Customization Spec Manager Create Customization Spec

Creates a new specification.

Required privileges: VirtualMachine.Provisioning.ModifyCustSpecs

Request

URI

POST

https://{vcenter-host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/CustomizationSpecManager/{moId}/CreateCustomizationSpec

COPY

Path Parameters

string

moId

Required

The unique identifier for the managed object to which the method attaches; the serialized managed object reference for a request has the form moType/moId, in this case CustomizationSpecManager/{moId}.

string

release

Required

The vSphere release schema. The current specification covers vSphere 8.0.2.0 APIs.

Request Body

CreateCustomizationSpecRequestType of type(s) application/json

Required

{
    "item": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "info": {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "name": "string",
            "description": "string",
            "type": "string",
            "changeVersion": "string",
            "lastUpdateTime": "string"
        },
        "spec": {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "options": {
                "_typeName": "string"
            },
            "identity": {
                "_typeName": "string"
            },
            "globalIPSettings": {
                "_typeName": "string",
                "dnsSuffixList": [
                    "string"
                ],
                "dnsServerList": [
                    "string"
                ]
            },
            "nicSettingMap": [
                {
                    "_typeName": "string",
                    "macAddress": "string",
                    "adapter": {
                        "_typeName": "string",
                        "ip": {
                            "_typeName": "string"
                        },
                        "subnetMask": "string",
                        "gateway": [
                            "string"
                        ],
                        "ipV6Spec": {
                            "_typeName": "string",
                            "ip": [
                                {
                                    "_typeName": "string"
                                }
                            ],
                            "gateway": [
                                "string"
                            ]
                        },
                        "dnsServerList": [
                            "string"
                        ],
                        "dnsDomain": "string",
                        "primaryWINS": "string",
                        "secondaryWINS": "string",
                        "netBIOS": "string"
                    }
                }
            ],
            "encryptionKey": [
                0
            ]
        }
    }
}

CustomizationSpecItem

item

Required

Specification information and the Specification object.

Authentication

This operation uses the following authentication methods.

Session

Responses

204

No Content

Operation doesn't return any data structure

500

AlreadyExists:

CannotDecryptPasswords:

Returns VimFault of type(s) application/json

This response body class contains all of the following: MethodFault

{
    "_typeName": "string",
    "faultCause": "MethodFault Object",
    "faultMessage": [
        {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "key": "string",
            "arg": [
                {
                    "_typeName": "string",
                    "key": "string",
                    "value": {
                        "_typeName": "string"
                    }
                }
            ],
            "message": "string"
        }
    ]
}

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Description

Request

Path Parameters

Request Body

Authentication

Response

204 Response Body

Errors

Customization Spec Manager Operations

POST

Customization Spec Manager Check Customization Resources