User = url.UserPassword(cfg.Global.User, cfg.Global.Password)

	// Connect and log in to ESX or vCenter
	c, err := govmomi.NewClient(ctx, u, cfg.Global.InsecureFlag)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	// Add retry functionality
	c.RoundTripper = vim25.Retry(c.RoundTripper, vim25.TemporaryNetworkError(int(cfg.Global.RoundTripperCount)))

	return c, nil
}

// Returns a client which communicates with vCenter.
// This client can used to perform further vCenter operations.
func vSphereLogin(ctx context.Context, vs *VSphere) error {
	var err error
	clientLock.Lock()
	defer clientLock.Unlock()
	if vs.client == nil {
		vs.client, err = newClient(ctx, vs.cfg)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		return nil
	}

	m := session.NewManager(vs.client.Client)
	// retrieve client's current session
	u, err := m.UserSession(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		glog.Errorf("Error while obtaining user session. err: %q", err)
		return err
	}
	if u != nil {
		return nil
	}

	glog.Warningf("Creating new client session since the existing session is not valid or not authenticated")
	vs.client.Logout(ctx)
	vs.client, err = newClient(ctx, vs.cfg)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	return nil
}

// Returns vSphere object `virtual machine` by its name.
func getVirtualMachineByName(ctx context.Context, cfg *VSphereConfig, c *govmomi.Client, nodeName k8stypes.NodeName) (*object.VirtualMachine, error) {
	name := nodeNameToVMName(nodeName)

	// Create a new finder
	f := find.NewFinder(c.Client, true)

	// Fetch and set data center
	dc, err := f.Datacenter(ctx, cfg.Global.Datacenter)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	f.SetDatacenter(dc)

	vmRegex := cfg.Global.WorkingDir + name

	// Retrieve vm by name
	//TODO: also look for vm inside subfolders
	vm, err := f.VirtualMachine(ctx, vmRegex)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	return vm, nil
}

func getVirtualMachineManagedObjectReference(ctx context.Context, c *govmomi.Client, vm *object.VirtualMachine, field string, dst interface{}) error {
	collector := property.DefaultCollector(c.Client)

	// Retrieve required field from VM object
	err := collector.RetrieveOne(ctx, vm.Reference(), []string{field}, dst)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	return nil
}

// Returns names of running VMs inside VM folder.
func getInstances(ctx context.Context, cfg *VSphereConfig, c *govmomi.Client, filter string) ([]string, error) {
	f := find.NewFinder(c.Client, true)
	dc, err := f.Datacenter(ctx, cfg.Global.Datacenter)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	f.SetDatacenter(dc)

	vmRegex := cfg.Global.WorkingDir + filter

	//TODO: get all vms inside subfolders
	vms, err := f.VirtualMachineList(ctx, vmRegex)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	var vmRef []types.ManagedObjectReference
	for _, vm := range vms {
		vmRef = append(vmRef, vm.Reference())
	}

	pc := property.DefaultCollector(c.Client)

	var vmt []mo.VirtualMachine
	err = pc.Retrieve(ctx, vmRef, []string{"name", "summary"}, &vmt)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	var vmList []string
	for _, vm := range vmt {
		if vm.Summary.Runtime.PowerState == ActivePowerState {
			vmList = append(vmList, vm.Name)
		} else if vm.Summary.Config.Template == false {
			glog.Warningf("VM %s, is not in %s state", vm.Name, ActivePowerState)
		}
	}
	return vmList, nil
}

type Instances struct {
	client          *govmomi.Client
	cfg             *VSphereConfig
	localInstanceID string
}

// Instances returns an implementation of Instances for vSphere.
func (vs *VSphere) Instances() (cloudprovider.Instances, bool) {
	// Ensure client is logged in and session is valid
	err := vSphereLogin(context.TODO(), vs)
	if err != nil {
		glog.Errorf("Failed to login into vCenter - %v", err)
		return nil, false
	}
	return &Instances{vs.client, vs.cfg, vs.localInstanceID}, true
}

// List returns names of VMs (inside vm folder) by applying filter and which are currently running.
func (vs *VSphere) list(filter string) ([]k8stypes.NodeName, error) {
	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
	defer cancel()

	vmList, err := getInstances(ctx, vs.cfg, vs.client, filter)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	glog.V(3).Infof("Found %d instances matching %s: %s",
		len(vmList), filter, vmList)

	var nodeNames []k8stypes.NodeName
	for _, n := range vmList {
		nodeNames = append(nodeNames, k8stypes.NodeName(n))
	}
	return nodeNames, nil
}

// NodeAddresses is an implementation of Instances.NodeAddresses.
func (i *Instances) NodeAddresses(nodeName k8stypes.NodeName) ([]v1.NodeAddress, error) {
	addrs := []v1.NodeAddress{}

	// Create context
	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
	defer cancel()

	vm, err := getVirtualMachineByName(ctx, i.cfg, i.client, nodeName)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	var mvm mo.VirtualMachine
	err = getVirtualMachineManagedObjectReference(ctx, i.client, vm, "guest.net", &mvm)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	// retrieve VM's ip(s)
	for _, v := range mvm.Guest.Net {
		var addressType v1.NodeAddressType
		if i.cfg.Network.PublicNetwork == v.Network {
			addressType = v1.NodeExternalIP
		} else {
			addressType = v1.NodeInternalIP
		}
		for _, ip := range v.IpAddress {
			v1.AddToNodeAddresses(&addrs,
				v1.NodeAddress{
					Type:    addressType,
					Address: ip,
				},
			)
		}
	}
	return addrs, nil
}

func (i *Instances) AddSSHKeyToAllInstances(user string, keyData []byte) error {
	return errors.New("unimplemented")
}

func (i *Instances) CurrentNodeName(hostname string) (k8stypes.NodeName, error) {
	return k8stypes.NodeName(i.localInstanceID), nil
}

// nodeNameToVMName maps a NodeName to the vmware infrastructure name
func nodeNameToVMName(nodeName k8stypes.NodeName) string {
	return string(nodeName)
}

// nodeNameToVMName maps a vmware infrastructure name to a NodeName
func vmNameToNodeName(vmName string) k8stypes.NodeName {
	return k8stypes.NodeName(vmName)
}

