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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
operation="Creating Network Pool 67"
...
</vcloud:Task>
</vcloud:Tasks>
...
</vmext:VMWNetworkPool>
Create an Isolation-Backed Network Pool
To create an isolation-backed network pool, create a VMWNetworkPool element whose type attribute has the
value FencePoolType, and POST the element to your cloud's add link for networkPools.
An isolation-backed network pool is backed by one or more vCenter isolated networks, and provides traffic
isolation from other hosts. The system provisions isolated networks automatically. Before creating an isolation-
backed network pool, consider using the VXLAN pool that is created automatically when you create a Provider
vDC
vSphere VXLAN networks are based on the IETF draft VXLAN standard. These networks support local-
domain isolation equivalent to what is supported by vSphere isolation-backed networks. In addition, they
provide:
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logical networks spanning layer 3 boundaries
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logical networks spanning multiple racks on a single layer 2
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broadcast containment
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higher performance
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greater scale (up to 16 million network addresses)
Prerequisites
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Verify that you are logged in to the vCloud API as a system administrator.
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Verify that you know your cloud's add URL for networkPools. See “Create a Network Pool,” on
page 222.
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Verify that at least one vCenter server attached to your cloud has network resources available. See
“Retrieve a List of Available Portgroups and Switches from a vCenter Server,” on page 203
Procedure
1 Choose a vCenter server to provide a switch for the network pool.
2 Create a VMWNetworkPool element that specifies the properties of the network pool.
3 POST the VMWNetworkPool element you created in Step 2 to your cloud's add URL for networkPools.
See the request portion of “Example: Create an Isolation-Backed Network Pool,” on page 225.
Example: Create an Isolation-Backed Network Pool
Request:
POST https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/networkPools
Content-Type: application/vnd.vmware.admin.networkPool+xml
...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<vmext:VMWNetworkPool
xmlns:vmext="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/extension/v1.5"
xmlns:vcloud="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:type="vmext:FencePoolType"
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