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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
xmlns:vmext="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/extension/v1.5"
xmlns:vcloud="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5">
<vmext:AddStorageProfile>Bronze</vmext:AddStorageProfile>
</vmext:UpdateProviderVdcStorageProfiles>
Response:
202 Accepted
Content-Type: application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.task+xml
...
<Task ... >
...
</Task>
Merge Provider VDCs
You can merge two Provider VDCs by specifying a target Provider VDC and a contributor Provider VDC to
merge with it. The merged Provider VDC contains all resources from the target and contributor Provider
VDCs
Because merging Provider VDCs is a resource-intensive operation, vCloud Director allows only a single
contributor to a merge. You can merge multiple Provider VDCs into a single target by making multiple
merge requests, each specifying the same target and a new contributor.
When the merge is complete:
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Networks, network pools, storage profiles, resource pools, and datastores from the contributor Provider
VDC are available in the target Provider VDC.
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Organization VDCs that were backed by the contributor are now backed by the target.
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The contributor Provider VDC is deleted.
Prerequisites
Verify that you are logged in to the vCloud API as a system administrator.
Procedure
1 Identify the Provider VDCs to merge.
Select a contributor that is not backed by the same resource pool as the target. You can use a query like
this one to discover the resource pools backing each of your Provider VDCs.
GET https://vcloud.example.com/api/query?type=providerVdcResourcePoolRelation&format=records
2 Construct a ProviderVdcMergeParams element whose ProviderVdcReference references the contributor.
See the request portion of “Example: Merge Provider VDCs,” on page 260.
3 Make a POST request to the action/merge link of the target Provider VDC and supply the
ProviderVdcMergeParams as the request body.
Example: Merge Provider VDCs
This request merges the Provider VDC at
https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/providervdc/46 with the target Provider VDC specified
in the request URL.
Request:
POST https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/providervdc/35/action/merge
Content-Type: application/vnd.vmware.admin.providerVdcMergeParams+xml
...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
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