// ExternalID returns the cloud provider ID of the node with the specified Name (deprecated).
func (i *Instances) ExternalID(nodeName k8stypes.NodeName) (string, error) {
	// Create context
	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
	defer cancel()

	vm, err := getVirtualMachineByName(ctx, i.cfg, i.client, nodeName)
	if err != nil {
		if _, ok := err.(*find.NotFoundError); ok {
			return "", cloudprovider.InstanceNotFound
		}
		return "", err
	}

	var mvm mo.VirtualMachine
	err = getVirtualMachineManagedObjectReference(ctx, i.client, vm, "summary", &mvm)
	if err != nil {
		return "", err
	}

	if mvm.Summary.Runtime.PowerState == ActivePowerState {
		return vm.InventoryPath, nil
	}

	if mvm.Summary.Config.Template == false {
		glog.Warningf("VM %s, is not in %s state", nodeName, ActivePowerState)
	} else {
		glog.Warningf("VM %s, is a template", nodeName)
	}

	return "", cloudprovider.InstanceNotFound
}

// InstanceID returns the cloud provider ID of the node with the specified Name.
func (i *Instances) InstanceID(nodeName k8stypes.NodeName) (string, error) {
	// Create context
	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
	defer cancel()

	vm, err := getVirtualMachineByName(ctx, i.cfg, i.client, nodeName)
	if err != nil {
		if _, ok := err.(*find.NotFoundError); ok {
			return "", cloudprovider.InstanceNotFound
		}
		return "", err
	}

	var mvm mo.VirtualMachine
	err = getVirtualMachineManagedObjectReference(ctx, i.client, vm, "summary", &mvm)
	if err != nil {
		return "", err
	}

	if mvm.Summary.Runtime.PowerState == ActivePowerState {
		return "/" + vm.InventoryPath, nil
	}

	if mvm.Summary.Config.Template == false {
		glog.Warningf("VM %s, is not in %s state", nodeName, ActivePowerState)
	} else {
		glog.Warningf("VM %s, is a template", nodeName)
	}

	return "", cloudprovider.InstanceNotFound
}

func (i *Instances) InstanceType(name k8stypes.NodeName) (string, error) {
	return "", nil
}

func (vs *VSphere) Clusters() (cloudprovider.Clusters, bool) {
	return nil, true
}

// ProviderName returns the cloud provider ID.
func (vs *VSphere) ProviderName() string {
	return ProviderName
}

// LoadBalancer returns an implementation of LoadBalancer for vSphere.
func (vs *VSphere) LoadBalancer() (cloudprovider.LoadBalancer, bool) {
	return nil, false
}

// Zones returns an implementation of Zones for Google vSphere.
func (vs *VSphere) Zones() (cloudprovider.Zones, bool) {
	glog.V(1).Info("The vSphere cloud provider does not support zones")

	return nil, false
}

// Routes returns a false since the interface is not supported for vSphere.
func (vs *VSphere) Routes() (cloudprovider.Routes, bool) {
	return nil, false
}

// ScrubDNS filters DNS settings for pods.
func (vs *VSphere) ScrubDNS(nameservers, searches []string) (nsOut, srchOut []string) {
	return nameservers, searches
}

// Returns vSphere objects virtual machine, virtual device list, datastore and datacenter.
func getVirtualMachineDevices(ctx context.Context, cfg *VSphereConfig, c *govmomi.Client, name string) (*object.VirtualMachine, object.VirtualDeviceList, *object.Datacenter, error) {
	// Create a new finder
	f := find.NewFinder(c.Client, true)

	// Fetch and set data center
	dc, err := f.Datacenter(ctx, cfg.Global.Datacenter)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, nil, nil, err
	}
	f.SetDatacenter(dc)

	vmRegex := cfg.Global.WorkingDir + name

	vm, err := f.VirtualMachine(ctx, vmRegex)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, nil, nil, err
	}

	// Get devices from VM
	vmDevices, err := vm.Device(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, nil, nil, err
	}
	return vm, vmDevices, dc, nil
}

// Removes SCSI controller which is latest attached to VM.
func cleanUpController(ctx context.Context, newSCSIController types.BaseVirtualDevice, vmDevices object.VirtualDeviceList, vm *object.VirtualMachine) error {
	if newSCSIController == nil || vmDevices == nil || vm == nil {
		return nil
	}
	ctls := vmDevices.SelectByType(newSCSIController)
	if len(ctls) < 1 {
		return ErrNoDevicesFound
	}
	newScsi := ctls[len(ctls)-1]
	err := vm.RemoveDevice(ctx, true, newScsi)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	return nil
}

// Attaches given virtual disk volume to the compute running kubelet.
func (vs *VSphere) AttachDisk(vmDiskPath string, nodeName k8stypes.NodeName) (diskID string, diskUUID string, err error) {
	var newSCSIController types.BaseVirtualDevice

	// Create context
	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
	defer cancel()

	// Ensure client is logged in and session is valid
	err = vSphereLogin(ctx, vs)
	if err != nil {
		glog.Errorf("Failed to login into vCenter - %v", err)
		return "", "", err
	}

	// Find virtual machine to attach disk to
	var vSphereInstance string
	if nodeName == "" {
		vSphereInstance = vs.localInstanceID
		nodeName = vmNameToNodeName(vSphereInstance)
	} else {
		vSphereInstance = nodeNameToVMName(nodeName)
	}

	// Get VM device list
	vm, vmDevices, dc, err := getVirtualMachineDevices(ctx, vs.cfg, vs.client, vSphereInstance)
	if err != nil {
		return "", "", err
	}

	attached, _ := checkDiskAttached(vmDiskPath, vmDevices, dc, vs.client)
	if attached {
		diskID, _ = getVirtualDiskID(vmDiskPath, vmDevices, dc, vs.client)
		diskUUID, _ = getVirtualDiskUUIDByPath(vmDiskPath, dc, vs.client)
		return diskID, diskUUID, nil
	}

	var diskControllerType = vs.cfg.Disk.SCSIControllerType
	// find SCSI controller of particular type from VM devices
	scsiControllersOfRequiredType := getSCSIControllersOfType(vmDevices, diskControllerType)
	scsiController := getAvailableSCSIController(scsiControllersOfRequiredType)
	newSCSICreated := false
	if scsiController == nil {
		newSCSIController, err = createAndAttachSCSIControllerToVM(ctx, vm, diskControllerType)
		if err != nil {
			glog.Errorf("Failed to create SCSI controller for VM :%q with err: %+v", vm.Name(), err)
			return "", "", err
		}

		// verify scsi controller in virtual machine
		vmDevices, err := vm.Device(ctx)
		if err != nil {
			return "", "", err
		}

		// Get VM device list
		_, vmDevices, _, err = getVirtualMachineDevices(ctx, vs.cfg, vs.client, vSphereInstance)
		if err != nil {
			glog.Errorf("cannot get vmDevices for VM err=%s", err)
			return "", "", fmt.Errorf("cannot get vmDevices for VM err=%s", err)
		}

		scsiControllersOfRequiredType := getSCSIControllersOfType(vmDevices, diskControllerType)
		scsiController := getAvailableSCSIController(scsiControllersOfRequiredType)
		if scsiController == nil {
			glog.Errorf("cannot find SCSI controller in VM")
			// attempt clean up of scsi controller
			cleanUpController(ctx, newSCSIController, vmDevices, vm)
			return "", "", fmt.Errorf("cannot find SCSI controller in VM")
		}
		newSCSICreated = true
	}

