VMware

Device Namespace

The Device namespace provides commands for configuring the device order used when booting a virtual machine. The boot order may be specified using a mixture of device classes and device instances, chosen from among the following:

CDROM: Boot from a virtual CD-ROM drive; the device instance(s) will be chosen by the BIOS subsystem.
FLOPPY: Boot from a virtual floppy drive; the device instance(s) will be chosen by the BIOS subsystem.
DISK: Boot from a virtual disk device; the device instance is specified explicitly in Device.Entry.disks list, and multiple instances may be specified in the list.
ETHERNET: Boot from a virtual Ethernet adapter; the device instance is specified explicitly as Device.Entry.nic, and multiple adapters may be specified in the boot order list.

List of commands:

Get command
Set command

Get Command

dcli com vmware vcenter vm hardware boot device get

Description

Returns an ordered list of boot devices for the virtual machine. If the list is empty, the virtual machine uses a default boot sequence.

Options

Option Name	Type	Required	Description
`vm`	string	Yes	Virtual machine identifier. The parameter must be an identifier for the resource type: VirtualMachine.

Example

dcli com vmware vcenter vm hardware boot device get --vm testId

Set Command

dcli com vmware vcenter vm hardware boot device set

Description

Sets the virtual devices that will be used to boot the virtual machine. The virtual machine will check the devices in order, attempting to boot from each, until the virtual machine boots successfully. If the list is empty, the virtual machine will use a default boot sequence. There should be no more than one instance of Device.Entry for a given device type except ETHERNET in the list.

Options

Option Name	Type	Required	Description
`vm`	string	Yes	Virtual machine identifier. The parameter must be an identifier for the resource type: VirtualMachine.
`type`	string	Yes	Virtual device type. Valid values are: {CDROM, DISK, ETHERNET, FLOPPY}
`nic`	string	No	Virtual Ethernet device. Ethernet device to use as boot device for this entry. When clients pass a value of this class as a parameter, the option must be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vcenter.vm.hardware.Ethernet. When commands return a value of this class as a output, the option will be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vcenter.vm.hardware.Ethernet. This option is optional and it is only relevant when the value of type is ETHERNET.
`disks`	string	No	Virtual disk device. List of virtual disks in boot order. When clients pass a value of this class as a parameter, the option must contain identifiers for the resource type: com.vmware.vcenter.vm.hardware.Disk. When commands return a value of this class as a output, the option will contain identifiers for the resource type: com.vmware.vcenter.vm.hardware.Disk. This option is optional and it is only relevant when the value of type is DISK.

Example

dcli com vmware vcenter vm hardware boot device set --vm testId --type test