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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
Prerequisites
Verify that you are logged in to the vCloud API as a system administrator.
Verify that the vSphere Web Client URL is enabled for all vCenter servers from which you want to retrieve the
vSphere URL of an object. You can manage this feature on the General tab of the vSphere Properties page of
the vCloud Director Web console.
Procedure
1 Retrieve the VimObjectType and MoRef elements of the object, and the VimServerRef element of the vSphere
server that hosts the object.
2 Construct a request URL that includes the VimServerRef, VimObjectType, and MoRef elements.
You can use the value of the href attribute of the VimServerRef element as the vimServer/id part of the
request URL.
3 Make a GET request to the URL you constructed in Step 2.
The response contains a URL you can use with the vSphere Web Client. See “Example: Retrieve the vSphere
URL of a Resource Pool,” on page 237.
Example: Retrieve the vSphere URL of a Resource Pool
This request retrieves the vSphere URL of one of the resource pools referenced in “Example: Retrieve a Resource
Pool Set,” on page 213.
Request:
GET
https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/vimServer/9/RESOURCE_POOL/resgroup-195/vSphereWebC
lientUrl
Response:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<vmext:VSphereWebClientUrl
xmlns:vmext="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/extension/v1.5"
...>
<vmext:URL>https://10.147.22.134:8443/vsphere-client/#extensionId=vsphere.core.sp.summary;...
</vmext:URL>
</vmext:VSphereWebClientUrl>
Use the URL that the vmext:URL element contains to access the object with the vSphere Web Client. The URL
is truncated in this example.
Mapping a vCloud Director Object to a vSphere Object
When using the vSphere Web Client to examine a vCloud Director object, you can use this table to map the
vCloud Director to its representation in vSphere.
Table 7-4. Mapping a vCloud Director Object to a vSphere Object
vCloud Director Object vSphere Object
Provider vDC:Hosts Host
Provider vDC:Datastores Datastore
Provider vDC:Storage Profiles Storage Profile
Provider vDC:External Network (portgroup-backed) Standard virtual switch
Provider vDC:External Network(VLAN-backed) Distributed virtual switch
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