	// Create a new finder
	f := find.NewFinder(vs.client.Client, true)

	// Set data center
	f.SetDatacenter(dc)
	datastorePathObj := new(object.DatastorePath)
	isSuccess := datastorePathObj.FromString(vmDiskPath)
	if !isSuccess {
		glog.Errorf("Failed to parse vmDiskPath: %+q", vmDiskPath)
		return "", "", errors.New("Failed to parse vmDiskPath")
	}
	ds, err := f.Datastore(ctx, datastorePathObj.Datastore)
	if err != nil {
		glog.Errorf("Failed while searching for datastore %+q. err %s", datastorePathObj.Datastore, err)
		return "", "", err
	}
	vmDiskPath = removeClusterFromVDiskPath(vmDiskPath)
	disk := vmDevices.CreateDisk(scsiController, ds.Reference(), vmDiskPath)
	unitNumber, err := getNextUnitNumber(vmDevices, scsiController)
	if err != nil {
		glog.Errorf("cannot attach disk to VM, limit reached - %v.", err)
		return "", "", err
	}
	*disk.UnitNumber = unitNumber

	backing := disk.Backing.(*types.VirtualDiskFlatVer2BackingInfo)
	backing.DiskMode = string(types.VirtualDiskModeIndependent_persistent)

	// Attach disk to the VM
	err = vm.AddDevice(ctx, disk)
	if err != nil {
		glog.Errorf("cannot attach disk to the vm - %v", err)
		if newSCSICreated {
			cleanUpController(ctx, newSCSIController, vmDevices, vm)
		}
		return "", "", err
	}

	vmDevices, err = vm.Device(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		if newSCSICreated {
			cleanUpController(ctx, newSCSIController, vmDevices, vm)
		}
		return "", "", err
	}
	devices := vmDevices.SelectByType(disk)
	if len(devices) < 1 {
		if newSCSICreated {
			cleanUpController(ctx, newSCSIController, vmDevices, vm)
		}
		return "", "", ErrNoDevicesFound
	}

	// get new disk id
	newDevice := devices[len(devices)-1]
	deviceName := devices.Name(newDevice)

	// get device uuid
	diskUUID, err = getVirtualDiskUUID(newDevice)
	if err != nil {
		if newSCSICreated {
			cleanUpController(ctx, newSCSIController, vmDevices, vm)
		}
		vs.DetachDisk(deviceName, nodeName)
		return "", "", err
	}

	return deviceName, diskUUID, nil
}

func getNextUnitNumber(devices object.VirtualDeviceList, c types.BaseVirtualController) (int32, error) {
	// get next available SCSI controller unit number
	var takenUnitNumbers [SCSIDeviceSlots]bool
	takenUnitNumbers[SCSIReservedSlot] = true
	key := c.GetVirtualController().Key

	for _, device := range devices {
		d := device.GetVirtualDevice()
		if d.ControllerKey == key {
			if d.UnitNumber != nil {
				takenUnitNumbers[*d.UnitNumber] = true
			}
		}
	}
	for unitNumber, takenUnitNumber := range takenUnitNumbers {
		if !takenUnitNumber {
			return int32(unitNumber), nil
		}
	}
	return -1, fmt.Errorf("SCSI Controller with key=%d does not have any available slots (LUN).", key)
}

func getSCSIController(vmDevices object.VirtualDeviceList, scsiType string) *types.VirtualController {
	// get virtual scsi controller of passed argument type
	for _, device := range vmDevices {
		devType := vmDevices.Type(device)
		if devType == scsiType {
			if c, ok := device.(types.BaseVirtualController); ok {
				return c.GetVirtualController()
			}
		}
	}
	return nil
}

func getSCSIControllersOfType(vmDevices object.VirtualDeviceList, scsiType string) []*types.VirtualController {
	// get virtual scsi controllers of passed argument type
	var scsiControllers []*types.VirtualController
	for _, device := range vmDevices {
		devType := vmDevices.Type(device)
		if devType == scsiType {
			if c, ok := device.(types.BaseVirtualController); ok {
				scsiControllers = append(scsiControllers, c.GetVirtualController())
			}
		}
	}
	return scsiControllers
}

func getSCSIControllers(vmDevices object.VirtualDeviceList) []*types.VirtualController {
	// get all virtual scsi controllers
	var scsiControllers []*types.VirtualController
	for _, device := range vmDevices {
		devType := vmDevices.Type(device)
		switch devType {
		case SCSIControllerType, strings.ToLower(LSILogicControllerType), strings.ToLower(BusLogicControllerType), PVSCSIControllerType, strings.ToLower(LSILogicSASControllerType):
			if c, ok := device.(types.BaseVirtualController); ok {
				scsiControllers = append(scsiControllers, c.GetVirtualController())
			}
		}
	}
	return scsiControllers
}

func getAvailableSCSIController(scsiControllers []*types.VirtualController) *types.VirtualController {
	// get SCSI controller which has space for adding more devices
	for _, controller := range scsiControllers {
		if len(controller.Device) < SCSIControllerDeviceLimit {
			return controller
		}
	}
	return nil
}

// DiskIsAttached returns if disk is attached to the VM using controllers supported by the plugin.
func (vs *VSphere) DiskIsAttached(volPath string, nodeName k8stypes.NodeName) (bool, error) {
	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
	defer cancel()

	// Ensure client is logged in and session is valid
	err := vSphereLogin(ctx, vs)
	if err != nil {
		glog.Errorf("Failed to login into vCenter - %v", err)
		return false, err
	}

	// Find VM to detach disk from
	var vSphereInstance string
	if nodeName == "" {
		vSphereInstance = vs.localInstanceID
		nodeName = vmNameToNodeName(vSphereInstance)
	} else {
		vSphereInstance = nodeNameToVMName(nodeName)
	}

	nodeExist, err := vs.NodeExists(vs.client, nodeName)
	if err != nil {
		glog.Errorf("Failed to check whether node exist. err: %s.", err)
		return false, err
	}

	if !nodeExist {
		glog.Errorf("DiskIsAttached failed to determine whether disk %q is still attached: node %q does not exist",
			volPath,
			vSphereInstance)
		return false, fmt.Errorf("DiskIsAttached failed to determine whether disk %q is still attached: node %q does not exist",
			volPath,
			vSphereInstance)
	}

	// Get VM device list
	_, vmDevices, dc, err := getVirtualMachineDevices(ctx, vs.cfg, vs.client, vSphereInstance)
	if err != nil {
		glog.Errorf("Failed to get VM devices for VM %#q. err: %s", vSphereInstance, err)
		return false, err
	}

	attached, err := checkDiskAttached(volPath, vmDevices, dc, vs.client)
	return attached, err
}

