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Table Of Contents
- vCloud API Programming Guide
- Contents
- vCloud API Programming Guide
- About the VMware vCloud API
- Hello vCloud: A Simplified RESTful Workflow
- Exploring a Cloud
- Provisioning an Organization with vApps, Templates, and Media
- Deploying and Operating vApps
- Summary of vCloud API vApp and Virtual Machine Operations Requests
- Create a vApp From a Template
- Compose a vApp From Existing Virtual Machines
- Recompose a vApp to Add or Remove Virtual Machines
- Operate a vApp
- Configuring vApps and Virtual Machines
- Retrieve the Configuration Links for a vApp
- Retrieve the Configuration Links for a Virtual Machine
- Retrieve or Update a Modifiable Section
- Update a vApp Network Configuration
- Update the NetworkConnectionSection of a Virtual Machine
- Retrieve or Modify the CPU Configuration of a Virtual Machine
- Retrieve or Modify the GuestCustomizationSection of a Virtual Machine
- Retrieve or Modify ProductSection Elements
- Retrieve or Modify Groups of Related Sections in a Virtual Machine
- Retrieve or Modify the Hard Disk Configuration of a Virtual Machine
- Creating, Provisioning, and Managing Organizations
- Summary of Administrative Requests
- Administrator Credentials and Privileges
- Organization Administration
- Network Administration
- vDC Administration
- Catalog Administration
- User and Group Administration
- Working With Roles and Rights
- Controlling Access to vApps and Catalogs
- Using vCloud API Extensions to Provision and Manage a Cloud
- Working With Object Metadata
- Using the Query Service
- Configuring and Using Blocking Tasks and Notifications
- XML Representations in the vCloud API
- Index
Request:
POST https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/org/26/vdcs
Content-Type: application/vnd.vmware.admin.vdc+xml
...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<AdminVdc
name="org26vdc1"
xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5">
<Description>Example vDC</Description>
<AllocationModel>AllocationVapp</AllocationModel>
<StorageCapacity>
<Units>MB</Units>
<Allocated>3072</Allocated>
<Limit>4096</Limit>
</StorageCapacity>
<ComputeCapacity>
<Cpu>
<Units>MHz</Units>
<Allocated>2048</Allocated>
<Limit>2048</Limit>
</Cpu>
<Memory>
<Units>MB</Units>
<Allocated>2048</Allocated>
<Limit>2048</Limit>
</Memory>
</ComputeCapacity>
<NicQuota>0</NicQuota>
<NetworkQuota>0</NetworkQuota>
<ProviderVdcReference
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.providervdc+xml"
name="Main Provider"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/providervdc/2" />
</AdminVdc>
The response, a subset of which appears here, echoes the request, and includes a Task element that tracks
creation of the vDC. The response also includes Link elements that enable administrative operations on the
vDC, and a Capabilities element that lists the VMware hardware architectures that the vDC supports. These
elements are retrieved from the provider vDC that you specified when you created the AdminVdc. While the
vDC is under construction, its status remains 0.
Response:
201 Created
Content-Type: application/vnd.vmware.admin.vdc+xml
...
<AdminVdc
xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5"
status="0"
name="org26vdc1"
id="urn:vcloud:vdc:44"
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.vdc+xml"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/vdc/44" ... >
<Link
rel="up"
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.organization+xml"
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