An ability to gather ESXi Dump Collector
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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Hello dear pyVmomi developers!
There is Broadcom KB 344063 which allows to set or get ESXi Dump Collector with ESXCLI.
I'm more interested in checking the ESXi Dump Collector status similar to esxcli system coredump network get
Describe the solution you'd like
I would like to know if it's possible to get ESXi Dump Collector via pyVmomi ?
If this is not possible, please schedule the addition of such functionality.
Describe alternatives you've considered
It's also possible via VMware.PowerCLI PowerShell module in this way:
$null = Connect-VIServer -Server "$VC" -User "$User" -Password "$Pswd"
$vmh = Get-VMHost -Name "$EsxiName"
If ($vmh) {
$e = Get-EsxCli -VMHost $vmh -V2
If ($e) {
$result = $e.system.coredump.network.get.Invoke() | ConvertTo-Json
If ($result) {$result}
}
}
Additional context
It would be great to have output similar to this:
{
"Enabled": true,
"HostVNic": "vmk0",
"IsUsingIPv6": false,
"NetworkServerIP": "10.221.109.10",
"NetworkServerPort": 6500
}
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Research direction
Start by locating pyVmomi's ESXi management entry points and checking whether the esxcli system coredump network get operation is already represented. Compare its available response with the requested fields, then verify the exposed status through an appropriate test or example; done means callers can retrieve the dump collector status and its network details.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- api, infrastructure
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100