// DisksAreAttached returns if disks are attached to the VM using controllers supported by the plugin.
func (vs *VSphere) DisksAreAttached(volPaths []string, nodeName k8stypes.NodeName) (map[string]bool, error) {
	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
	defer cancel()

	// Create vSphere client
	attached := make(map[string]bool)
	for _, volPath := range volPaths {
		attached[volPath] = false
	}
	err := vSphereLogin(ctx, vs)
	if err != nil {
		glog.Errorf("Failed to login into vCenter, err: %v", err)
		return attached, err
	}

	// Find VM to detach disk from
	var vSphereInstance string
	if nodeName == "" {
		vSphereInstance = vs.localInstanceID
		nodeName = vmNameToNodeName(vSphereInstance)
	} else {
		vSphereInstance = nodeNameToVMName(nodeName)
	}

	nodeExist, err := vs.NodeExists(vs.client, nodeName)

	if err != nil {
		glog.Errorf("Failed to check whether node exist. err: %s.", err)
		return attached, err
	}

	if !nodeExist {
		glog.Errorf("DisksAreAttached failed to determine whether disks %v are still attached: node %q does not exist",
			volPaths,
			vSphereInstance)
		return attached, fmt.Errorf("DisksAreAttached failed to determine whether disks %v are still attached: node %q does not exist",
			volPaths,
			vSphereInstance)
	}

	// Get VM device list
	_, vmDevices, dc, err := getVirtualMachineDevices(ctx, vs.cfg, vs.client, vSphereInstance)
	if err != nil {
		glog.Errorf("Failed to get VM devices for VM %#q. err: %s", vSphereInstance, err)
		return attached, err
	}

	for _, volPath := range volPaths {
		result, _ := checkDiskAttached(volPath, vmDevices, dc, vs.client)
		if result {
			attached[volPath] = true
		}
	}

	return attached, err
}

func checkDiskAttached(volPath string, vmdevices object.VirtualDeviceList, dc *object.Datacenter, client *govmomi.Client) (bool, error) {
	_, err := getVirtualDiskControllerKey(volPath, vmdevices, dc, client)
	if err != nil {
		if err == ErrNoDevicesFound {
			return false, nil
		}
		glog.Errorf("Failed to check whether disk is attached. err: %s", err)
		return false, err
	}
	return true, nil
}

// Returns the object key that denotes the controller object to which vmdk is attached.
func getVirtualDiskControllerKey(volPath string, vmDevices object.VirtualDeviceList, dc *object.Datacenter, client *govmomi.Client) (int32, error) {
	volPath = removeClusterFromVDiskPath(volPath)
	volumeUUID, err := getVirtualDiskUUIDByPath(volPath, dc, client)

	if err != nil {
		glog.Errorf("disk uuid not found for %v. err: %s", volPath, err)
		return -1, err
	}

	// filter vm devices to retrieve disk ID for the given vmdk file
	for _, device := range vmDevices {
		if vmDevices.TypeName(device) == "VirtualDisk" {
			diskUUID, _ := getVirtualDiskUUID(device)
			if diskUUID == volumeUUID {
				return device.GetVirtualDevice().ControllerKey, nil
			}
		}
	}
	return -1, ErrNoDevicesFound
}

// Returns key of the controller.
// Key is unique id that distinguishes one device from other devices in the same virtual machine.
func getControllerKey(scsiType string, vmDevices object.VirtualDeviceList) (int32, error) {
	for _, device := range vmDevices {
		devType := vmDevices.Type(device)
		if devType == scsiType {
			if c, ok := device.(types.BaseVirtualController); ok {
				return c.GetVirtualController().Key, nil
			}
		}
	}
	return -1, ErrNoDevicesFound
}

// Returns formatted UUID for a virtual disk device.
func getVirtualDiskUUID(newDevice types.BaseVirtualDevice) (string, error) {
	vd := newDevice.GetVirtualDevice()

	if b, ok := vd.Backing.(*types.VirtualDiskFlatVer2BackingInfo); ok {
		uuid := formatVirtualDiskUUID(b.Uuid)
		return uuid, nil
	}
	return "", ErrNoDiskUUIDFound
}

func formatVirtualDiskUUID(uuid string) string {
	uuidwithNoSpace := strings.Replace(uuid, " ", "", -1)
	uuidWithNoHypens := strings.Replace(uuidwithNoSpace, "-", "", -1)
	return strings.ToLower(uuidWithNoHypens)
}

// Gets virtual disk UUID by datastore (namespace) path
//
// volPath can be namespace path (e.g. "[vsanDatastore] volumes/test.vmdk") or
// uuid path (e.g. "[vsanDatastore] 59427457-6c5a-a917-7997-0200103eedbc/test.vmdk").
// `volumes` in this case would be a symlink to
// `59427457-6c5a-a917-7997-0200103eedbc`.
//
// We want users to use namespace path. It is good for attaching the disk,
// but for detaching the API requires uuid path.  Hence, to detach the right
// device we have to convert the namespace path to uuid path.
func getVirtualDiskUUIDByPath(volPath string, dc *object.Datacenter, client *govmomi.Client) (string, error) {
	if len(volPath) > 0 && filepath.Ext(volPath) != ".vmdk" {
		volPath += ".vmdk"
	}

	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
	defer cancel()

	// VirtualDiskManager provides a way to manage and manipulate virtual disks on vmware datastores.
	vdm := object.NewVirtualDiskManager(client.Client)
	// Returns uuid of vmdk virtual disk
	diskUUID, err := vdm.QueryVirtualDiskUuid(ctx, volPath, dc)

	if err != nil {
		return "", ErrNoDiskUUIDFound
	}

	diskUUID = formatVirtualDiskUUID(diskUUID)

	return diskUUID, nil
}

// Returns a device id which is internal vSphere API identifier for the attached virtual disk.
func getVirtualDiskID(volPath string, vmDevices object.VirtualDeviceList, dc *object.Datacenter, client *govmomi.Client) (string, error) {
	volumeUUID, err := getVirtualDiskUUIDByPath(volPath, dc, client)

	if err != nil {
		glog.Warningf("disk uuid not found for %v ", volPath)
		return "", err
	}

	// filter vm devices to retrieve disk ID for the given vmdk file
	for _, device := range vmDevices {
		if vmDevices.TypeName(device) == "VirtualDisk" {
			diskUUID, _ := getVirtualDiskUUID(device)
			if diskUUID == volumeUUID {
				return vmDevices.Name(device), nil
			}
		}
	}
	return "", ErrNoDiskIDFound
}

// DetachDisk detaches given virtual disk volume from the compute running kubelet.
func (vs *VSphere) DetachDisk(volPath string, nodeName k8stypes.NodeName) error {
	// Create context
	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
	defer cancel()

