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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 or vApp Template as OVF
- Upload a Media Image
- Download a Media Image
- Capturing and Importing vApps
- Managing Catalog Items
- Creating and Using Independent Disks
- View or Change the Owner of an Object
- Controlling Access to vApps and Catalogs
- Deploying and Operating vApps
- Summary of vCloud API vApp and Virtual Machine Operations Requests
- Create a vApp From a Template
- Create a vApp From an OVF Package
- Compose a vApp From Existing Virtual Machines
- Recompose a vApp to Add or Remove Virtual Machines
- Clone a vApp
- Capture a vApp as a Template
- Update vApp Access Controls
- 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
- Managing and Monitoring a Cloud
- Summary of System Administration 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
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/vimServer/9" />
<vmext:MoRef>vm-44</vmext:MoRef>
<vmext:VimObjectType>VIRTUAL_MACHINE</vmext:VimObjectType>
</vmext:VmObjectRef>
</vmext:VmObjectRefsList>
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 242.
NOTE Storage profiles are represented as Storage Policies in the vCloud Director Web console.
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 242.
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" />
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