NSX-T Data Center REST API

Patch Port Mirroring Profile.

Create a new Port Mirroring Profile if the Port Mirroring Profile with
given id does not already exist. If the Port Mirroring Profile with the
given id already exists, patch with the existing Port Mirroring Profile.
Realized entities of this API can be found using the path of monitoring
profile binding map that is used to apply this profile.
This API is available when using VMware Cloud (AWS, Dell-EMC, Outpost, Hyperscalers) or VMware NSX.

Request:

Method:

PATCH

URI Path(s):

/policy/api/v1/infra/port-mirroring-profiles/{port-mirroring-profile-id}

Request Headers:

n/a

Query Parameters:

OverrideRequestParameters+

OverrideRequestParameters (schema)

Name	Description	Type	Notes
override	Locally override the global object If true, the global resource can be over written locally. This means that there will be a local only resource in place of the global resource that can reflect local specific settings and values. The global object will continue to exist but will not be used for any configuration until this local object is removed. When the object is overridden the Global resource continues to exist unmodified, while the overridden object is created with all of the user specified values. The Global resource may be updated in the background, however, the overridden object may only be updated by the user. Once the user removes the overridden copy, the Global resource will then resume being used in the configuration.	boolean	Default: "False"

Request Body:

PortMirroringProfile+

PortMirroringProfile (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
destination_group	Destination group path Data from source group will be copied to members of destination group. Only IPSET group and group with membership criteria VM is supported. IPSET group allows only three ip's.	string	Required
direction	Direction Port mirroring profile direction	string	Enum: INGRESS, EGRESS, BIDIRECTIONAL Default: "BIDIRECTIONAL"
display_name	Identifier to use when displaying entity in logs or GUI Defaults to ID if not set	string	Maximum length: 255 Sortable
encapsulation_type	Mirror Destination encapsulation type User can provide Mirror Destination type e.g GRE, ERSPAN_TWO or ERSPAN_THREE.If profile type is REMOTE_L3_SPAN, encapsulation type is used else ignored.	string	Enum: GRE, ERSPAN_TWO, ERSPAN_THREE Default: "GRE"
erspan_id	ERSPAN session id Used by physical switch for the mirror traffic forwarding. Must be provided and only effective when encapsulation type is ERSPAN type II or type III.	int	Minimum: 0 Maximum: 1023 Default: "0"
filter_action	Action to include or exclude traffic for all filter in port_mirroring_filters If set to INCLUDE, packets matching all filters will be mirrored. If set to EXCLUDE, packets NOT matching any filters will be mirrored.	string	Enum: INCLUDE, EXCLUDE Default: "INCLUDE"
gre_key	GRE encapsulation key User-configurable 32-bit key only for GRE	int	Minimum: 0 Default: "0"
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
port_mirroring_filters	Port mirroring filter An array of 5-tuples used to filter packets for the mirror session. If not provided, all the packets will be mirrored. This field is with filter_action which defines whether packets matching the filter will be included or excluded	array of PortMirrorFilter	Minimum items: 0 Maximum items: 1
profile_type	Allows user to select type of port mirroring session.	string	Enum: REMOTE_L3_SPAN, LOGICAL_SPAN Default: "REMOTE_L3_SPAN"
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
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
resource_type	Must be set to the value PortMirroringProfile	string
snap_length	Maximum packet length for packet truncation If this property is set, the packet will be truncated to the provided length. If this property is unset, entire packet will be mirrored.	int	Minimum: 60 Maximum: 65535
tags	Opaque identifiers meaningful to the API user	array of Tag	Maximum items: 30
tcp_ip_stack	Mirror Destination encapsulation type User can provide Mirror stack or Default stack to send mirror traffic. If profile type is REMOTE_L3_SPAN, tcp_ip_stack type is used else ignored.	string	Enum: Default, Mirror Default: "Default"
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

Example Request:

{ "snap_length": 744, "destination_group": "/infra/domains/d1/groups/group_ip", "direction": "BIDIRECTIONAL", "encapsulation_type":"GRE", "gre_key" : 5 }

Successful Response:

Response Code:

200 OK

Response Headers:

n/a

Response Body:

n/a

Required Permissions:

crud

Feature:

policy_port_mirroring

Additional Errors:

• 301 Moved Permanently
• 307 Temporary Redirect
• 400 Bad Request
• 403 Forbidden
• 409 Conflict
• 412 Precondition Failed
• 500 Internal Server Error
• 503 Service Unavailable