	// Ensure client is logged in and session is valid
	err := vSphereLogin(ctx, vs)
	if err != nil {
		glog.Errorf("Failed to login into vCenter - %v", err)
		return err
	}

	// Find virtual machine to attach disk to
	var vSphereInstance string
	if nodeName == "" {
		vSphereInstance = vs.localInstanceID
		nodeName = vmNameToNodeName(vSphereInstance)
	} else {
		vSphereInstance = nodeNameToVMName(nodeName)
	}

	vm, vmDevices, dc, err := getVirtualMachineDevices(ctx, vs.cfg, vs.client, vSphereInstance)

	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	volPath = removeClusterFromVDiskPath(volPath)
	diskID, err := getVirtualDiskID(volPath, vmDevices, dc, vs.client)
	if err != nil {
		glog.Warningf("disk ID not found for %v ", volPath)
		return err
	}

	// Gets virtual disk device
	device := vmDevices.Find(diskID)
	if device == nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("device '%s' not found", diskID)
	}

	// Detach disk from VM
	err = vm.RemoveDevice(ctx, true, device)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	return nil
}

// CreateVolume creates a volume of given size (in KiB).
func (vs *VSphere) CreateVolume(volumeOptions *VolumeOptions) (volumePath string, err error) {

	var datastore string
	var destVolPath string

	// Default datastore is the datastore in the vSphere config file that is used initialize vSphere cloud provider.
	if volumeOptions.Datastore == "" {
		datastore = vs.cfg.Global.Datastore
	} else {
		datastore = volumeOptions.Datastore
	}

	// Default diskformat as 'thin'
	if volumeOptions.DiskFormat == "" {
		volumeOptions.DiskFormat = ThinDiskType
	}

	if _, ok := diskFormatValidType[volumeOptions.DiskFormat]; !ok {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("Cannot create disk. Error diskformat %+q."+
			" Valid options are %s.", volumeOptions.DiskFormat, DiskformatValidOptions)
	}

	// Create context
	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
	defer cancel()

	// Ensure client is logged in and session is valid
	err = vSphereLogin(ctx, vs)
	if err != nil {
		glog.Errorf("Failed to login into vCenter - %v", err)
		return "", err
	}

	// Create a new finder
	f := find.NewFinder(vs.client.Client, true)

	// Fetch and set data center
	dc, err := f.Datacenter(ctx, vs.cfg.Global.Datacenter)
	f.SetDatacenter(dc)

	ds, err := f.Datastore(ctx, datastore)
	if err != nil {
		glog.Errorf("Failed while searching for datastore %+q. err %s", datastore, err)
		return "", err
	}

	// Create a disk with the VSAN storage capabilities specified in the volumeOptions.StorageProfileData.
	// This is achieved by following steps:
	// 1. Create dummy VM if not already present.
	// 2. Add a new disk to the VM by performing VM reconfigure.
	// 3. Detach the new disk from the dummy VM.
	// 4. Delete the dummy VM.
	if volumeOptions.StorageProfileData != "" {
		// Check if the datastore is VSAN if any capability requirements are specified.
		// VSphere cloud provider now only supports VSAN capabilities requirements
		ok, err := checkIfDatastoreTypeIsVSAN(vs.client, ds)
		if err != nil {
			return "", fmt.Errorf("Failed while determining whether the datastore: %q"+
				" is VSAN or not.", datastore)
		}
		if !ok {
			return "", fmt.Errorf("The specified datastore: %q is not a VSAN datastore."+
				" The policy parameters will work only with VSAN Datastore."+
				" So, please specify a valid VSAN datastore in Storage class definition.", datastore)
		}

		// Acquire a read lock to ensure multiple PVC requests can be processed simultaneously.
		cleanUpDummyVMLock.RLock()
		defer cleanUpDummyVMLock.RUnlock()

		// Create a new background routine that will delete any dummy VM's that are left stale.
		// This routine will get executed for every 5 minutes and gets initiated only once in its entire lifetime.
		cleanUpRoutineInitLock.Lock()
		if !cleanUpRoutineInitialized {
			go vs.cleanUpDummyVMs(DummyVMPrefixName)
			cleanUpRoutineInitialized = true
		}
		cleanUpRoutineInitLock.Unlock()

		// Check if the VM exists in kubernetes cluster folder.
		// The kubernetes cluster folder - vs.cfg.Global.WorkingDir is where all the nodes in the kubernetes cluster are created.
		dummyVMFullName := DummyVMPrefixName + "-" + volumeOptions.Name
		vmRegex := vs.cfg.Global.WorkingDir + dummyVMFullName
		dummyVM, err := f.VirtualMachine(ctx, vmRegex)
		if err != nil {
			// 1. Create a dummy VM and return the VM reference.
			dummyVM, err = vs.createDummyVM(ctx, dc, ds, dummyVMFullName)
			if err != nil {
				return "", err
			}
		}

		// 2. Reconfigure the VM to attach the disk with the VSAN policy configured.
		vmDiskPath, err := vs.createVirtualDiskWithPolicy(ctx, dc, ds, dummyVM, volumeOptions)
		fileAlreadyExist := false
		if err != nil {
			vmDiskPath = filepath.Clean(ds.Path(VolDir)) + "/" + volumeOptions.Name + ".vmdk"
			errorMessage := fmt.Sprintf("Cannot complete the operation because the file or folder %s already exists", vmDiskPath)
			if errorMessage == err.Error() {
				//Skip error and continue to detach the disk as the disk was already created on the datastore.
				fileAlreadyExist = true
				glog.V(1).Infof("File: %v already exists", vmDiskPath)
			} else {
				glog.Errorf("Failed to attach the disk to VM: %q with err: %+v", dummyVMFullName, err)
				return "", err
			}
		}

		dummyVMNodeName := vmNameToNodeName(dummyVMFullName)
		// 3. Detach the disk from the dummy VM.
		err = vs.DetachDisk(vmDiskPath, dummyVMNodeName)
		if err != nil {
			if DiskNotFoundErrMsg == err.Error() && fileAlreadyExist {
				// Skip error if disk was already detached from the dummy VM but still present on the datastore.
				glog.V(1).Infof("File: %v is already detached", vmDiskPath)
			} else {
				glog.Errorf("Failed to detach the disk: %q from VM: %q with err: %+v", vmDiskPath, dummyVMFullName, err)
				return "", fmt.Errorf("Failed to create the volume: %q with err: %+v", volumeOptions.Name, err)
			}
		}

