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random-vmotion.py

random-vmotion is a Python script which will vMotion VMs randomly to a set of hosts until stopped by a keyboard interupt (ctrl-c)

This script has the following capabilities:

  • vMotion VMs to a random host
  • Continue until stopped
  • Print logging to a log file or stdout
  • Do this threaded

Using threads

Deciding on the optimal amount of threads might need a bit of experimentation. Keep certain things in mind:

  • The optimal amount of threads depends on the memory consumption of the VMs, the activity of the VMs and the amount of hosts as each thread will execute a vMotion task. If this is all to the same host with the a lot of activity in the VM, you might get in trouble.

Files

The files are a list of VMs and Hosts, each in a seperate file and with one entry per line

Usage

usage: random-vmotion.py [-h] [-d] -H HOST [-i INTERVAL] [-l LOGFILE]
                         [-o PORT] [-p PASSWORD] [-S] -t TARGETFILE
                         [-T THREADS] -u USERNAME [-v] -V VMFILE

Randomly vMotion each VM from a list one by one to a random host from a list,
until stopped.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -d, --debug           Enable debug output
  -H HOST, --host HOST  The vCenter or ESXi host to connect to
  -i INTERVAL, --interval INTERVAL
                        The amount of time to wait after a vMotion is finished
                        to schedule a new one (default 30 seconds)
  -l LOGFILE, --log-file LOGFILE
                        File to log to (default = stdout)
  -o PORT, --port PORT  Server port to connect to (default = 443)
  -p PASSWORD, --password PASSWORD
                        The password with which to connect to the host. If not
                        specified, the user is prompted at runtime for a
                        password
  -S, --disable-SSL-certificate-verification
                        Disable SSL certificate verification on connect
  -t TARGETFILE, --targets TARGETFILE
                        File with the list of target hosts to vMotion to
  -T THREADS, --threads THREADS
                        Amount of simultanious vMotions to execute at once.
                        (default = 1)
  -u USERNAME, --user USERNAME
                        The username with which to connect to the host
  -v, --verbose         Enable verbose output
  -V VMFILE, --vms VMFILE
                        File with the list of VMs to vMotion

Issues and feature requests

Feel free to use the Github issue tracker of the repository to post issues and feature requests

Requirements

  1. pyVmomi
  2. vCenter 5+ (tested with 5.1, 5.1u, 5.5 & 6.0)