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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
Retrieve a List of Storage Profiles from a vCenter Server
You can retrieve the list of storage profiles that have been defined on a vCenter server registered to a cloud.
To retrieve the list, you make a GET request to the server's storageProfiles link.
Storage profiles are named configurations of vCenter storage. When you create a Provider vDC, you must
specify the name of at least one storage profile to provide storage capacity for that Provider vDC.
The VMWStorageProfiles of a VimServer element contains an entry for every storage profile that has been
defined on the server. See “Finding Available vCenter Resources,” on page 200.
Prerequisites
n
Verify that you are logged in to the vCloud API as a system administrator.
n
Retrieve the XML representation of a vCenter server registered to your cloud. See “Finding Available
vCenter Resources,” on page 200.
Procedure
1 (Optional) Refresh the cached list of storage profiles.
vCloud Director maintains a cache of the storage profiles that have been created on each of its registered
vCenter servers. The cache is refreshed on a regular schedule, and is likely to contain an up-to-date list.
If a vCenter administrator has recently created a new storage profile, you can force it to be added to the
cache by following these steps.
a Examine the VimServer element to locate its action/refreshStorageProfiles link.
The link has the following form:
<vcloud:Link
rel="refreshStorageProfiles"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/vimServer/9/action/refreshStoragePro
files" />
b Refresh the cached list of storage profiles from the vCenter server.
Use a request like this one.
POST
https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/vimServer/9/action/refreshStorageProfiles
The response is a Task. When the task completes, the cached list of storage profiles on the vCenter
server has been updated.
2 Examine the VimServer element to locate its storageProfiles link.
The link has the following form:
<vcloud:Link
rel="down"
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.storageProfiles+xml"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/vimServer/9/storageProfiles" />
3 Retrieve the list of storage profiles.
See “Example: Retrieve a List of Storage Profiles from a vCenter Server,” on page 208.
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