2 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/cloudinit/sources/helpers/vmware/imc/config.py b/cloudinit/sources/helpers/vmware/imc/config.py
index 2eaeff34..f2a81416 100644
--- a/cloudinit/sources/helpers/vmware/imc/config.py
+++ b/cloudinit/sources/helpers/vmware/imc/config.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class Config(object):
     SUFFIX = 'DNS|SUFFIX|'
     TIMEZONE = 'DATETIME|TIMEZONE'
     UTC = 'DATETIME|UTC'
+    POST_GC_STATUS = 'MISC|POST-GC-STATUS'
 
     def __init__(self, configFile):
         self._configFile = configFile
@@ -104,4 +105,14 @@ class Config(object):
     def custom_script_name(self):
         """Return the name of custom (pre/post) script."""
         return self._configFile.get(Config.CUSTOM_SCRIPT, None)
+
+    @property
+    def post_gc_status(self):
+        """Return whether to post guestinfo.gc.status VMX property."""
+        postGcStatus = self._configFile.get(Config.POST_GC_STATUS, 'no')
+        postGcStatus = postGcStatus.lower()
+        if postGcStatus not in ('yes', 'no'):
+            raise ValueError('PostGcStatus value should be yes/no')
+        return postGcStatus == 'yes'
+
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diff --git a/cloudinit/sources/helpers/vmware/imc/guestcust_util.py b/cloudinit/sources/helpers/vmware/imc/guestcust_util.py
index 3d369d04..c60a38d7 100644
--- a/cloudinit/sources/helpers/vmware/imc/guestcust_util.py
+++ b/cloudinit/sources/helpers/vmware/imc/guestcust_util.py
@@ -154,4 +154,13 @@ def get_tools_config(section, key, defaultVal):
     return retValue
 
 
+# Sets message to the VMX guestinfo.gc.status property to the
+# underlying VMware Virtualization Platform.
+def set_gc_status(config, gcMsg):
+    if config and config.post_gc_status:
+        rpc = "info-set guestinfo.gc.status %s" % gcMsg
+        return send_rpc(rpc)
+    return None
+
+
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