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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
Table 9-1. Query Types (Continued)
Type Name Result Set User Admin
Syste
m Format
virtualCenter All vCenter servers registered to the system No No YES All
vm All virtual machines in your organization (or
in the system, if the query is run by a system
administrator)
YES YES No All
Examples
Simple typed query using default (records) format.
GET https://vcloud.example.com/api/query?type=user
Response:
<QueryResultRecords
xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5"
total="3"
pageSize="25"
page="1"
name="user"
type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.query.records+xml"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/query?
type=user&page=1&pageSize=25&format=records"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5
http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.5/schema/master.xsd">
<Link
rel="alternate"
type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.query.references+xml"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/query?
type=user&page=1&pageSize=25&format=references" />
<UserRecord
storedVMQuotaRank="-1"
storedVMQuota="0"
numStoredVMs="0"
numDeployedVMs="0"
name="bob"
ldapUser="false"
fullName=" "
enabled="true"
deployedVMQuotaRank="-1"
deployedVMQuota="0"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/user/39" />
<UserRecord
storedVMQuotaRank="-1"
storedVMQuota="0"
numStoredVMs="0"
numDeployedVMs="0"
name="administrator"
ldapUser="false"
fullName="The Admin"
enabled="true"
deployedVMQuotaRank="-1"
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