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Introduction

The vss-cli is a powerful command-line tool designed to help manage ITS Private Cloud resources efficiently. This guide provides an overview of how to use the vss-cli to track request status and details, manage VM change requests, and more.

👶 Basic Usage

The primary command to start with is vss-cli request, which allows you to manage various types of VM requests. Here's the basic structure:

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• change: Manage virtual machine change requests.

• export: Manage virtual machine export requests.

• folder: Manage logical folder requests.

• image: Manage user-image synchronization requests.

• inventory: Manage virtual machine inventory requests.

• new: Manage new virtual machine deployment requests.

• restore: Manage virtual machine restore requests.

• retire: Manage virtual machine retirement requests.

• snapshot: Manage virtual machine snapshot requests.

• vmdk: Manage user-VMDK synchronization requests.

🆕 Managing VM New Requests

The vss-cli request new command group is dedicated to handling new virtual machine deployment requests. This group includes commands to get, list, and retry deployment requests. Below is an overview of the main commands and their usage.

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This command attempts to reprocess a VM request that previously failed. RID is the new VM Request ID.

🌀 Managing VM Change Requests

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1. Setting a New Schedule

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   vss-cli request change set 1234 schedule -d "2024-07-15 14:30"

   This command sets the schedule for the change request with ID 1234 to July 15, 2024, at 14:30.

2. Canceling a Schedule

   Code Block
   vss-cli request change set 1234 schedule -c

   This command cancels the scheduling for the change request with ID 1234.

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