VMware VCLOUD API 1.0 - API - Get Information about a Network Pool; Modify a Network Pool

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Chapter 7 VMware vSphere Platform Operations
<vmext:VimServerRef type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.vmwvserver+xml"
href="http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/admin/extension/vimServer/100"/>
<vmext:MoRef>dvs-28</vmext:MoRef>
<vmext:VimObjectType>DV_SWITCH</vmext:VimObjectType>
</vmext:VimSwitchRef>
</vmext:VMWNetworkPool>
Get Information About a Network Pool
AsystemadministratorcanusethehrefattributevalueofanyNetworkPoolReferenceorVMWNetworkPool
elementtogetmoreinformationaboutthenetworkpool.Example 7‐27retrievesinformationaboutthe
networkpoolcreatedinExample 7‐26.TheentireVMWNetworkPoolbodyisreturnedintheresponse,butonly
partoftheresponse
isshownintheexample
Example 7-27. Get Information About a Network Pool
Request:
GET http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/admin/extension/networkPool/41
Response:
200 OK
...
<vmext:VMWNetworkPool xmlns:vmext="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/extension/v1"
xmlns:vcloud="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1" xsi:type="vmext:VlanPoolType"
name="NewVlanPool" type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.networkPool+xml"
href="http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/admin/extension/networkPool/41" ... >
<vcloud:Description>Extra pool for new Org Nets</vcloud:Description>
...
</vmext:VMWNetworkPool>
Modify a Network Pool
Tomodifyanetworkpool,makeaPUTrequesttoitseditlink,andsupplyamodifiedversionofthe
VMWNetworkPoolbody.InExample 7‐28,theclientmodifiestheVlanRange Endofthenetworkpoolcreated
inExample 7‐26,thenincludesthemodifiedbodyinaPUTrequesttotheedit
linkthatwasreturnedwhen
thenetworkpoolwascreated.
Example 7-28. Modify a Network Pool
Request:
PUT http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/admin/extension/networkPool/41
Content-Type: application/vnd.vmware.admin.networkPool+xml
...
<vmext:VMWNetworkPool xmlns:vmext="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/extension/v1"
xmlns:vcloud="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1" xsi:type="vmext:VlanPoolType"
name="NewVlanPool">
<vcloud:Description>Extra pool for new Org Nets</vcloud:Description>
<vmext:VlanRange>
<vmext:Start>100</vmext:Start>
<vmext:End>150</vmext:End>
</vmext:VlanRange>
<vmext:VimSwitchRef>
<vmext:VimServerRef type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.vmwvserver+xml"
href="http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/admin/extension/vimServer/100"/>
<vmext:MoRef>dvs-28</vmext:MoRef>
<vmext:VimObjectType>DV_SWITCH</vmext:VimObjectType>
</vmext:VimSwitchRef>
</vmext:VMWNetworkPool>