NSX-T Data Center Global Manager REST API
Create or update the VM tag replication policy
Create or update the VM tag replication policy.Request:
Method:
PUT
URI Path(s):
/global-manager/api/v1/global-infra/vm-tag-replication-policies/{id}
Request Headers:
n/a
Query Parameters:
n/a
Request Body:
VMTagReplicationPolicy+
VMTagReplicationPolicy (schema)
| Name | Description | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| _create_time | Timestamp of resource creation | EpochMsTimestamp | Readonly Sortable |
| _create_user | ID of the user who created this resource | string | Readonly |
| _last_modified_time | Timestamp of last modification | EpochMsTimestamp | Readonly Sortable |
| _last_modified_user | ID of the user who last modified this resource | string | Readonly |
| _links | References related to this resource The server will populate this field when returing the resource. Ignored on PUT and POST. |
array of ResourceLink | Readonly |
| _protection | Indicates protection status of this resource Protection status is one of the following: PROTECTED - the client who retrieved the entity is not allowed to modify it. NOT_PROTECTED - the client who retrieved the entity is allowed to modify it REQUIRE_OVERRIDE - the client who retrieved the entity is a super user and can modify it, but only when providing the request header X-Allow-Overwrite=true. UNKNOWN - the _protection field could not be determined for this entity. |
string | Readonly |
| _revision | Generation of this resource config The _revision property describes the current revision of the resource. To prevent clients from overwriting each other's changes, PUT operations must include the current _revision of the resource, which clients should obtain by issuing a GET operation. If the _revision provided in a PUT request is missing or stale, the operation will be rejected. |
int | |
| _schema | Schema for this resource | string | Readonly |
| _self | Link to this resource | SelfResourceLink | Readonly |
| _system_owned | Indicates system owned resource | boolean | Readonly |
| children | Subtree for this type within policy tree Subtree for this type within policy tree containing nested elements. Note that this type is applicable to be used in Hierarchical API only. |
array of ChildPolicyConfigResource Children are not allowed for this type |
|
| description | Description of this resource | string | Maximum length: 1024 Sortable |
| display_name | Identifier to use when displaying entity in logs or GUI Defaults to ID if not set |
string | Maximum length: 255 Sortable |
| groups | Paths of groups Paths of groups (VM tag-based, VM name-based, etc.) that translates into VMs to be replicated from protected site to recovery sites. If no group is specified, none of the VM tag will be replicated from protected site to recovery sites. |
array of string | |
| id | Unique identifier of this resource | string | Sortable |
| marked_for_delete | Indicates whether the intent object is marked for deletion Intent objects are not directly deleted from the system when a delete is invoked on them. They are marked for deletion and only when all the realized entities for that intent object gets deleted, the intent object is deleted. Objects that are marked for deletion are not returned in GET call. One can use the search API to get these objects. |
boolean | Readonly Default: "False" |
| origin_site_id | A unique identifier assigned by the system for knowing which site owns an object This is a UUID generated by the system for knowing which site owns an object. This is used in NSX+. |
string | Readonly |
| overridden | Indicates whether this object is the overridden intent object Global intent objects cannot be modified by the user. However, certain global intent objects can be overridden locally by use of this property. In such cases, the overridden local values take precedence over the globally defined values for the properties. |
boolean | Readonly Default: "False" |
| owner_id | A unique identifier assigned by the system for the ownership of an object This is a UUID generated by the system for knowing who owns this object. This is used in NSX+. |
string | Readonly |
| parent_path | Path of its parent Path of its parent |
string | Readonly |
| path | Absolute path of this object Absolute path of this object |
string | Readonly |
| protected_site | A path of protected site A path of protected site, from where tags of selected VMs will be replicated to recovery sites. |
string | Required |
| realization_id | A unique identifier assigned by the system for realizing intent This is a UUID generated by the system for realizing the entity object. In most cases this should be same as 'unique_id' of the entity. However, in some cases this can be different because of entities have migrated their unique identifier to NSX Policy intent objects later in the timeline and did not use unique_id for realization. Realization id is helpful for users to debug data path to correlate the configuration with corresponding intent. |
string | Readonly |
| recovery_sites | Paths of recovery sites Paths of recovery sites, where tags of selected VMs will be replicated to, from protected site. |
array of string | Required Minimum items: 1 Maximum items: 1 |
| relative_path | Relative path of this object Path relative from its parent |
string | Readonly |
