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 Thetypeattributevaluedefinesthemediatype(HTTPContent‐Type)oftherequestorresponse
document.Thisattributeispresentonlyforlinkstoobjects.Itisnotpresentforlinkstoactions.
 ThehrefattributevalueisaURL,whichshouldbeconsideredanopaqueidentifier(onethattheclient
shouldnotattempttoparseorinterpret).Anhrefuniquelyidentifies,andpersistsforthelifeof,the
referencedobject.Theseidentifiersareneverre‐used.
 ThenameattributevalueoftheLinkisthesameasthenameofthereferencedobject.Actionlinksdonot
includeanameattribute.
disable disablethisobject POST
discardState discardthesuspendedstateofthisvirtualmachine POST
down thereferencedobjectiscontainedbythisobject GET
download:alternate notsupportedinthisrelease N/A
download:default defaultdownloadlocationforthisfile GET
edit modifiesthisobject PUT
enable enablethisobject POST
extension notsupportedinthisrelease N/A
media:ejectMedia ejectvirtualmediafromavirtualdevice POST
media:insertMedia insertvirtualmediainavirtualdevice POST
move not
supportedinthisrelease N/A
ova notsupportedinthisrelease N/A
ovf theOVFrepresentationofthisvAppTemplate GET
power:powerOff poweroffthereferencedobject POST
power:powerOn poweronthisobject POST
power:reboot rebootthisobject POST
power:reset resetthisobject POST
power:shutdown shutdownthisobject POST
power:suspend suspendthisobject POST
publish publishthiscatalog POST
recompose recomposethisvApp POST
reconnect reconnectthisvCenterServer POST
register registerthisvCenterServer POST
remove removethisobject DELETE
repair repairthishost POST
screen:acquireTicket acquire
ascreenticketforthisvirtualmachine GET
screen:thumbnail thumbnailviewofavirtualmachinescreen,inpngformat GET
task:cancel notsupportedinthisrelease N/A
undeploy undeploythisobject POST
unregister unregisterthisvCenterServer POST
up thereferencedobjectcontainsthisobject GET
upgrade upgradethishost POST
upload:alternate notsupportedinthisrelease N/A
upload:default defaultuploadlocationforthisfile PUT
Table 1-1. Link Relationships and HTTP Request Types (Continued)
rel Attribute Value Relation Description HTTP Request

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