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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
2 Examine the VMWProviderVdc element to find the storageProfiles link and the vmext:VimServer
element.
The storageProfiles link has the following form:
<Link
rel="edit"
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.updateProviderVdcStorageProfiles+xml"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/providervdc/35/storageProfiles" />
3 Create an UpdateProviderVdcStorageProfiles request body that specifies the details of the update.
To add a storage profile:
a Choose another storage profile from the vCenter server referenced in the vmext:VimServer element
you located in Step 2.
b Create an UpdateProviderVdcStorageProfiles element that contains an AddStorageProfile element
for each storage profile to add.
To remove a storage profile:
a Retrieve the Provider VDC's availableStorageProfiles list and find the name of the profile to
remove.
Use a request like this one:
GET
https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/providervdc/35/availableStorageProfiles
b Verify that no organization VDCs are using the storage profile you want to remove.
c Create an UpdateProviderVdcStorageProfiles element that contains a RemoveStorageProfile
element for each storage profile to remove.
4 POST the UpdateProviderVdcStorageProfiles element to the Provider VDC's storageProfiles link.
The server returns a Task element that you can use to track the progress of the update. When the update is
complete, the Provider VDC includes the updated set of storage profiles in its StorageProfiles element.
Each storage profile you added becomes the basis for a ProviderVdcStorageProfile object, and can be
retrieved from the Provider VDC after it has been created, or by using a providerVdcStorageProfile query.
Example: Update Provider VDC Storage Profiles
This request adds a storage profile named Bronze to the Provider VDC created in “Example: Create a
Provider VDC,” on page 252. The new storage profile is hosted on the same vCenter server that hosts the
existing storage profile. See “Retrieve a List of Storage Profiles from a vCenter Server,” on page 249 for an
example that lists the storage profiles available on that server.
Request:
POST https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/providervdc/35/action/updateStorageProfiles
Content-Type: application/vnd.vmware.admin.updateProviderVdcStorageProfiles+xml
...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<vmext:UpdateProviderVdcStorageProfiles
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