| remote_path | Path of the object on the remote end. This path is populated only in case of multi-site scenario. Currently it is supported only for LM objects. When LM is onboarded to multi-site platform like NAPP or GM, remote_path will be set to the globally unique path across multi-site topology . It is generated based on local site-name and uses /org tree namespace. Note: It is populated only for LM objects. Not supported on the GM. |
string | Readonly |
| replication_type | Replication type used in DR failover Specifies type of replication used in DR (Disaster Recovery) failover. |
string | Enum: VSPHERE_REPLICATION, STORAGE_ARRAY_REPLICATION, OTHER Default: "OTHER" |
| resource_type | Must be set to the value VMTagReplicationPolicy | string | |
| tag_delay_delete_time | Specifies delay time to be used for tags of virtual machine This specifies delay in minutes which is used for deletion of tags of virtual machines on recovery site. If a VM is deleted on protected site and has not appeared on recovery site (e.g. this can happen primarily when array based storage replication is used with SRM and DR failover is run while protected site is reachable), the tags will be retained for this much amount of time on recovery site. VM appears within this much time on recovery site, then tags will get applied on recovery site. If replication type is VSPHERE_REPLICATION or OTHER, then its default value is 0 minutes. If replication type is STORAGE_ARRAY_REPLICATION, then its default value is 30 minutes. If this value is not specified, then default value according to replication type will be applicable. The time for virtual machines to appear on recovery site after those are deleted from primary site in case of storage replication depends on count of virtual machines configured to failover, storage array performance and ESXi host. |
integer | Minimum: 0 Maximum: 4320 |
| tags | Opaque identifiers meaningful to the API user | array of Tag | Maximum items: 30 |
| unique_id | A unique identifier assigned by the system This is a UUID generated by the GM/LM to uniquely identify entities in a federated environment. For entities that are stretched across multiple sites, the same ID will be used on all the stretched sites. |
string | Readonly |
| vm_match_criteria | Matching criteria used for associating VMs Matching criteria used for associating VMs from protected site to VMs on recovery sites. - MATCH_NSX_ATTACHMENT_ID : Associate VMs from the protected site and recovery sites based on NSX attachment ID. - MATCH_BIOS_UUID_NAME : Associate VMs from the protected site and recovery sites based on (VM BIOS UUID + VM Name). |
string | Enum: MATCH_NSX_ATTACHMENT_ID, MATCH_BIOS_UUID_NAME Default: "MATCH_NSX_ATTACHMENT_ID" |
Example Request:
{ "display_name": "VMTag replication policy 1", "description": "VMTag replication policy 1", "protected_site": "/global-infra/sites/pune", "recovery_sites": [ "/global-infra/sites/london" ], "groups": [ "/global-infra/domains/d1/groups/g1", "/global-infra/domains/d2/groups/g2" ] }Successful Response:
Response Code:
200 OK
Response Headers:
Content-type: application/json
Response Body:
VMTagReplicationPolicy+
VMTagReplicationPolicy (schema)
| Name | Description | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| _create_time | Timestamp of resource creation | EpochMsTimestamp | Readonly Sortable |
| _create_user | ID of the user who created this resource | string | Readonly |
| _last_modified_time | Timestamp of last modification | EpochMsTimestamp | Readonly Sortable |
| _last_modified_user | ID of the user who last modified this resource | string | Readonly |
| _links | References related to this resource The server will populate this field when returing the resource. Ignored on PUT and POST. |
array of ResourceLink | Readonly |
| _protection | Indicates protection status of this resource Protection status is one of the following: PROTECTED - the client who retrieved the entity is not allowed to modify it. NOT_PROTECTED - the client who retrieved the entity is allowed to modify it REQUIRE_OVERRIDE - the client who retrieved the entity is a super user and can modify it, but only when providing the request header X-Allow-Overwrite=true. UNKNOWN - the _protection field could not be determined for this entity. |
string | Readonly |
| _revision | Generation of this resource config The _revision property describes the current revision of the resource. To prevent clients from overwriting each other's changes, PUT operations must include the current _revision of the resource, which clients should obtain by issuing a GET operation. If the _revision provided in a PUT request is missing or stale, the operation will be rejected. |
int | |
| _schema | Schema for this resource | string | Readonly |
| _self | Link to this resource | SelfResourceLink | Readonly |
| _system_owned | Indicates system owned resource | boolean | Readonly |
| children | Subtree for this type within policy tree Subtree for this type within policy tree containing nested elements. Note that this type is applicable to be used in Hierarchical API only. |
array of ChildPolicyConfigResource Children are not allowed for this type |
|
| description | Description of this resource | string | Maximum length: 1024 Sortable |
| display_name | Identifier to use when displaying entity in logs or GUI Defaults to ID if not set |
string | Maximum length: 255 Sortable |
