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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
3 Use one of the action links in the BlockingTask to take action on the task.
See the response portion of “Example: Handling a Blocking Task,” on page 278.
Example: Retrieve a List of Blocking Tasks
Request:
GET https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/blockingTasks/
Response:
200 OK
Content-Type: application/vnd.vmware.admin.blockingTaskList+xml
...
<vmext:BlockingTaskReferences
xmlns:vmext="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/extension/v1.5"
xmlns:vcloud="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5"
... >
<vcloud:Link
rel="up"
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.vmwExtension+xml"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension" />
<vcloud:Reference
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.blockingTask+xml"
name="vdcUpdateTemplate"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/blockingTask/28" />
<vcloud:Reference
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.blockingTask+xml"
name="vdcComposeVapp"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/blockingTask/25" />
<vcloud:Reference
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.blockingTask+xml"
name="vdcUploadMedia"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/blockingTask/12" />
</vmext:BlockingTaskReferences>
Take Action on a Blocking Task
The BlockingTask element includes links that you can use to take action on a blocking task.
A BlockingTask element is primarily a collection of Link elements that allow you to take action on the task.
When a user requests an operation that is configured to create a blocking task, the system sends a message
about the task to the configured AMQP broker, and also creates a reference to the task in the cloud's
BlockingTaskReferences container. A system administrator can retrieve the list of BlockingTask elements by
making a GET request to the system's extension/blockingTasks link. See “Monitor Blocking Tasks,” on
page 276.
After authenticating to the cloud as a system administrator, the AMQP client can retrieve a blocking task. The
AMQP client makes a GET request to a URL that the task creates by appending the value of the id attribute of
the task to the entityResolver URL in the Notification. See “Example: Notification Message Format,” on
page 268.
The following actions are allowed:
resume
Unblock the task and allow it to continue.
abort
End the task, cleaning up any transient objects that it created. Task status is set
to ABORTED.
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