VMware VCLOUD API 1.0 - API

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Chapter 5 Datacenter Operations
List Media Devices of a Virtual Machine
YoucanmakeaGETrequesttothemediaURLofaVmtoreturnalistofallmediadevicesattachedtoit.
Example 5-28. List Media Devices Attached to a Vm
Request:
GET http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/vapp/vm-5/virtualHardwareSection/media
Response:
200 OK
Content-Type: application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.rasditemslist+xml
...
<RasdItemsList xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1" ...
href="http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/vApp/vm-5/virtualHardwareSection/media" ... >
<Item>
<rasd:Address>0</rasd:Address>
<rasd:Description>IDE Controller</rasd:Description>
<rasd:ElementName>IDE Controller 0</rasd:ElementName>
<rasd:InstanceID>1</rasd:InstanceID>
<rasd:ResourceType>5</rasd:ResourceType>
</Item>
<Item>
<rasd:AddressOnParent>0</rasd:AddressOnParent>
<rasd:Description>CD/DVD Drive</rasd:Description>
<rasd:ElementName>CD/DVD Drive 1</rasd:ElementName>
<rasd:HostResource xmlns:vcloud="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1"
vcloud:connected="false"></rasd:HostResource>
<rasd:InstanceID>3000</rasd:InstanceID>
<rasd:Parent>1</rasd:Parent>
<rasd:ResourceType>15</rasd:ResourceType>
</Item>
<Item>
<rasd:AddressOnParent>0</rasd:AddressOnParent>
<rasd:Description>Floppy Drive</rasd:Description>
<rasd:ElementName>Floppy Drive 1</rasd:ElementName>
<rasd:HostResource xmlns:vcloud="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1"
vcloud:connected="false"></rasd:HostResource>
<rasd:InstanceID>8000</rasd:InstanceID>
<rasd:ResourceType>14</rasd:ResourceType>
</Item>
</RasdItemsList>
Insert Media Into a Virtual Machine
AninsertMediarequestmakesavirtualmediaimagereadablebyaVm.Therequestmustspecifythe
insertMediaURLofaVm.TheMediaelementintherequestbodymustspecifythehrefofthemediaimage
toinsert.WhenprocessinganinsertMediarequest,theserverexaminesthetypeof
themediaspecifiedinthe
requestandthenattemptstoinsertitinadeviceoftheappropriatetype,startingwiththedevicethathasthe
lowestbusnumberandlowestaddressonthatbus.
Example 5-29. Insert Media Into a Virtual Machine
Request:
POST http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/vapp/vm-5/media/action/insertMedia
Content-Type: application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.mediaInsertOrEjectParams+xml
<MediaInsertOrEjectParams xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1">
<Media href="http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/media/3"/>
</MediaInsertOrEjectParams>