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.

Parent Topic:Server API reference

VMUtils - turnCorrelationIdToUuid(String correlationId)

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

Name Type Description correlationId String The correlation ID to convert 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.

Name Type Description uuid String The UUID to convert. 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