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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
Response:
200 OK
Content-Type: application/vnd.vmware.admin.vimservernetworks+xml
...
<vmext:VimObjectRefList
xmlns:vmext="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/extension/v1.5"
xmlns:vcloud="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" ... >
<vcloud:Link
rel="up"
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.vmwvirtualcenter+xml"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/vimServer/9" />
<vmext:VimObjectRefs>
<vmext:VimObjectRef>
<vmext:VimServerRef
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.vmwvirtualcenter+xml"
name="vc9"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/vimServer/9" />
<vmext:MoRef>dvportgroup-32</vmext:MoRef>
<vmext:VimObjectType>DV_PORTGROUP</vmext:VimObjectType>
</vmext:VimObjectRef>
<vmext:VimObjectRef>
<vmext:VimServerRef
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.vmwvirtualcenter+xml"
name=""
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/vimServer/9" />
<vmext:MoRef>network-175</vmext:MoRef>
<vmext:VimObjectType>NETWORK</vmext:VimObjectType>
</vmext:VimObjectRef>
</vmext:VimObjectRefs>
</vmext:VimObjectRefList>
Retrieve a List of Virtual Machines from a vCenter Server
You can retrieve the list of virtual machines in the inventory of a vCenter server that is registered to a cloud.
To retrieve the list, make a GET request to the server's vmslist link.
When you import a virtual machine from vCenter, your request must supply a reference to the vCenter server
and a VIM object reference to the virtual machine. See “Finding Available vCenter Resources,” on page 167.
Prerequisites
Verify that you are logged in as a system administrator.
Procedure
1 Retrieve the XML representation of a vCenter server registered to your cloud.
2 Examine the response, a VimServer element, to locate the vmsList link.
This link has the following form:
<vcloud:Link
rel="down"
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.vmsObjectRefsList+xml"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/vimServer/9/vmsList" />
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