Re: Reconfig_VM Task For Network Adapter Change

I am trying to add a new ethernet card to a VM - there are no errors from the code. However the vSphere client connected to the host shows this:

Invalid  configuration for  device '0'

My network configuration looks like this:

What I am trying to do is add a new ethernet card to node01 which will connect it to "MyNewPortGroup" on "MyNewSwitch" which I created programmatically earlier on.

The code I used for the reconfiguration is below (C#):

public void ChangeVEthernetCard()
        {
            ManagedObjectReference portGrp = new ManagedObjectReference { Value = "HaNetwork-MyNewPortGroup", type = "Network" };
            VirtualEthernetCard newEthernetCard = new VirtualEthernetCard();
            
            VirtualEthernetCardNetworkBackingInfo backingInfo = new VirtualEthernetCardNetworkBackingInfo();
            backingInfo.network = portGrp;
            backingInfo.deviceName = "MyNewPortGroup";

            newEthernetCard.addressType = "generated";
            newEthernetCard.backing = backingInfo;

            VirtualDeviceConfigSpec deviceSpec = new VirtualDeviceConfigSpec();
            deviceSpec.device = newEthernetCard;
            deviceSpec.operation = VirtualDeviceConfigSpecOperation.add;
            deviceSpec.operationSpecified = true;

            VirtualMachineConfigSpec newMachineSpec = new VirtualMachineConfigSpec();
            newMachineSpec.deviceChange = new VirtualDeviceConfigSpec[] { deviceSpec };
            
            try
            {
                ManagedObjectReference updateTask = _host.VimService.ReconfigVM_Task(_MOR, newMachineSpec);
                Debug.WriteLine("Updated vm");
            }
            catch (System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException e)
            {
                ExceptionHandler.SoapExceptionHandler(e);
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                ExceptionHandler.GenericExceptionHandler(e);
            }

        }

I picked up the value of the port group MOR from my MOB. Do I have the correct value for backingInfo.deviceName?

I used this thread and this one: http://communities.vmware.com/message/1146914#1146914 as a reference while writing my code.

Any help would be appreciated.