VMware VCLOUD API 1.0 - API

vCloud API Programming Guide
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RasdItemsList
ARasdItemsListelementisaread‐onlycontainerforgroupsofrelatedovf:Itemelementssuchashard
disks,networkcards,andmediadevices.VmelementstypicallycontainseveralLinkelementsthatreference
elementsofthistype.
Content-Type application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.rasdItemsList+xml
ScreenTicket
AScreenTicketelementcontainsastringthatrepresentsascreenticket(requiredtoaccessavirtual
machine’sconsole).
Content-Type application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.screenTicket+xml
TasksList
TheTasksListelementisaread‐onlycontainerforTaskelementsthatrepresentqueued,running,orrecently
completedtasksownedbyamemberoftheorganizationthatcontainstheTasksList.
Content-Type application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.tasksList+xml
Tasks
TheTaskselementisaread‐onlycontainerforTaskelementsownedbythecontainingobject.Tasksshown
inthiselementalsoappearintheTasksListoftheorganizationthatcontainstheobject.
Task
Whenevertheresultofarequestcannotbereturnedimmediately,theservercreatesaTaskobject.Tasks
ownedbyanobjectsuchasavApporvDCarecontainedintheTaskselementoftheobject’s XML
representation.EachTaskinaTasksorTasksListelementcontainsalltheinformationabout
thetask.AGET
requesttoanindividualtask’shrefdoesnotreturnanyadditionalinformationaboutthetask.
Thiselementisread‐only.
Content-Type application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.taskt+xml
Schema
Name Min Max Type Description
status 1 1 TaskStatusType Thecurrentstatusofthetask.Oneof:
 queued Thetaskhasbeenqueuedforexecution.
 running Thetaskisrunning.
 success Thetaskhascompletedandreturnedavalueindicating
success.
 error Thetaskhascompletedandreturnedavalueindicatingan
error.
operation 0 1 xs:string Descriptionoftheoperationbeingtrackedbythetask
startTime 0 1 xs:dateTime Dateandtimewhenthetaskwasstarted.
endTime 0 1 xs:dateTime Dateandtimewhenthetaskcompleted.Doesnotappearforrunning
tasks.
expiryTime 0 1 xs:dateTime Dateandtimeatwhichthetaskexpires.Bydefault,tasks
expire24
hoursaftertheirstarttime.Expiredtaskscannotbequeried.
href 01 xs:anyURI Linktothetask