		// 4. Delete the dummy VM
		err = deleteVM(ctx, dummyVM)
		if err != nil {
			return "", fmt.Errorf("Failed to destroy the vm: %q with err: %+v", dummyVMFullName, err)
		}
		destVolPath = vmDiskPath
	} else {
		// Create a virtual disk directly if no VSAN storage capabilities are specified by the user.
		destVolPath, err = createVirtualDisk(ctx, vs.client, dc, ds, volumeOptions)
		if err != nil {
			return "", fmt.Errorf("Failed to create the virtual disk having name: %+q with err: %+v", destVolPath, err)
		}
	}

	if filepath.Base(datastore) != datastore {
		// If Datastore is within cluster, add cluster path to the destVolPath
		destVolPath = strings.Replace(destVolPath, filepath.Base(datastore), datastore, 1)
	}
	glog.V(1).Infof("VM Disk path is %+q", destVolPath)
	return destVolPath, nil
}

// DeleteVolume deletes a volume given volume name.
// Also, deletes the folder where the volume resides.
func (vs *VSphere) DeleteVolume(vmDiskPath string) error {
	// Create context
	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
	defer cancel()

	// Ensure client is logged in and session is valid
	err := vSphereLogin(ctx, vs)
	if err != nil {
		glog.Errorf("Failed to login into vCenter - %v", err)
		return err
	}

	// Create a new finder
	f := find.NewFinder(vs.client.Client, true)

	// Fetch and set data center
	dc, err := f.Datacenter(ctx, vs.cfg.Global.Datacenter)
	f.SetDatacenter(dc)

	// Create a virtual disk manager
	virtualDiskManager := object.NewVirtualDiskManager(vs.client.Client)

	if filepath.Ext(vmDiskPath) != ".vmdk" {
		vmDiskPath += ".vmdk"
	}

	// Get the vmDisk Name
	diskNameWithExt := path.Base(vmDiskPath)
	diskName := strings.TrimSuffix(diskNameWithExt, filepath.Ext(diskNameWithExt))

	// Search for the dummyVM if present and delete it.
	dummyVMFullName := DummyVMPrefixName + "-" + diskName
	vmRegex := vs.cfg.Global.WorkingDir + dummyVMFullName
	dummyVM, err := f.VirtualMachine(ctx, vmRegex)
	if err == nil {
		err = deleteVM(ctx, dummyVM)
		if err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("Failed to destroy the vm: %q with err: %+v", dummyVMFullName, err)
		}
	}

	// Delete virtual disk
	vmDiskPath = removeClusterFromVDiskPath(vmDiskPath)
	task, err := virtualDiskManager.DeleteVirtualDisk(ctx, vmDiskPath, dc)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	return task.Wait(ctx)
}

// NodeExists checks if the node with given nodeName exist.
// Returns false if VM doesn't exist or VM is in powerOff state.
func (vs *VSphere) NodeExists(c *govmomi.Client, nodeName k8stypes.NodeName) (bool, error) {
	if nodeName == "" {
		return false, nil
	}

	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
	defer cancel()

	vm, err := getVirtualMachineByName(ctx, vs.cfg, c, nodeName)
	if err != nil {
		if _, ok := err.(*find.NotFoundError); ok {
			return false, nil
		}
		glog.Errorf("Failed to get virtual machine object for node %+q. err %s", nodeName, err)
		return false, err
	}

	var mvm mo.VirtualMachine
	err = getVirtualMachineManagedObjectReference(ctx, c, vm, "summary", &mvm)
	if err != nil {
		glog.Errorf("Failed to get virtual machine object reference for node %+q. err %s", nodeName, err)
		return false, err
	}

	if mvm.Summary.Runtime.PowerState == ActivePowerState {
		return true, nil
	}

	if mvm.Summary.Config.Template == false {
		glog.Warningf("VM %s, is not in %s state", nodeName, ActivePowerState)
	} else {
		glog.Warningf("VM %s, is a template", nodeName)
	}

	return false, nil
}

// A background routine which will be responsible for deleting stale dummy VM's.
func (vs *VSphere) cleanUpDummyVMs(dummyVMPrefix string) {
	// Create context
	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
	defer cancel()

	for {
		time.Sleep(CleanUpDummyVMRoutine_Interval * time.Minute)
		// Ensure client is logged in and session is valid
		err := vSphereLogin(ctx, vs)
		if err != nil {
			glog.V(4).Infof("[cleanUpDummyVMs] Unable to login to vSphere with err: %+v", err)
			continue
		}

		// Create a new finder
		f := find.NewFinder(vs.client.Client, true)

		// Fetch and set data center
		dc, err := f.Datacenter(ctx, vs.cfg.Global.Datacenter)
		if err != nil {
			glog.V(4).Infof("[cleanUpDummyVMs] Unable to fetch the datacenter: %q with err: %+v", vs.cfg.Global.Datacenter, err)
			continue
		}
		f.SetDatacenter(dc)

		// Get the folder reference for global working directory where the dummy VM needs to be created.
		vmFolder, err := getFolder(ctx, vs.client, vs.cfg.Global.Datacenter, vs.cfg.Global.WorkingDir)
		if err != nil {
			glog.V(4).Infof("[cleanUpDummyVMs] Unable to get the kubernetes folder: %q reference with err: %+v", vs.cfg.Global.WorkingDir, err)
			continue
		}

		// A write lock is acquired to make sure the cleanUp routine doesn't delete any VM's created by ongoing PVC requests.
		cleanUpDummyVMLock.Lock()
		dummyVMRefList, err := getDummyVMList(ctx, vs.client, vmFolder, dummyVMPrefix)
		if err != nil {
			glog.V(4).Infof("[cleanUpDummyVMs] Unable to get dummy VM list in the kubernetes cluster: %q reference with err: %+v", vs.cfg.Global.WorkingDir, err)
			cleanUpDummyVMLock.Unlock()
			continue
		}
		for _, dummyVMRef := range dummyVMRefList {
			err = deleteVM(ctx, dummyVMRef)
			if err != nil {
				glog.V(4).Infof("[cleanUpDummyVMs] Unable to delete dummy VM: %q with err: %+v", dummyVMRef.Name(), err)
				continue
			}
		}
		cleanUpDummyVMLock.Unlock()
	}
}

