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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
Request:
POST https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/vimServer/9/importVmAsVappTemplate
Content-type: application/vnd.vmware.admin.importVmAsVAppTemplateParams+xml
...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ImportVmAsVAppTemplateParams
xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/extension/v1.5"
name="ImportedWin2K8"
sourceMove="false">
<VmMoRef>vm-43</VmMoRef>
<Vdc
href="http://vcloud.example.com/api/vdc/2" />
<Catalog
href="http://vcloud.example.com/api/catalog/32" />
</ImportVmAsVAppTemplateParams>
Response:
201 Created
Content-Type: application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.vAppTemplate+xml
...
<VAppTemplate ...
status="0"
name="ImportedWin2K8"
type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.vAppTemplate+xml"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/vAppTemplate/vappTemplate-64" ... >
...
<Description />
<Tasks>
<Task
operation=”Busy Virtual Application Template Win2K8 ”>
...
</Task>
</Tasks>
</VAppTemplate>
Relocate a Virtual Machine to a Different Datastore
If the datastore that contains a virtual machine has been disabled by the system administrator or is no longer
associated with virtual machine's designated storage profile, you must update the Vm element that represents
the virtual machine. That update revalidates the storage profile and relocates the virtual machine if
necessary.
Every Vm element includes a StorageProfile element. The value of the href attribute of that element is a
reference to the virtual machine's storage profile. The initial value of this attribute is inherited from the VDC
that contains it unless you specify the value when the virtual machine is created. To change the value, you
must update the entire Vm element that contains it.
NOTE When the system administrator changes the datastore that stores a virtual machine, you must update
the Vm element as shown in “Example: Update the Storage Profile for a Virtual Machine,” on page 146, but
leave the href of the current StorageProfile unchanged. This action, which replaces the deprecated
relocate action, forces revalidation of the existing storage profile. If the current datastore is disabled or no
longer supports the specified storage profile, the system relocates the virtual machine to a different
datastore that supports the referenced storage profile. After the returned Task completes, the validation and,
if necessary, relocation is complete.
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