ReconfigVM_Task disk edit

[s0j0hn]

Hello,

Apparently i am doing something wrong with the reconfigvm task but i can't figure out what the prblem in there.

          'ReconfigVM_Task',
          {
            _this: util.moRef('VirtualMachine', virtualMachine.moref),
            spec: {
              deviceChange: {
                device: {
                  key: disk.key,
                  capacityInKB: disk.capacityInKB,
                  backing: {
                    fileName: disk.backing.fileName,
                    diskMode: disk.backing.diskMode,
                  },
                },
                operation: 'edit',
              },
            },
          },```
{ errorCode: 400,
  message: 'Required property key is missing from data object of type VirtualDevice\n\nwhile parsing serialized DataObject of type vim.vm.device.VirtualDevice\nat line 1, column 388\n\nwhile parsing property "device" of static type VirtualDevice\n\nwhile parsing serialized DataObject of type vim.vm.device.VirtualDeviceSpec\nat line 1, column 347\n\nwhile parsing property "deviceChange" of static type ArrayOfVirtualDeviceConfigSpec\n\nwhile parsing serialized DataObject of type vim.vm.ConfigSpec\nat line 1, column 341\n\nwhile parsing call information for method ReconfigVM_Task\nat line 1, column 281\n\nwhile parsing SOAP body\nat line 1, column 270\n\nwhile parsing SOAP envelope\nat line 1, column 38\n\nwhile parsing HTTP request for method reconfigure\non object of type vim.VirtualMachine\nat line 1, column 0' }

[bhoriuchi]

What version of vsphere-connect are you using?

You probably need to define a device type. See this issue #12

[s0j0hn]

I am using v1 of vsphere-connect. Btw this works:

'ReconfigVM_Task',
            {
              _this: util.moRef('VirtualMachine', virtualMachine.moref),
              spec: {
                deviceChange: {
                  device: {
                    key: dbVirtualDisk.key,
                  },
                  operation: 'remove',
                },
              },
            },```

[s0j0hn]

If anyone could tell me how such request should look like from object point of view. That's would be great. TRying to do all actions on vm to add/edit/remove a disk

[jfraudeau]

After some investigation this seems to work

client.method('ReconfigVM_Task',
      {
        _this: moref,
        spec: {
          deviceChange: [{
            device: {
              attributes: { 'xsi:type': 'VirtualDisk' },
              key: device.key,
              capacityInKB: newCapacity,
              unitNumber: device.unitNumber,
              controllerKey: device.controllerKey,
              backing: {
                attributes: { 'xsi:type': 'VirtualDiskFlatVer2BackingInfo' },
                fileName: device.backing.fileName,
                diskMode: device.backing.diskMode,
              },
            },
            operation: 'edit',
          }],
        },
      })

where device is the retrieved disk device.

What remains unsolved is how to automatically retrieve the xsi:type for the original device and its backing since they aren't conveyed in the js representation of the original soap response.