// Get the dummy VM list from the kubernetes working directory.
func getDummyVMList(ctx context.Context, c *govmomi.Client, vmFolder *object.Folder, dummyVMPrefix string) ([]*object.VirtualMachine, error) {
	vmFolders, err := vmFolder.Children(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		glog.V(4).Infof("Unable to retrieve the virtual machines from the kubernetes cluster: %+v", vmFolder)
		return nil, err
	}

	var dummyVMRefList []*object.VirtualMachine
	pc := property.DefaultCollector(c.Client)
	for _, vmFolder := range vmFolders {
		if vmFolder.Reference().Type == "VirtualMachine" {
			var vmRefs []types.ManagedObjectReference
			var vmMorefs []mo.VirtualMachine
			vmRefs = append(vmRefs, vmFolder.Reference())
			err = pc.Retrieve(ctx, vmRefs, []string{"name"}, &vmMorefs)
			if err != nil {
				return nil, err
			}
			if strings.HasPrefix(vmMorefs[0].Name, dummyVMPrefix) {
				dummyVMRefList = append(dummyVMRefList, object.NewVirtualMachine(c.Client, vmRefs[0]))
			}
		}
	}
	return dummyVMRefList, nil
}

func (vs *VSphere) createDummyVM(ctx context.Context, datacenter *object.Datacenter, datastore *object.Datastore, vmName string) (*object.VirtualMachine, error) {
	// Create a virtual machine config spec with 1 SCSI adapter.
	virtualMachineConfigSpec := types.VirtualMachineConfigSpec{
		Name: vmName,
		Files: &types.VirtualMachineFileInfo{
			VmPathName: "[" + datastore.Name() + "]",
		},
		NumCPUs:  1,
		MemoryMB: 4,
		DeviceChange: []types.BaseVirtualDeviceConfigSpec{
			&types.VirtualDeviceConfigSpec{
				Operation: types.VirtualDeviceConfigSpecOperationAdd,
				Device: &types.ParaVirtualSCSIController{
					VirtualSCSIController: types.VirtualSCSIController{
						SharedBus: types.VirtualSCSISharingNoSharing,
						VirtualController: types.VirtualController{
							BusNumber: 0,
							VirtualDevice: types.VirtualDevice{
								Key: 1000,
							},
						},
					},
				},
			},
		},
	}

	// Get the resource pool for current node. This is where dummy VM will be created.
	resourcePool, err := vs.getCurrentNodeResourcePool(ctx, datacenter)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	// Get the folder reference for global working directory where the dummy VM needs to be created.
	vmFolder, err := getFolder(ctx, vs.client, vs.cfg.Global.Datacenter, vs.cfg.Global.WorkingDir)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to get the folder reference for %q with err: %+v", vs.cfg.Global.WorkingDir, err)
	}

	task, err := vmFolder.CreateVM(ctx, virtualMachineConfigSpec, resourcePool, nil)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	dummyVMTaskInfo, err := task.WaitForResult(ctx, nil)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	vmRef := dummyVMTaskInfo.Result.(object.Reference)
	dummyVM := object.NewVirtualMachine(vs.client.Client, vmRef.Reference())
	return dummyVM, nil
}

func (vs *VSphere) getCurrentNodeResourcePool(ctx context.Context, datacenter *object.Datacenter) (*object.ResourcePool, error) {
	// Create a new finder
	f := find.NewFinder(vs.client.Client, true)
	f.SetDatacenter(datacenter)

	vmRegex := vs.cfg.Global.WorkingDir + vs.localInstanceID
	currentVM, err := f.VirtualMachine(ctx, vmRegex)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	currentVMHost, err := currentVM.HostSystem(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	// Get the resource pool for the current node.
	// We create the dummy VM in the same resource pool as current node.
	resourcePool, err := currentVMHost.ResourcePool(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	return resourcePool, nil
}

// Creates a virtual disk with the policy configured to the disk.
// A call to this function is made only when a user specifies VSAN storage capabilties in the storage class definition.
func (vs *VSphere) createVirtualDiskWithPolicy(ctx context.Context, datacenter *object.Datacenter, datastore *object.Datastore, virtualMachine *object.VirtualMachine, volumeOptions *VolumeOptions) (string, error) {
	var diskFormat string
	diskFormat = diskFormatValidType[volumeOptions.DiskFormat]

	vmDevices, err := virtualMachine.Device(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return "", err
	}
	var diskControllerType = vs.cfg.Disk.SCSIControllerType
	// find SCSI controller of particular type from VM devices
	scsiControllersOfRequiredType := getSCSIControllersOfType(vmDevices, diskControllerType)
	scsiController := scsiControllersOfRequiredType[0]

	kubeVolsPath := filepath.Clean(datastore.Path(VolDir)) + "/"
	// Create a kubevols directory in the datastore if one doesn't exist.
	err = makeDirectoryInDatastore(vs.client, datacenter, kubeVolsPath, false)
	if err != nil && err != ErrFileAlreadyExist {
		glog.Errorf("Cannot create dir %#v. err %s", kubeVolsPath, err)
		return "", err
	}

	glog.V(4).Infof("Created dir with path as %+q", kubeVolsPath)

	vmDiskPath := kubeVolsPath + volumeOptions.Name + ".vmdk"
	disk := vmDevices.CreateDisk(scsiController, datastore.Reference(), vmDiskPath)
	unitNumber, err := getNextUnitNumber(vmDevices, scsiController)
	if err != nil {
		glog.Errorf("cannot attach disk to VM, limit reached - %v.", err)
		return "", err
	}
	*disk.UnitNumber = unitNumber
	disk.CapacityInKB = int64(volumeOptions.CapacityKB)

	backing := disk.Backing.(*types.VirtualDiskFlatVer2BackingInfo)
	backing.DiskMode = string(types.VirtualDiskModeIndependent_persistent)

	switch diskFormat {
	case ThinDiskType:
		backing.ThinProvisioned = types.NewBool(true)
	case EagerZeroedThickDiskType:
		backing.EagerlyScrub = types.NewBool(true)
	default:
		backing.ThinProvisioned = types.NewBool(false)
	}

	// Reconfigure VM
	virtualMachineConfigSpec := types.VirtualMachineConfigSpec{}
	deviceConfigSpec := &types.VirtualDeviceConfigSpec{
		Device:        disk,
		Operation:     types.VirtualDeviceConfigSpecOperationAdd,
		FileOperation: types.VirtualDeviceConfigSpecFileOperationCreate,
	}

	storageProfileSpec := &types.VirtualMachineDefinedProfileSpec{
		ProfileId: "",
		ProfileData: &types.VirtualMachineProfileRawData{
			ExtensionKey: "com.vmware.vim.sps",
			ObjectData:   volumeOptions.StorageProfileData,
		},
	}

	deviceConfigSpec.Profile = append(deviceConfigSpec.Profile, storageProfileSpec)
	virtualMachineConfigSpec.DeviceChange = append(virtualMachineConfigSpec.DeviceChange, deviceConfigSpec)
	task, err := virtualMachine.Reconfigure(ctx, virtualMachineConfigSpec)
	if err != nil {
		glog.Errorf("Failed to reconfigure the VM with the disk with err - %v.", err)
		return "", err
	}

	err = task.Wait(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		glog.Errorf("Failed to reconfigure the VM with the disk with err - %v.", err)
		return "", err
	}

	return vmDiskPath, nil
}

// creating a scsi controller as there is none found.
func createAndAttachSCSIControllerToVM(ctx context.Context, vm *object.VirtualMachine, diskControllerType string) (types.BaseVirtualDevice, error) {
	// Get VM device list
	vmDevices, err := vm.Device(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	allSCSIControllers := getSCSIControllers(vmDevices)
	if len(allSCSIControllers) >= SCSIControllerLimit {
		// we reached the maximum number of controllers we can attach
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("SCSI Controller Limit of %d has been reached, cannot create another SCSI controller", SCSIControllerLimit)
	}
	newSCSIController, err := vmDevices.CreateSCSIController(diskControllerType)
	if err != nil {
		k8runtime.HandleError(fmt.Errorf("error creating new SCSI controller: %v", err))
		return nil, err
	}
	configNewSCSIController := newSCSIController.(types.BaseVirtualSCSIController).GetVirtualSCSIController()
	hotAndRemove := true
	configNewSCSIController.HotAddRemove = &hotAndRemove
	configNewSCSIController.SharedBus = types.VirtualSCSISharing(types.VirtualSCSISharingNoSharing)

