REST API - deployment_target

deployment_target

The deployment_target structure describes the location (target) where a virtual machine or virtual appliance should be deployed. It is used in the deploy and filter operations. See deploy and filter.

Representations:

JSON
XML

{
    "folder_id": "obj-103",
    "host_id": "obj-103",
    "resource_pool_id": "obj-103"
}

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<ns0:DeploymentTarget xmlns:ns0="http://vmware.com/vcenter/ovf/library_item" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <folder_id>obj-103</folder_id>
  <host_id>obj-103</host_id>
  <resource_pool_id>obj-103</resource_pool_id>
</ns0:DeploymentTarget>

Attributes:

Name	Type	Required	Description
resource_pool_id *	ID	Yes	Identifier of the resource pool to which the virtual machine or virtual appliance should be attached. Id of type ResourcePool.
host_id	ID	No. If unset, the server will automatically select a target host from the resource pool if com.vmware.vcenter.ovf.library_item.deployment_target.resource_pool_id is a stand-alone host or a cluster with Distributed Resource Scheduling (DRS) enabled.	Identifier of the target host on which the virtual machine or virtual appliance will run. The target host must be a member of the cluster that contains the resource pool identified by com.vmware.vcenter.ovf.library_item.deployment_target.resource_pool_id. Id of type HostSystem.
folder_id	ID	No. If unset, the server will choose the deployment folder.	Identifier of the vCenter folder that should contain the virtual machine or virtual appliance. The folder must be virtual machine folder. Id of type Folder.

REST API - deployment_target

com.vmware.vcenter.ovf.library_item

deployment_target