#!/usr/bin/env python3 """ Exercise 5: VPG Operations - Solution (Part 1: VPG Creation) This script demonstrates how to create and configure VPGs in your Zerto environment. Prerequisites: 1. Install the zvml package in development mode: cd /path/to/zvml-python-sdk pip install -e . 2. Update prerequisites/config.py with your ZVM details Usage: python create_vpg.py --vm-names "vm1" "vm2" "vm3" [--vpg-name "My-VPG"] This solution demonstrates: - Creating a new VPG with basic settings - Configuring journal, recovery, and network settings - Adding specified VMs to the VPG - Proper error handling and logging """ import sys import os import logging # Set up logging with timestamp logging.basicConfig( level=logging.INFO, format='%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s' ) import json import argparse from pathlib import Path import urllib3 # Suppress SSL warnings urllib3.disable_warnings(urllib3.exceptions.InsecureRequestWarning) # Add prerequisites to Python path prerequisites_path = Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent.parent / "prerequisites" sys.path.append(str(prerequisites_path)) # Import the SDK modules from zvml import ZVMLClient # Import configuration try: from config import ( ZVM_HOST, ZVM_PORT, ZVM_SSL_VERIFY, CLIENT_ID, CLIENT_SECRET ) except ImportError: print("Error: Please copy config.example.py to config.py and update with your values") print("Expected path:", prerequisites_path / "config.py") sys.exit(1) def main(): """ Main function to demonstrate VPG creation. Shows how to: 1. Create a new VPG with basic settings 2. Configure journal, recovery, and network settings 3. Add specified VMs to the VPG 4. Remove the last added VM from the VPG """ try: # Step 1: Create a ZVMLClient instance logging.info(f"Initializing ZVMLClient for ZVM at {ZVM_HOST}") parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Create VPG and add specified VMs') parser.add_argument('--vm-name', default="CRM-3", help='VM name to add to the VPG') parser.add_argument('--vpg-name', default="Test-VPG-Python", help='Name of the VPG to create (default: Test-VPG-Python)') args = parser.parse_args() # Step 2: Create a ZVMLClient instance client = ZVMLClient( zvm_address=ZVM_HOST, client_id=CLIENT_ID, client_secret=CLIENT_SECRET, verify_certificate=ZVM_SSL_VERIFY ) # Step 3: Identify local and peer sites logging.info("Retrieving list of available sites...") sites = client.virtualization_sites.get_virtualization_sites() local_site = client.localsite.get_local_site() local_site_identifier = local_site.get('SiteIdentifier') peer_site = next((site for site in sites if site.get('SiteIdentifier') != local_site_identifier), None) peer_site_identifier = peer_site.get('SiteIdentifier') # Step 3: Get peer site resources for VPG configuration logging.info("\nRetrieving peer site resources for VPG configuration...") # Step 4: Get peer resources peer_datastores = client.virtualization_sites.get_virtualization_site_datastores(site_identifier=peer_site_identifier) logging.info(f"Peer datastores: {json.dumps(peer_datastores, indent=4)}") target_datastore = peer_datastores[0] # Use first available peer_folders = client.virtualization_sites.get_virtualization_site_folders(site_identifier=peer_site_identifier) logging.info(f"Peer folders: {json.dumps(peer_folders, indent=4)}") target_folder = peer_folders[0] # Use first available peer_networks = client.virtualization_sites.get_virtualization_site_networks(site_identifier=peer_site_identifier) logging.info(f"Peer networks: {json.dumps(peer_networks, indent=4)}") target_network = peer_networks[0] # Use first available peer_hosts = client.virtualization_sites.get_virtualization_site_hosts(site_identifier=peer_site_identifier) logging.info(f"Peer hosts: {json.dumps(peer_hosts, indent=4)}") target_host = peer_hosts[0] # Use first available # Step 5: Create VPG configuration logging.info("\nCreating VPG configuration...") vpg_name = args.vpg_name # Basic VPG settings basic = { "Name": args.vpg_name, "VpgType": "Remote", "RpoInSeconds": 300, "JournalHistoryInHours": 24, "Priority": "Medium", "UseWanCompression": True, "ProtectedSiteIdentifier": local_site_identifier, "RecoverySiteIdentifier": peer_site_identifier } journal = {} # Keep default settings recovery = { "DefaultHostIdentifier": target_host.get('HostIdentifier'), "DefaultDatastoreIdentifier": target_datastore.get('DatastoreIdentifier'), "DefaultFolderIdentifier": target_folder.get('FolderIdentifier') } networks = { "Failover": { "Hypervisor": { "DefaultNetworkIdentifier": target_network.get('NetworkIdentifier') } }, "FailoverTest": { "Hypervisor": { "DefaultNetworkIdentifier": target_network.get('NetworkIdentifier') } } } # Network settings networks = { "Failover": { "Hypervisor": { "DefaultNetworkIdentifier": target_network.get('NetworkIdentifier') } }, "FailoverTest": { "Hypervisor": { "DefaultNetworkIdentifier": target_network.get('NetworkIdentifier') } } } # Step 5: Create VPG vpg_id = client.vpgs.create_vpg(basic=basic, journal=journal, recovery=recovery, networks=networks, sync=True) logging.info(f'vpg {args.vpg_name} successfully created, vpg_id is {vpg_id}') # Step 7: Add Vm to the VPG task_id = client.vpgs.add_vm_to_vpg_by_name(args.vpg_name, args.vm_name) logging.info(f'vm {args.vm_name} successfully added to vpg {args.vpg_name}') # Step 8: Interactive VM removal response = input(f"Remove VPG{args.vpg_name}? (yes/no): ").lower() if response in ['yes', 'y']: client.vpgs.delete_vpg(args.vpg_name) except Exception as e: logging.error(f"VPG operation failed: {str(e)}") sys.exit(1) if __name__ == "__main__": main()