5.1
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
<vmext:VimObjectType>DATASTORE</vmext:VimObjectType>
</vmext:VimObjectRef>
</vmext:DataStoreRefs>
</vmext:ResourcePool>
<vmext:ResourcePool
name="cluster3">
<vmext:MoRef>resgroup-230</vmext:MoRef>
<vmext:VimObjectType>RESOURCE_POOL</vmext:VimObjectType>
<vmext:DataStoreRefs>
<vmext:VimObjectRef>
<vmext:VimServerRef
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.vmwvirtualcenter+xml"
name="vc9-ds10"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/vimServer/9" />
<vmext:MoRef>datastore-174</vmext:MoRef>
<vmext:VimObjectType>DATASTORE</vmext:VimObjectType>
</vmext:VimObjectRef>
</vmext:DataStoreRefs>
</vmext:ResourcePool>
...
</vmext:ResourcePoolList>
Retrieve a List of Available Portgroups and Switches from a vCenter Server
You can retrieve the list of available portgroups and switches that are available on a vCenter server registered
to a cloud. To retrieve the list, make a GET request to the server's networks link.
Retrieving the networks link from a VimServer element returns a VimObjectRefList element that contains
references to available DV_SWITCH, DV_PORTGOUP, and NETWORK objects on the server. Objects that have already
been consumed in the creation of an external network are not listed. See “Finding Available vCenter
Resources,” on page 200.
Prerequisites
Verify that you are logged in to the vCloud API as a system administrator.
Procedure
1 Retrieve the XML representation of a vCenter server registered to your cloud.
2 Examine the response, a VimServer element, to locate the networks link.
This link has the following form:
<vcloud:Link
rel="down"
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.vimServerNetworks+xml"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/vimServer/9/networks" />
3 Retrieve the list of network resources.
See “Example: Retrieve a List of Available Portgroups and Switches from a vCenter Server,” on
page 203. If the list is empty, all network resources on the server are already in use.
Example: Retrieve a List of Available Portgroups and Switches from a vCenter
Server
Request:
GET https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/vimServer/9/networks
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