Enable or Disable UEFI Secure Boot on vCloud VM

[dakkfy1]

Hi,

Im looking for a way to disable secure boot on VMs in vCloud by script using PowerCLI. I clone a default VM template that IT manages that has secure boot enabled, but since i'm running software that is not compatible I need to disable it after the VM has been generated. I'm generating a whole bunch of VMs which needs the same setup, so I was hoping to avoid having to do this manually...

This solution works for vCenter, but when trying a similar solution with a vCloud CIVM object it fails:

$tmpvmObj = Get-CIVM -Id "xxx"
$spec = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineConfigSpec
$spec.Firmware = [VMware.Vim.GuestOsDescriptorFirmwareType]::bios
$tmpvmObj.ExtensionData.ReconfigureVm($spec)

Results in error:
Cannot find an overload for "ReconfigureVm" and the argument count: "1".
At line:1 char:1
+ $tmpvmObj.ExtensionData.ReconfigureVm($spec)
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodCountCouldNotFindBest

So, is there any solution to do this by script automation for vCloud CIVM objects? Thanks in advance

[Macleud]

Hi.

This property and method is missing from the vCloud api.

BootOptions element contains only BootDelay and EnterBIOSSetup.
I don't think it can be done in vCloud.

https://vdc-download.vmware.com/vmwb-repository/dcr-public/ca48e1bb-282b-4fdc-b827-649b819249ed/55142cf1-5bb8-4ab1-8d09-b84f717af5ec/doc/doc/types/VmType.html 

[dakkfy1]

**bleep**... thats a bummer I guess i have to ask IT for a separate image with secure boot turned off then.

Thanks for the quick response!