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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
Response:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<vmext:VSphereWebClientUrl
xmlns:vmext="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/extension/v1.5"
...>
<vmext:URL>https://10.147.22.134:8443/vsphere-client/#extensionId=vsphere.core.sp.summary;...
</vmext:URL>
</vmext:VSphereWebClientUrl>
Use the URL that the vmext:URL element contains to access the object with the vSphere Web Client. The URL
is truncated in this example.
Mapping a vCloud Director Object to a vSphere Object
When using the vSphere Web Client to examine a vCloud Director object, you can use this table to map the
object to its representation in vSphere.
Table 7‑4. Mapping a vCloud Director Object to a vSphere Object
vCloud Director Object vSphere Object
Provider VDC:Hosts Host
Provider VDC:Datastores Datastore
Provider VDC:Storage Profiles Storage Profile
Provider VDC:External Network (portgroup-backed) Standard virtual switch
Provider VDC:External Network(VLAN-backed) Distributed virtual switch
Provider VDC:Resource Pool (root resource pool or
Cluster)
Cluster
Provider VDC:Resource Pool (sub-resource pool only) Resource Pool
External Network (Portgroup-backed) Standard virtual switch
Direct Org VDC Networks (Portgroup) Standard virtual switch
External Network (VLAN-backed) Distributed virtual switch
Direct Org VDC Networks (VLAN) Distributed virtual switch
Network Pool (VLAN-backed) Distributed virtual switch
Network Pools (Portgroup-backed) Standard virtual switch
vCenter vCenter Server
Resource Pool (root resource pool or Cluster) Cluster
Resource Pool (sub-resource pool only) Resource Pool
Host Host
Datastores Datastore
Datastore Clusters Datastore Cluster
Storage Profiles N/A
vDSwitch Distributed virtual switch
Port Group Standard virtual switch
Home:vApp Folder
vApp Folder
vApp:vApp Diagram Folder
vApp:vApp Diagram:VM VM
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