View source for Adding/updating a custom field to VM

=== addVMCustomField.pl ===
author: William Lam
==== Description ====
Allows you to create a custom field and value to the vmx configuration file of your VM.

==== Usage: ====
This will add a new custom field to all VMs called SERVER_TYPE and the operation is an add

 [vi-admin@scofield ~]$ ./addVMCountCustomField.pl --server reflex.primp-industries.com --username primp --key SERVER_TYPE --operation add
 Enter password:

Updates the VM named "Kate" with the value "PRODUCTION" to the custom field "SERVER_TYPE". For this, you'll use the operation update
 [vi-admin@scofield ~]$ ./addVMCountCustomField.pl --server reflex.primp-industries.com --username primp --key SERVER_TYPE --value PRODUCTION --operation update --vmname kate
 Enter password:

==== Location ====

http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-10550

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