VMUtils - Global

The VMUtils script include provides methods for discovery and provisioning of virtual machines.

This script include is available in server-side scripts to convert between UUID and Correlation ID formats.

VMUtils - turnCorrelationIdToUuid(String correlationId)

Converts a correlation ID into a UUID for a virtual machine in the ServiceNow system.

Tableau 1. Parameters

Name	Type	Description
correlationId	String	The correlation ID to convert

Tableau 2. Returns

Type	Description
String	The UUID, or an empty string if invalid.

gs.info(VMUtils.turnCorrelationIdToUuid('42 10 82 82 62 35 ca 68-b5 1c 1e f8 5c 0a 0d 5b'));

Output:

42108282-6235-ca68-b51c-1ef85c0a0d5b

VMUtils - turnUuidToCorrelationId(String uuid)

Converts a WMware universal unique identifier (UUID) to a format that matches the original format in the ServiceNow system.

vCenter works with UUIDs where the ESXi Linux console worked with this format.

Tableau 3. Parameters

Name	Type	Description
uuid	String	The UUID to convert.

Tableau 4. Returns

Type	Description
String	The identifier converted to the ServiceNow format.

gs.info(VMUtils.turnUuidToCorrelationId('13eb78d0-d504-11e1-9b23-0800200c9a66'));

Output:

13 eb 78 d0 d5 04 11 e1-9b 23 08 00 20 0c 9a 66