Python Example of Listing Available Updates

This example shows how you can retrieve a list of available vCenter Server updates, details about the updates, and pre-check information. The example is based on the update_sample.py sample.

Note: For a complete and up-to-date version of the sample code, see the vsphere-automation-sdk-python VMware repository at GitHub.

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        # Create a stub configuration
        stub_config = StubConfigurationFactory.new_std_configuration(connector)
        self.pending_client = Pending(stub_config)
        self.precheck_client = PrecheckReport(stub_config)

    def run(self):
        # List updates
        available_updates = self.pending_client.list()
        print("vCenter Server available updates - ", available_updates)
        if available_updates.updates:
            target_version = available_updates.updates[0].version
            update_details = self.pending_client.get(target_version)
            print("vCenter Server available update details - ", update_details)

            # Get pre-check result
            precheck_result = self.precheck_client.create_task(target_version)
            print("Pre-upgrade checks task id started with: \n{0}".format(precheck_result.get_task_id()))
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