| groups | Paths of groups Paths of groups (VM tag-based, VM name-based, etc.) that translates into VMs to be replicated from protected site to recovery sites. If no group is specified, none of the VM tag will be replicated from protected site to recovery sites. |
array of string | |
| id | Unique identifier of this resource | string | Sortable |
| marked_for_delete | Indicates whether the intent object is marked for deletion Intent objects are not directly deleted from the system when a delete is invoked on them. They are marked for deletion and only when all the realized entities for that intent object gets deleted, the intent object is deleted. Objects that are marked for deletion are not returned in GET call. One can use the search API to get these objects. |
boolean | Readonly Default: "False" |
| origin_site_id | A unique identifier assigned by the system for knowing which site owns an object This is a UUID generated by the system for knowing which site owns an object. This is used in NSX+. |
string | Readonly |
| overridden | Indicates whether this object is the overridden intent object Global intent objects cannot be modified by the user. However, certain global intent objects can be overridden locally by use of this property. In such cases, the overridden local values take precedence over the globally defined values for the properties. |
boolean | Readonly Default: "False" |
| owner_id | A unique identifier assigned by the system for the ownership of an object This is a UUID generated by the system for knowing who owns this object. This is used in NSX+. |
string | Readonly |
| parent_path | Path of its parent Path of its parent |
string | Readonly |
| path | Absolute path of this object Absolute path of this object |
string | Readonly |
| protected_site | A path of protected site A path of protected site, from where tags of selected VMs will be replicated to recovery sites. |
string | Required |
| realization_id | A unique identifier assigned by the system for realizing intent This is a UUID generated by the system for realizing the entity object. In most cases this should be same as 'unique_id' of the entity. However, in some cases this can be different because of entities have migrated their unique identifier to NSX Policy intent objects later in the timeline and did not use unique_id for realization. Realization id is helpful for users to debug data path to correlate the configuration with corresponding intent. |
string | Readonly |
| recovery_sites | Paths of recovery sites Paths of recovery sites, where tags of selected VMs will be replicated to, from protected site. |
array of string | Required Minimum items: 1 Maximum items: 1 |
| relative_path | Relative path of this object Path relative from its parent |
string | Readonly |
| remote_path | Path of the object on the remote end. This path is populated only in case of multi-site scenario. Currently it is supported only for LM objects. When LM is onboarded to multi-site platform like NAPP or GM, remote_path will be set to the globally unique path across multi-site topology . It is generated based on local site-name and uses /org tree namespace. Note: It is populated only for LM objects. Not supported on the GM. |
string | Readonly |
| replication_type | Replication type used in DR failover Specifies type of replication used in DR (Disaster Recovery) failover. |
string | Enum: VSPHERE_REPLICATION, STORAGE_ARRAY_REPLICATION, OTHER Default: "OTHER" |
| resource_type | Must be set to the value VMTagReplicationPolicy | string | |
| tag_delay_delete_time | Specifies delay time to be used for tags of virtual machine This specifies delay in minutes which is used for deletion of tags of virtual machines on recovery site. If a VM is deleted on protected site and has not appeared on recovery site (e.g. this can happen primarily when array based storage replication is used with SRM and DR failover is run while protected site is reachable), the tags will be retained for this much amount of time on recovery site. VM appears within this much time on recovery site, then tags will get applied on recovery site. If replication type is VSPHERE_REPLICATION or OTHER, then its default value is 0 minutes. If replication type is STORAGE_ARRAY_REPLICATION, then its default value is 30 minutes. If this value is not specified, then default value according to replication type will be applicable. The time for virtual machines to appear on recovery site after those are deleted from primary site in case of storage replication depends on count of virtual machines configured to failover, storage array performance and ESXi host. |
integer | Minimum: 0 Maximum: 4320 |
| tags | Opaque identifiers meaningful to the API user | array of Tag | Maximum items: 30 |
| unique_id | A unique identifier assigned by the system This is a UUID generated by the GM/LM to uniquely identify entities in a federated environment. For entities that are stretched across multiple sites, the same ID will be used on all the stretched sites. |
string | Readonly |
| vm_match_criteria | Matching criteria used for associating VMs Matching criteria used for associating VMs from protected site to VMs on recovery sites. - MATCH_NSX_ATTACHMENT_ID : Associate VMs from the protected site and recovery sites based on NSX attachment ID. - MATCH_BIOS_UUID_NAME : Associate VMs from the protected site and recovery sites based on (VM BIOS UUID + VM Name). |
string | Enum: MATCH_NSX_ATTACHMENT_ID, MATCH_BIOS_UUID_NAME Default: "MATCH_NSX_ATTACHMENT_ID" |