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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
rel="edit"
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.networkPool+xml"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/networkPool/70" />
<vcloud:Link
rel="remove"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/networkPool/70" />
<vcloud:Description>Example isolation-backed network pool</vcloud:Description>
<vcloud:Tasks>
<vcloud:Task
status="running"
...
operation="Creating Network Pool 70 ..."
...
</vcloud:Task>
</vcloud:Tasks>
...
</vmext:VMWNetworkPool>
Create a Portgroup-Backed Network Pool
To create a portgroup-backed network pool, you create a VMWNetworkPool element whose type attribute has the
value PortGroupPoolType, and POST the element to your cloud's add link for networkPools.
Prerequisites
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Verify that you are logged in as a system administrator.
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Verify that you know your cloud's add URL for networkPools. See “Create a Network Pool,” on
page 183.
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Verify that at least one vCenter server attached to your cloud has network resources available. See
“Retrieve a List of Network Resources from a vCenter Server,” on page 170
Procedure
1 Choose a vCenter server to provide a portgroup for the network pool.
2 Create a VMWNetworkPool element that specifies the properties of the network pool.
See the request portion of “Example: Create a Portgroup-Backed Network Pool,” on page 187.
3 POST the VMWNetworkPool element you created in Step 2 to your cloud's add URL for networkPools. See
“Create a Network Pool,” on page 183.
See the request portion of “Example: Create a Portgroup-Backed Network Pool,” on page 187.
Example: Create a Portgroup-Backed Network Pool
Request:
POST https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/networkPools
Content-Type: application/vnd.vmware.admin.networkPool+xml
...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<vmext:VMWNetworkPool
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"
xsi:type="vmext:PortGroupPoolType"
name="example-portgroup-pool"
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