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storages will be used by the servers that the original storage support). Target volume must be able to
allocate resources for the chosen configuration.
– deployment – Target Service where new server component(s) are added.
– targetStorage – ServiceComponent of STORAGE type that provides the configuration for the
duplicate storage(s).
– newStorageName – Name of the new storage(s); if more than one instance of storages are
requested, sequence number is appended to the name.
– numInstances – Specifies the number of storage instance(s) that will be added to the Service.
• authenticate: This method must be called first to create a session before starting other method(s).
• deployTemplate: Deploy a new Service with the configuration of the given Template.
NOTE: The target Template in ASM must auto-generate the required fields (For example: the
host name of the servers) other than the deployment name.
– template – Target Template that is to provide the configuration for the new Service being
deployed.
– deploymentName – Name of the new Service.
– description – Optional parameter that describes the deployed Service
• getHostConfig: Returns a ASMApplianceHostConfig object that contains the information regarding
the ASM Appliance (e.g., name, serverURL, credentials, etc).
• getService: Retrieves the Service of the given name.
– name – Name of the Service that should be retrieved.
• getServiceStatus: Returns the status of the target Service (e.g., IN_PROGRESS, COMPLETE, ERROR).
– vsoDeployment – Service that is to be checked for its status.
• getServiceTemplateComponents: Retrieves a list of ServiceComponent objects from the given
Service.
– deployment – The Service to retrieve the ServiceComponent objects.
• getServiceTemplateComponentsByType: Retrieves a list of ServiceComponent objects, but the result
is filtered by the selected resource types.
– deployment – The Service to retrieve the ServiceComponent objects.
– storage – Boolean value indicating that the returned list of ServiceComponents should include
STORAGE type components if available.
– server – Boolean value indicating that the returned list of ServiceComponents should include
SERVER type components if available.
– cluster – Boolean value indicating that the returned list of ServiceComponents should include
CLUSTER type components if available.
– vm – Boolean value indicating that the returned list of ServiceComponents should include
VIRTUALMACHINE type components if available.
– app – Boolean value indicating that the returned list of ServiceComponents should include
SERVICE (application) type components if available.
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