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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
- Summary of vCloud API Browsing Requests
- Retrieve the Login URL and List of Supported API Versions
- Create a Login Session Using the Integrated Identity Provider
- Retrieve a List of Organizations Accessible to You
- Retrieve an Administrative View of a Cloud
- Retrieve a List of vSphere Platform Operations and Objects for a Cloud
- Provisioning an Organization
- Summary of vCloud API Provisioning Requests
- Upload an OVF Package to Create a vApp Template
- Download a vApp Template as OVF
- Upload a Media Image
- Copying and Moving with the vCloud API
- Capturing and Importing vApps
- Cataloging vApp Templates and Media Images
- Creating and Using Independent Disks
- View or Change the Owner of an Object
- 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
- Provide User Input Requested by a Virtual Machine
- Attach or Detach an Independent Disk
- Creating and Using vApp Snapshots
- Operate a vApp
- Configuring vApps and Virtual Machines
- Retrieve the Configuration Links for a vApp
- Retrieve the Configuration Links for a Virtual Machine
- Update Multiple Sections of 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
- Update the Storage Profile for a Virtual Machine
- Creating and Managing Organizations
- Summary of Administrative Requests
- Administrator Credentials and Privileges
- Organization Administration
- vDC Administration
- Network Administration
- Catalog Administration
- User and Group Administration
- Working With Roles and Rights
- Controlling Access to vApps and Catalogs
- Managing and Monitoring a Cloud
- Summary of vSphere Platform Extension Requests
- Retrieve or Update System Settings
- Attach a vCenter Server
- Finding Available vCenter Resources
- Create a Provider vDC
- Create an External Network
- Create a Network Pool
- Import a Virtual Machine from vCenter
- Relocate a Virtual Machine to a Different Datastore
- Truststore and Keytab Maintenance
- Retrieve the vSphere URL of an Object
- Working With Object Metadata
- Using the Query Service
- Configuring and Using Blocking Tasks and Notifications
- vCloud Director Extension Services
- XML Representations in the vCloud API
- Index
Table 5-4. vCloud API Custom Attributes for OVF and RASD Elements (Continued)
Element Name
RASD
Resource
Type Attribute Name Attribute Type Description
rasd:HostResource 17 (Hard
disks)
busSubType xs:string read-only
ovf:OperatingSystemSec
tion
N/A osType xs:string Internal VMware identifier for the
guest operating system. See
https://www.vmware.com/suppor
t/developer/vc-
sdk/visdk41pubs/ApiReference/vim
.vm.GuestOsDescriptor.GuestOsIde
ntifier.html
For more information about OVF and RASD (CIM_ResourceAllocationSettingData) elements, see the OVF
specification, available at http://www.dmtf.org/standards/published_documents/DSP0243_1.0.0.pdf.
Update Multiple Sections of a Virtual Machine
You can make a single request that updates the name, Description, and any or all of the
VirtualHardwareSection, OperatingSystemSection, NetworkConnectionSection, GuestCustomizationSection
elements of a virtual machine.
Every Vm element contains a link to a reconfigureVm operation that you can use to update the name,
Description, and multiple sections in a single operation. Sections that you omit from the request body are not
updated.
Prerequisites
Verify that you are logged in to the vCloud API as a system administrator or the object owner.
Procedure
1 Retrieve the Vm element that you want to update.
2 Modify the retrieved Vm element.
Modifications can include the name, Description, and any or all of the VirtualHardwareSection,
OperatingSystemSection, NetworkConnectionSection, GuestCustomizationSection elements of the Vm.
Modified sections must contain all required elements, even if you are not changing their values. Because
optional elements revert to default values if they are omitted or empty, it is a best practice to include
optional elements in updates. Link elements and href attributes from responses do not need to be included
in modified sections. Some elements and attributes might be read-only. See the schema reference for
details.
3 Use the modified Vm as the body of a reconfigureVm request.
The modified Vm replaces the contents of the retrieved Vm. For some section types, modifications take effect
immediately. For others, modifications take effect only after a power or deployment state change.
Example: Update Multiple Sections of a Virtual Machine
This example uses the reconfigureVm operation to accomplish the updates shown in “Example: Update a
NetworkConnectionSection,” on page 116 and “Example: Modify the Guest Customization Section of a Virtual
Machine,” on page 119 in a single operation.
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