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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
Procedure
1 Choose whether to import the virtual machine as a vApp or vApp template.
The VimServer element that represents the vCenter server from which you import the virtual machine
contains two links that import virtual machines. One has the following form, and imports the virtual
machine as a vApp.
<vcloud:Link
rel="add"
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.importVmAsVAppParams+xml"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/vimServer/9/importVmAsVApp" />
The other has the following form, and imports the virtual machine as a vApp template.
<vcloud:Link
rel="add"
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.importVmAsVAppTemplateParams+xml"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/vimServer/9/importVmAsVAppTemplate" />
2 (Optional) If you plan to import the virtual machine as a vApp template, identify a catalog where you
want to place a reference to the template.
Import a Virtual Machine as a vApp
To import a virtual machine as a vApp, a system administrator can make a request to the importVmAsVApp link
of the VimServer that manages the virtual machine.
Prerequisites
n
Verify that you are logged in to the vCloud API as a system administrator.
n
Identify the virtual machine to import. See “Retrieve a List of Virtual Machines from a vCenter Server,”
on page 205.
Procedure
1 Create an ImportVmAsVAppParams element that specifies the VmMoRef of the source virtual machine and a
target vDC to hold the imported vApp.
2 POST the ImportVmAsVAppParams element to the importVmAsVApp link of the source vCenter server.
Example: Import a Virtual Machine as a vApp
This example imports one of the virtual machines shown in the response portion of “Example: Retrieve a List
of Virtual Machines from a vCenter Server,” on page 206. The request body is an ImportVmAsVAppParams element
whose sourceMove attribute specifies that the source virtual machine should remain in vCenter inventory after
the import is complete. The request body includes the href of the vDC that receives the import and a
VmMoRef element that contains the managed object reference of the virtual machine to import. The response is
an unresolved vApp body that contains a Task that tracks the import.
Request:
POST https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/vimServer/9/importVmAsVapp
Content-type: application/vnd.vmware.admin.importVmAsVAppParams+xml
...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ImportVmAsVAppParams
xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/extension/v1.5"
name="ImportedWin2K8"
sourceMove="false">
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