To Get the VM Created Date - virtual-machine

Question

I am new to the VMWare Sdk Programming,i have a requirement to get the Virtual Machine (VM) Deployed date.
I have written the below code to get the other required details.
package com.vmware.vim25.mo.samples;
import java.net.URL;
import com.vmware.vim25.*;
import com.vmware.vim25.mo.*;
public class HelloVM {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
{
long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
int i;
ServiceInstance si = new ServiceInstance(new URL("https://bgl-clvs-vc.bgl.com/sdk"), "sbibi", "sibi_123", true);
long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
System.out.println("time taken:" + (end-start));
Folder rootFolder = si.getRootFolder();
String name = rootFolder.getName();
System.out.println("root:" + name);
ManagedEntity[] mes = new InventoryNavigator(rootFolder).searchManagedEntities("VirtualMachine");
System.out.println("No oF vm:" + mes.length);
if(mes==null || mes.length ==0)
{
return;
}
for(i=0;i<mes.length; i++){
VirtualMachine vm = (VirtualMachine) mes[i];
VirtualMachineConfigInfo vminfo = vm.getConfig();
VirtualMachineCapability vmc = vm.getCapability();
vm.getResourcePool();
System.out.println("VM Name " + vm.getName());
System.out.println("GuestOS: " + vminfo.getGuestFullName());
System.out.println("Multiple snapshot supported: " + vmc.isMultipleSnapshotsSupported());
System.out.println("Summary: " + vminfo.getDatastoreUrl());
}
si.getServerConnection().logout();
}
}
Can anyone help me how I can get the VM created date?

Answer 1

I have found the Vm Creation Date using the below codes.
EventFilterSpecByUsername uFilter =
new EventFilterSpecByUsername();
uFilter.setSystemUser(false);
uFilter.setUserList(new String[] {"administrator"});
Event[] events = evtMgr.queryEvents(efs);
// print each of the events
for(int i=0; events!=null && i<events.length; i++)
{
System.out.println("\nEvent #" + i);
printEvent(events[i]);
}
/**
* Only print an event as Event type.
*/
static void printEvent(Event evt)
{
String typeName = evt.getClass().getName();
int lastDot = typeName.lastIndexOf('.');
if(lastDot != -1)
{
typeName = typeName.substring(lastDot+1);
}
System.out.println("Time:" + evt.getCreatedTime().getTime());
}
Hope this code might help others.

Answer 2

private DateTime GetVMCreatedDate(VirtualMachine vm)
{
var date = DateTime. Now;
var userName = new EventFilterSpecByUsername ();
userName . SystemUser = false;
var filter = new EventFilterSpec ();
filter . UserName = userName;
filter . EventTypeId = ( new String [] { "VmCreatedEvent" , "VmBeingDeployedEvent" ,"VmRegisteredEvent" , "VmClonedEvent" });
var collector = vm .GetEntityOnlyEventsCollectorView(filter);
foreach (Event e in collector . ReadNextEvents(1 ))
{
Console .WriteLine(e . GetType(). ToString() + " :" + e. CreatedTime);
date = e. CreatedTime;
}
Console .WriteLine( "---------------------------------------------------" );
return date;
}