VMware VCLOUD API 1.0 - API

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ThischapterprovidesreferenceinformationabouttheXMLelementsthatsupportadministrativeoperations
inthevCloudAPI.Elementsdocumentedinthischapteraregenerallyreadablebyallusers,butcanbecreated
andmodifiedonlybyasystemadministrator,organizationadministratororotherprivilegeduser.Manyof
theschemasshownhere
extendelementsandcomplextypesthataredefinedintheuserAPI.Formore
informationabouthowthevCloudAPIusesXMLtorepresentobjects,andhowthisreferencematerialis
organized,see“XMLRepresentationsinthevCloud API”onpage 141.
Thischapterprovidesreferencematerialonthefollowingelementsandthe
elementstheycontain:
 “VCloud”onpage 179
 “ExternalNetwork”onpage 180
 “A d m i n O r g ” onpage 180
 “ProviderVdc”onpage 186
 “User”onpage 190
 “Group”onpage 191
 “Role”onpage 191
VCloud
ThevCloudelementisaread‐onlycontainerforreferencestotop‐levelobjectsinavCloudinstance.
Content-Type application/vnd.vmware.admin.vcloud+xml
Object href prototype API‐URL/admin
Administrative API Reference
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Schema
Name Min Max Type Description
OrganizationReferences 0 1 OrganizationReferencesType AcontainerforreferencestoAdminOrgobjects
inthevCloud
ProviderVdcReferences 0 1 ProviderVdcReferencesType AcontainerforreferencestoProviderVdc
objectsinthevCloud
RightReferences 0 1 RightReferencesType AcontainerforreferencestoRightobjectsin
thevCloud
RoleReferences 0 1 RoleReferencesType AcontainerforreferencestoRoleobjectsin
thevCloud
Networks 01 NetworksType Acontainerforreferencesto
ExternalNetworkobjectsinthevCloud.