Backup; creating vm

main.go

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+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"github.com/vmware/govmomi"
+	"github.com/vmware/govmomi/object"
+	"github.com/vmware/govmomi/vim25/types"
+	"net/url"
+	"os"
+	"strconv"
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	var URL = os.Args[1]
+	var username = os.Args[2]
+	var password = os.Args[3]
+	var vm_name = os.Args[4]
+	var cpus, err = strconv.Atoi(os.Args[5])
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	// create context
+	ctx := context.TODO() // an empty, default context (for those, who is unsure)
+
+	// create a client
+	// (connected to the specified URL,
+	// logged in with the username-passrowd)
+	u, err := url.Parse(URL) // create a URL object from string
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	u.User = url.UserPassword(username, password) // set username and password for automatical authentification
+	fmt.Println(u.String())
+	client, err := govmomi.NewClient(ctx, u,false) // creating a client (logs in with given uname&pswd)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	// create a reference to a VM with the specified name...
+	vm_mor := types.ManagedObjectReference{Type: "VirtualMachine", Value: vm_name}
+	// ... and the VM itself, using the set up client & reference
+	vm := object.NewVirtualMachine(client.Client, vm_mor)
+
+	vmConfigSpec := types.VirtualMachineConfigSpec{}
+	vmConfigSpec.NumCPUs = int32(cpus)
+	task, err := vm.Reconfigure(ctx, vmConfigSpec)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	_, err = task.WaitForResult(ctx, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+}