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Chapter 7 VMware vSphere Platform Operations
Modify an External Network
Tomodifyanexternalnetwork,makeaPUTrequesttoitseditlink,andsupplyamodifiedversionofthe
VMWExternalNetworkelementintherequestbody.InExample 7‐24,theclientmodifiestheIpRange
EndAddressoftheexternalnetworkcreatedinExample 7‐22,thenincludesthemodifiedbodyina
PUT
requesttotheeditlinkthatwasreturnedwhentheexternalnetworkwascreated.
Example 7-24. Modify an External Network
Request:
PUT http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/admin/extension/externalnet/27
Content-Type: application/vnd.vmware.admin.vmwexternalnet+xml
...
<vmext:VMWExternalNetwork xmlns:vmext="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/extension/v1"
xmlns:vcloud="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1" name="ExternalNet-VC100"
href="http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/admin/extension/externalnet/27"/>
<vcloud:Description>Description>Portgroup-25 on VC-100</vcloud:Description>
<vcloud:Configuration>
<vcloud:IpScope>
<vcloud:IsInherited>false</vcloud:IsInherited>
<vcloud:Gateway>10.147.58.253</vcloud:Gateway>
<vcloud:Netmask>255.255.255.0</vcloud:Netmask>
<vcloud:Dns1>10.147.115.1</vcloud:Dns1>
<vcloud:Dns2>10.147.115.2</vcloud:Dns2>
<vcloud:DnsSuffix>eng.vmware.com</vcloud:DnsSuffix>
<vcloud:IpRanges>
<vcloud:IpRange>
<vcloud:StartAddress>10.147.58.1</vcloud:StartAddress>
<vcloud:EndAddress>10.147.58.201</vcloud:EndAddress>
</vcloud:IpRange>
</vcloud:IpRanges>
</vcloud:IpScope>
<vcloud:FenceMode>isolated</vcloud:FenceMode>
</vcloud:Configuration>
<vmext:VimPortGroupRef>
<vmext:VimServerRef type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.vmwvserver+xml"
href="http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/admin/extension/vimServer/100"/>
<vmext:MoRef>dvportgroup-25</vmext:MoRef>
<vmext:VimObjectType>NETWORK</vmext:VimObjectType>
</vmext:VimPortGroupRef>
</vmext:VMWExternalNetwork>
Response:
200 OK
Content-Type: application/vnd.vmware.admin.vmwexternalnet+xml
...
<vmext:VMWExternalNetwork xmlns:vmext="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/extension/v1"
xmlns:vcloud="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1" name="ExternalNet-VC100">
...
</vmext:VMWExternalNetwork>
Remove an External Network
Toremoveanexternalnetwork,asystemadministratorcanmakeaDELETErequesttoitsrel="remove"link.
TheresponseisaTaskthattracksthedeleteoperation.