NSX-T Data Center REST API

List all virtual machines

This API filters objects of type virtual machine. This API also gives some VM
details such as VM name, IDs and the current state of the VMs.
This API is available when using VMware Cloud (AWS, Dell-EMC, Outpost, Hyperscalers) or VMware NSX-T.

Request:

Method:
GET
URI Path(s):
/policy/api/v1/infra/realized-state/virtual-machines
Request Headers:
n/a
Query Parameters:
RealizationListRequestParameters+
Request Body:
n/a

Example Request:

GET https://<policy-mgr>/policy/api/v1/infra/realized-state/virtual-machines?enforcement_point_path=/infra/deployment-zones/default/enforcement-points/ep1

Successful Response:

Response Code:
200 OK
Response Headers:
Content-type: application/json
Response Body:
VirtualMachineListResult+

Example Response:

{ "sort_ascending": true, "sort_by": "display_name", "result_count": 1, "results": [ { "compute_ids": [ "moIdOnHost:1", "hostLocalId:1", "locationId:564d75b2-7e28-7e78-dd77-64e5fd6128e1", "instanceUuid:04fb2e78-e4bc-416f-b9dc-18b9f05e6227", "externalId:564d75b2-7e28-7e78-dd77-64e5fd6128e1", "biosUuid:564d75b2-7e28-7e78-dd77-64e5fd6128e1" ], "resource_type": "VirtualMachine", "external_id": "564d75b2-7e28-7e78-dd77-64e5fd6128e1", "source": { "target_display_name": "sc-rdops-vm09-dhcp-16-203.eng.vmware.com", "is_valid": true, "target_type": "HostNode", "target_id": "1afea8da-d4e2-11e7-93c3-c57b39f75a4f" }, "_last_sync_time": 1512031301409, "display_name": "1-vm_ubuntu_1404_srv_64-local-586-04fb2e78-e4bc-416f-b9dc-18b9f05e6227", "type": "REGULAR", "power_state": "VM_RUNNING", "host_id": "1afea8da-d4e2-11e7-93c3-c57b39f75a4f", "local_id_on_host": "1" } ] }

Required Permissions:

read

Feature:

infra_admin

Additional Errors: