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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
<vcloud:Memory>
<vcloud:Units>MB</vcloud:Units>
<vcloud:Allocation>0</vcloud:Allocation>
<vcloud:Total>0</vcloud:Total>
<vcloud:Used>0</vcloud:Used>
<vcloud:Overhead>0</vcloud:Overhead>
</vcloud:Memory>
</vcloud:ComputeCapacity>
<AvailableNetworks>
<Network
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.network+xml"
name="VC1-VLAN48"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/network/297" />
</AvailableNetworks>
<StorageProfiles>
<ProviderVdcStorageProfile
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.pvdcStorageProfile+xml"
name="Gold"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/pvdcStorageProfile/101" />
</StorageProfiles>
<Capabilities>
<SupportedHardwareVersions>
<SupportedHardwareVersion>vmx-04</SupportedHardwareVersion>
<SupportedHardwareVersion>vmx-07</SupportedHardwareVersion>
<SupportedHardwareVersion>vmx-08</SupportedHardwareVersion>
</SupportedHardwareVersions>
</Capabilities>
<IsEnabled>true</IsEnabled>
<vcloud:NetworkPoolReferences>
<vcloud:NetworkPoolReference
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.networkPool+xml"
name="VXLAN01"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/networkPool/69c0a96e-1151-439d-
b8f6-2e2a11785c9f" />
</vcloud:NetworkPoolReferences>
<vmext:DataStoreRefs />
<vmext:ResourcePoolRefs>
<vmext:VimObjectRef>
<vmext:VimServerRef
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.vmwvirtualcenter+xml"
name="VC-A"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/vimServer/9" />
<vmext:MoRef>resgroup-195</vmext:MoRef>
<vmext:VimObjectType>RESOURCE_POOL</vmext:VimObjectType>
</vmext:VimObjectRef>
</vmext:ResourcePoolRefs>
<vmext:VimServer
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.vmwvirtualcenter+xml"
name="ConfigWizard Configured vCenter"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/vimServer/9" />
<vmext:HostReferences>
<vmext:HostReference
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.host+xml"
name="ESX01.example.com"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/host/83" />
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