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Chapter 9 User API Reference
Vm
AVmrepresentsavirtualmachine,amemberofavApp’sChildrencontainer.
Content-Type application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.vApp+xml
Object href prototype API‐URL/vAppTemplate/vm‐idorAPI‐URL/vApp/vm‐id
Section
AVAppTemplate,VApp,andVmcancontainanarbitrarynumberofovf:SectionTypeelements.InavAppor
Vm,someoftheseelementscanbespecifiedasinstantiationparameters.Theothersarecopiedfromthesource
OVFEnvelopeandtreatedasread‐onlybythevCloudAPI.
Thefollowingsectiontypes
areallowedinavApporvAppTemplate:
 LeaseSettingsSection
 StartupSection
 NetworkConfigSection
 CustomizationSection
Section 0 n ovf:Section_Type Anyofthefollowingovf:Section_Typeelements:
 LeaseSettingsSection
 StartupSection
 NetworkConfigSection
 CustomizationSection
Children 0n VAppChildrenTypeRead‐onlycontainerforVmelementsrepresenting
virtualmachines
Schema (Continued)
Name Min Max Type Description
Schema
Name Min Max Type Description
deployed 0 1 xs:boolean TrueiftheVmisdeployed
status 01 xs:int CreationstatusoftheVm
name 1 1 xs:string Commonobjectnameattribute
anyattributename 0 n any Includestype,href,XMLnamespaceidentifiers
Link 0n LinkType Actionlinkstooperations
Description 0 1 xs:string Optionaldescription
Tasks 0 1 TasksInProgressType Read‐onlycontainerforTaskelements.Eachelement
inthecontainerrepresentsaqueued,running,or
failedtaskowned
bythisobject.
VAppParent 0 1 ReferenceType Unsupportedinthisrelease
Section 0 n ovf:Section_Type Anyofthefollowingovf:Section_Typeelements:
 VirtualHardwareSection
 OperatingSystemSection
 NetworkConnectionSection
 GuestCustomizationSection
VAppScopedLocalId 0 1 xs:string Read‐onlyidentifiercreatedonimportorcomposition