Merge pull request #435 from joachimBurket/feat/set-vm-serial-number-from-instanceuuid

Add the `serial` field to NetBox VirtualMachine

module/netbox/object_classes.py

@@ -1645,6 +1645,7 @@ class NBVM(NetBoxObject):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self.data_model = {
             "name": 64,
+            "serial": 50,
             "status": ["offline", "active", "planned", "staged", "failed", "decommissioning"],
             "cluster": NBCluster,
             "role": NBDeviceRole,

module/sources/vmware/connection.py

@@ -2197,6 +2197,10 @@ class VMWareHandler(SourceBase):
                                        if isinstance(comp, vim.vm.device.VirtualDisk)
                                        ]) / 1024 / 1024)
 
+        # Add adaptation for the new 'serial' field in NetBox 4.1.0 VM model
+        if version.parse(self.inventory.netbox_api_version) >= version.parse("4.1.0"):
+            vm_data["serial"] = vm_uuid
+
         if platform is not None:
             vm_data["platform"] = {"name": platform}
         if annotation is not None: