VMware VCLOUD API 1.0 - API User Manual

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Chapter 11 Administrative API Reference
ComputeCapacity
TheadministrativeviewofaComputeCapacityelementincludestwoelements:IsElasticandIsHa,thatan
administratorcanchange.Theseelementsarenotvisibleintheuserview.
Cpu
UnliketheCpuelementthatappearsintheComputeCapacityofaVdc,theCpuelementthatappearsinthe
ComputeCapacityofaProviderVdcisaninstanceofProviderVdcCapacityType.ItdefinestheCPU
capacitythatcanbeallocatedfromavDCandoptionallyreportshowmuchofthatcapacityisin
use.
Memory
UnliketheMemoryelementthatappearsintheComputeCapacityofaVdc,theMemoryelementthatappears
intheComputeCapacityofaProviderVdcisaninstanceofProviderVdcCapacityType.Itdefinesthe
memorycapacitythatcanbeallocatedfromavDCandoptionallyreportshowmuchofthatcapacityisin
use.
Vdcs 01 VdcsType ContainerforVdcobjectsthatare
provisionedfromthisprovidervDC.
IsEnabled 0 1 xs:boolean TrueifthisprovidervDCisenabled
NetworkPoolReferences 0 1 NetworkPoolReferencesType ContainerforNetworkPoolReference
objectsthatareprovisionedfromthis
providervDC
Schema (Continued)
Name Min Max Type Description
Schema
Name Min Max Type Description
Cpu 1 1 ProviderVdcCapacityType DefinesCPUcapacityavailableintheprovidervDC
Memory 1 1 ProviderVdcCapacityType DefinesmemorycapacityavailableintheprovidervDC
IsElastic 0 1 xs:boolean Trueifcomputecapacitycangroworshrinkbasedondemand
IsHA 0 1 xs:boolean Trueifcomputecapacityishighlyavailable.
Schema
Name Min Max Type Description
Units 1 1 xs:string Unitsinwhichthecapacityismeasured.ForCPUdevices,thisisalways
Megahertz,representedbythestringMHz.
Allocation 0 1 xs:long NumberofUnitsthathavebeenallocatedtoconsumers
Total 1 1 xs:long MaximumnumberofUnitsthatcanbeallocatedtoallconsumers
Used 0 1 xs:long Percentageoftheallocationinuse.Thisvalueisread‐only.
Overhead 0 1 xs:long Numberof
UnitsallocatedtovShieldManagervirtualmachinesprovisioned
fromthisvDC.Thisvalueisread‐only.
Schema
Name Min Max Type Description
Units 1 1 xs:string Specifiestheunitsinwhichthecapacityismeasured.Forstoragedevices,thisis
alwaysMegabytes,representedbythestringMB.
Allocation 0 1 xs:long NumberofUnitsthathavebeenallocatedtoconsumers
Total 1 1 xs:long MaximumnumberofUnitsthatcanbeallocatedtoallconsumers
Used 0 1 xs:long Percentageoftheallocationinuse.Thisvalueisread‐only.
Overhead 0 1 xs:long NumberofUnitsallocatedtovShieldManagervirtualmachinesprovisioned
fromthisvDC.Thisvalueisread‐only.

VMware VCLOUD API 1.0 - API Specifications

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