Host Diagnostic System APIs

Host Diagnostic System APIs

The DiagnosticSystem managed object is used to configure the diagnostic mechanisms specific to the host.

The DiagnosticSystem interface supports the following concepts:

  • Notion of an active diagnostic partition that is selected from a set of available partitions.
  • Ability to create a diagnostic partition that gets added to the list of available partitions and could be made active.

Operations
POST
Host Diagnostic System Create Diagnostic Partition
Creates a diagnostic partition according to the provided create specification.
GET
Host Diagnostic System Get Active Partition
The currently active diagnostic partition.
POST
Host Diagnostic System Query Available Partition
Retrieves a list of available diagnostic partitions.
POST
Host Diagnostic System Query Partition Create Desc
For a disk, query for the diagnostic partition creation description.
POST
Host Diagnostic System Query Partition Create Options
Retrieves a list of disks that can be used to contain a diagnostic partition.
POST
Host Diagnostic System Select Active Partition
Changes the active diagnostic partition to a different partition.