	// add the scsi controller to virtual machine
	err = vm.AddDevice(context.TODO(), newSCSIController)
	if err != nil {
		glog.V(1).Infof("cannot add SCSI controller to vm - %v", err)
		// attempt clean up of scsi controller
		if vmDevices, err := vm.Device(ctx); err == nil {
			cleanUpController(ctx, newSCSIController, vmDevices, vm)
		}
		return nil, err
	}
	return newSCSIController, nil
}

// Create a virtual disk.
func createVirtualDisk(ctx context.Context, c *govmomi.Client, dc *object.Datacenter, ds *object.Datastore, volumeOptions *VolumeOptions) (string, error) {
	kubeVolsPath := filepath.Clean(ds.Path(VolDir)) + "/"
	// Create a kubevols directory in the datastore if one doesn't exist.
	err := makeDirectoryInDatastore(c, dc, kubeVolsPath, false)
	if err != nil && err != ErrFileAlreadyExist {
		glog.Errorf("Cannot create dir %#v. err %s", kubeVolsPath, err)
		return "", err
	}

	glog.V(4).Infof("Created dir with path as %+q", kubeVolsPath)
	vmDiskPath := kubeVolsPath + volumeOptions.Name + ".vmdk"

	diskFormat := diskFormatValidType[volumeOptions.DiskFormat]

	// Create a virtual disk manager
	virtualDiskManager := object.NewVirtualDiskManager(c.Client)

	// Create specification for new virtual disk
	vmDiskSpec := &types.FileBackedVirtualDiskSpec{
		VirtualDiskSpec: types.VirtualDiskSpec{
			AdapterType: LSILogicControllerType,
			DiskType:    diskFormat,
		},
		CapacityKb: int64(volumeOptions.CapacityKB),
	}

	// Create virtual disk
	task, err := virtualDiskManager.CreateVirtualDisk(ctx, vmDiskPath, dc, vmDiskSpec)
	if err != nil {
		return "", err
	}
	return vmDiskPath, task.Wait(ctx)
}

// Check if the provided datastore is VSAN
func checkIfDatastoreTypeIsVSAN(c *govmomi.Client, datastore *object.Datastore) (bool, error) {
	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
	defer cancel()

	pc := property.DefaultCollector(c.Client)

	// Convert datastores into list of references
	var dsRefs []types.ManagedObjectReference
	dsRefs = append(dsRefs, datastore.Reference())

	// Retrieve summary property for the given datastore
	var dsMorefs []mo.Datastore
	err := pc.Retrieve(ctx, dsRefs, []string{"summary"}, &dsMorefs)
	if err != nil {
		return false, err
	}

	for _, ds := range dsMorefs {
		if ds.Summary.Type == VSANDatastoreType {
			return true, nil
		}
	}
	return false, nil
}

// Creates a folder using the specified name.
// If the intermediate level folders do not exist,
// and the parameter createParents is true,
// all the non-existent folders are created.
func makeDirectoryInDatastore(c *govmomi.Client, dc *object.Datacenter, path string, createParents bool) error {

	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
	defer cancel()

	fileManager := object.NewFileManager(c.Client)
	err := fileManager.MakeDirectory(ctx, path, dc, createParents)
	if err != nil {
		if soap.IsSoapFault(err) {
			soapFault := soap.ToSoapFault(err)
			if _, ok := soapFault.VimFault().(types.FileAlreadyExists); ok {
				return ErrFileAlreadyExist
			}
		}
	}

	return err
}

// Get the folder for a given VM
func getFolder(ctx context.Context, c *govmomi.Client, datacenterName string, folderName string) (*object.Folder, error) {
	f := find.NewFinder(c.Client, true)

	// Fetch and set data center
	dc, err := f.Datacenter(ctx, datacenterName)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	f.SetDatacenter(dc)

	folderName = strings.TrimSuffix(folderName, "/")
	dcFolders, err := dc.Folders(ctx)
	vmFolders, _ := dcFolders.VmFolder.Children(ctx)

	var vmFolderRefs []types.ManagedObjectReference
	for _, vmFolder := range vmFolders {
		vmFolderRefs = append(vmFolderRefs, vmFolder.Reference())
	}

	// Get only references of type folder.
	var folderRefs []types.ManagedObjectReference
	for _, vmFolder := range vmFolderRefs {
		if vmFolder.Type == "Folder" {
			folderRefs = append(folderRefs, vmFolder)
		}
	}

	// Find the specific folder reference matching the folder name.
	var resultFolder *object.Folder
	pc := property.DefaultCollector(c.Client)
	for _, folderRef := range folderRefs {
		var refs []types.ManagedObjectReference
		var folderMorefs []mo.Folder
		refs = append(refs, folderRef)
		err = pc.Retrieve(ctx, refs, []string{"name"}, &folderMorefs)
		for _, fref := range folderMorefs {
			if fref.Name == folderName {
				resultFolder = object.NewFolder(c.Client, folderRef)
			}
		}
	}

	return resultFolder, nil
}

// Delete the VM.
func deleteVM(ctx context.Context, vm *object.VirtualMachine) error {
	destroyTask, err := vm.Destroy(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	return destroyTask.Wait(ctx)
}

// Remove the cluster or folder path from the vDiskPath
// for vDiskPath [DatastoreCluster/sharedVmfs-0] kubevols/e2e-vmdk-1234.vmdk, return value is [sharedVmfs-0] kubevols/e2e-vmdk-1234.vmdk
// for vDiskPath [sharedVmfs-0] kubevols/e2e-vmdk-1234.vmdk, return value remains same [sharedVmfs-0] kubevols/e2e-vmdk-1234.vmdk

func removeClusterFromVDiskPath(vDiskPath string) string {
	datastore := regexp.MustCompile("\\[(.*?)\\]").FindStringSubmatch(vDiskPath)[1]
	if filepath.Base(datastore) != datastore {
		vDiskPath = strings.Replace(vDiskPath, datastore, filepath.Base(datastore), 1)
	}
	return vDiskPath
}