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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 10-6. Media
Operation Name Description
vdcCopyMedia Copy a media object.
vdcDeleteMedia Delete a media object.
vdcUploadMedia Upload media.
vdcUpdateMedia Modify one or more properties of a media object.
Table 10-7. Network
Operation Name Description
networkCreateNetworkPool Create a network pool.
networkCreateExternalNetwork Create an external network.
networkDelete Delete a network.
networkDeleteNetworkPool Delete a network pool.
networkCreateFencePoolTypeNetworkPool Create an isolation-backed FencePoolType network pool.
networkUpdateNetwork Modify one or more properties of a network object.
networkUpdateNetworkPool Modify one or more properties of a network pool object.
networkUpdateVlanPool Modify one or more properties of a VlanPoolType network
pool object.
Table 10-8. vApp
Operation Name Description
vappDeploy Deploy a vApp.
vappPowerOff Power-off a vApp.
vappRebootGuest Reboot any virtual machine in a vApp.
vappReset Reset any virtual machine in a vApp.
vappShutdownGuest Shut down any virtual machine in a vApp.
vappSuspend Suspend any virtual machine in a vApp.
vappUndeployPowerOff Undeploy any virtual machine in a vApp by powering it off.
vappUndeploySuspend Undeploy any virtual machine in a vApp by suspending it.
vappUpdateVm Modify one or more properties of a virtual machine.
vappUpgradeHwVersion Upgrade the hardware version of any virtual machine in a
vApp.
vdcCaptureTemplate Capture a vApp as a vApp template.
vdcComposeVapp Compose a vApp.
vdcCopyVapp Copy a vApp.
vdcDeleteVapp Delete a vApp.
vdcInstantiateVapp Instantiate a vApp template.
vdcRecomposeVapp Recompose a vApp.
vdcUpdateVapp Update or modify any section of a vApp.
Chapter 10 Configuring and Using Blocking Tasks and Notifications
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