> [... snip horrendous Powershell stuff ...] > > I never can understand why people like Powershell syntax so much <grin>
Indeed, it is syntactically horrendous. I wrote that after I hit problem in Python to test the concept, honest... > I'm not going to be much help here, I'm afraid: I don't have access > to a Hyper-V installation I can give you access to one ;) > What might just help is a full traceback which would show exactly > where the error is arising. Frankly, I'm not too hopeful, although > I'm happy to try. python scsi_add_short.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "scsi_add_short.py", line 15, in <module> HD.Address = "100" File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\wmi.py", line 571, in __setattr__ handle_com_error () File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\wmi.py", line 241, in handle_com_error raise klass (com_error=err) wmi.x_wmi: <x_wmi: Unexpected COM Error (-2147352567, 'Exception occurred.', (0, u'SWbemObjectEx', u'Provider is not capable of the attempted operation ', None, 0, -2147217372), None)> The traceback, for the following code; import wmi c = wmi.WMI("hostname", namespace="virtualization", find_classes=False) VM = c.Msvm_ComputerSystem(ElementName="vmname")[-1] DiskPool = c.Msvm_ResourcePool(ResourceType=22,ResourceSubtype="Microsoft Physical Disk Drive")[-1] Disks = DiskPool.associators(wmi_result_class="Msvm_DiskDrive") Disk = [d for d in Disks if d.DriveNumber==10][0] VSSDs = VM.associators(wmi_result_class="Msvm_VirtualSystemSettingData") VSSD = [v for v in VSSDs if v.SettingType==3][0] SCSIs = VSSD.associators(wmi_result_class="Msvm_ResourceAllocationSettingData") SCSI = [s for s in SCSIs if s.ResourceType==6][0] AC = c.Msvm_AllocationCapabilities(ResourceType=22,ResourceSubtype="Microsoft Physical Disk Drive")[-1] Default = c.Msvm_SettingsDefineCapabilities(ValueRange=0,GroupComponent=AC.Path_.Path)[-1] # Problematic section HD = Default.PartComponent HD.Address = "100" HD.Parent = SCSI.Path_.Path HD.HostResource= DISK.Path_.Path VMMS.AddVirtualSystemResources(VM, [HD.gettext_(1),]) > In the Python call to AddVirtualSystemResources() you've reversed the order > of the parameters. I'm sure in testing there was a reason why i'd switched them around, but I cannot remember right now. As you can see in this example they are the correct way around (but the code doesn't get that far anyway). Thanks again for looking. Matt Warwickshire Schools Email System This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please forward to: postmas...@we-learn.com. If the content of this email is considered to be inappropriate or offensive please report by forwarding to: reportab...@we-learn.com _______________________________________________ python-win32 mailing list python-win32@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32