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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
3 Retrieve the list of virtual machines.
See the request portion of “Example: Retrieve a List of Virtual Machines from a vCenter Server,” on
page 172. If the list is empty, no virtual machines are in the server's inventory.
Example: Retrieve a List of Virtual Machines from a vCenter Server
Request:
GET https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/vimServer/9/vmsList
Response:
200 OK
Content-Type: application/vnd.vmware.admin.vmsobjectrefslist+xml
...
<vmext:VmObjectRefsList
xmlns:vmext="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/extension/v1.5"
page="1"
numberOfPages="1"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" ... >
<vmext:VmObjectRef
name="RH5u3_32bit">
<vmext:VimServerRef
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.vmwvirtualcenter+xml"
name="vc2-v41u1"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/vimServer/9" />
<vmext:MoRef>vm-41</vmext:MoRef>
<vmext:VimObjectType>VIRTUAL_MACHINE</vmext:VimObjectType>
</vmext:VmObjectRef>
<vmext:VmObjectRef
name="W2K3 64 R2">
<vmext:VimServerRef
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.vmwvirtualcenter+xml"
name="vc2-v41u1"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/vimServer/9" />
<vmext:MoRef>vm-43</vmext:MoRef>
<vmext:VimObjectType>VIRTUAL_MACHINE</vmext:VimObjectType>
</vmext:VmObjectRef>
<vmext:VmObjectRef
name="Ubuntu91_32_vt4">
<vmext:VimServerRef
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.vmwvirtualcenter+xml"
name="vc2-v41u1"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/vimServer/9" />
<vmext:MoRef>vm-44</vmext:MoRef>
<vmext:VimObjectType>VIRTUAL_MACHINE</vmext:VimObjectType>
</vmext:VmObjectRef>
</vmext:VmObjectRefsList>
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