vmware-vsan-data-protection 9.1.1.0

The vSAN Data Protection module of the VMware Cloud Foundation SDK provides methods to automate and orchestrate local data resilience and recovery workflows, manage protection groups and discover VM snapshots.

Source code

Getting started

Prerequisites

• Supported Python versions: 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13 and 3.14

Install the package

pip install --upgrade pip
pip install --upgrade setuptools
pip install pyvmomi
pip install vmware-vsan-data-protection

Connect to a Snapservice Server and List Protection Groups

create_snapservice_client is available at

https://github.com/vmware/vcf-sdk-python/blob/master/samples/vsphere-samples/vsan/data_protection/vsan_snapservice_client.py

import requests
from snapservice_client import create_snapservice_client

session = requests.session()
# Disable cert verification for demo purpose.
# This is not recommended in a production environment.
session.verify = False
requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings()

# Connect to a snapservice using username and password
ss_client = create_snapservice_client(snapservice='<snapservice_host>',
                                      server='<vcenter_host>',
                                      username='<username>',
                                      password='<password>',
                                      session=session,
                                      skip_verification=True)
# List protection groups
pgs = ss_client.clusters.ProtectionGroups.list('<cluster_moref_id>')
for pg in pgs.items:
    print(pg)

Output in a Python Interpreter:

>>> import requests
>>> from vsan_snapservice_client import create_snapservice_client
>>>
>>> session = requests.session()
>>> session.verify = False
>>> requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings()
>>> ss_client = create_snapservice_client(snapservice='<snapservice_host>',
...                                       server='<vcenter_host',
...                                       username='<username>',
...                                       password='<password>',
...                                       session=session,
...                                       skip_verification=True)
>>> pgs = ss_client.clusters.ProtectionGroups.list('<cluster_moref_id>')
>>> for pg in pgs.items:
...     print(pg)
...
{pg : c5522438-008a-4596-b049-a13a43bf11fe, info : {name : test-pg1, status : ACTIVE, target_entities : {vm_name_patterns : [], vms : {'vm-47'}}, snapshot_policies : [SnapshotPolicy(name='Every 1/2 hour, keep for 1 day', schedule=SnapshotSchedule(unit=TimeUnit(string='MINUTE'), interval=30), retention=RetentionPeriod(unit=TimeUnit(string='DAY'), duration=1))], last_snapshot_time : 2024-12-06 05:35:43.076000, oldest_snapshot_time : 2024-12-05 06:05:40.680000, vms : {'vm-47'}, snapshots : {'c7416f7f-0281-4561-a049-10ea0df43e71', '436ec69a-a3d8-47b9-885f-d66fadddd285', '1b6dac3c-742e-42e3-9fcc-21e70ac30151', 'd3b611fc-a008-4f1f-9095-934a46156c88', '69df29c6-40bc-44d7-a23a-34219ce76206', '0468c164-83c3-4d32-a535-5ea4ed7aa1e7', 'da4632e3-e9e0-4c50-9572-8a9a2e03826f', '4a054e10-efb6-44c8-ad01-08685f16e097', '847b7e77-834e-4041-9ea3-61a68728ee79', 'a8820b4c-f537-4c8d-bc33-24664f3f8421', 'ff8b0995-e0e8-403e-bc50-7cc225c622df', '83246655-1ce6-442b-97bf-3e77e3451985', '38c29810-9a13-4be8-b023-129f3df88c5b', '9e5c7a38-7095-4c9c-81b0-6ba1d39abb58', '4af760c8-2204-4f1e-af10-c2a6833b9186', '8d7790fd-8bd5-425a-97c4-5b10eff80f56', 'bd5c241d-242d-4146-9a48-1e370bcd3888', '2c1685b2-44e5-4876-ab9a-bd081a641d06', '4bde39fa-365a-4910-9f30-421bfc1316bc', '4260978b-563d-4f52-a2dd-c058efcd2fad', '6b0dc65c-d613-4a1b-bf19-4f4aecabd190', '61fb4a09-20d6-45fc-8aa3-4c1c9662cb6e', 'e6ac3171-808d-4624-879b-9d2fc48eafe5', '9a2f02fa-058e-419f-af4d-3e9754f24a83', '6d007031-6c92-47e9-ac58-5d2486d355f7', 'a4d871bb-80ae-4396-82ff-d6f8f153268f', '8662f1c4-276a-43f7-8d1b-64bc846ba274', '529f6866-c14c-4551-90bb-df543571a01e', '6c03da3d-035f-4cc8-91bf-496f452a5639', '895c9edc-0e80-4b84-8ba2-942b413b0ccc', '766f7b86-9830-4006-b915-124b051bc5fb', 'c3c5a26a-2f25-46b6-8b82-cb3d0d9bc684', '4c5a315d-6467-409d-8000-658866d424f8', 'f3bc6f8b-2be3-4f63-a290-59b969b2f76d', '64e918df-89c3-4919-9004-455604f4f319', '38de031f-1934-49ce-a50c-8710dff2f509', '7f86a378-a4c8-463d-ad8a-a4563bfe11cb', 'f313f5a8-387a-484b-8f9c-70c0b68e6a52', 'ce5b9dc7-9491-4e82-b8bb-d804beb9d546', '97f22e81-3a8f-4b3b-a17f-869208b565ba', 'fc928950-f4f1-4c04-b5db-099ce752527f', '893debbb-2000-437e-abce-8732334bba9b', '581caaf9-58eb-4afb-a243-604c649701a1', '03ada17f-40af-4d49-ae6a-ef061d522abb', 'c3a22893-21fb-415a-bc59-affcab847663', 'c62043f1-3a18-4a42-b856-b036003de2b5', '93d75cbd-2256-4aca-8bb8-6342656bf8ee', '806c594f-bf22-4e31-ae4f-619b8d12cd62'}, locked : False}}
>>>
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NOTE: If you are using Bash, be sure to use single quote for username and password to preserve the values. If you use double quote, you will have to escape special characters, such as "$". See Bash manual