Event History Collector Read Previous Events
Reads the 'scrollable view' from the current position.
The scrollable position is moved to the next older page after the read. No item is returned when the head of the collector is reached.
Request
URI
POST
https://{vcenter-host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/EventHistoryCollector/{moId}/ReadPreviousEvents
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 EventHistoryCollector/{moId}
.
string
release
Required
The vSphere release schema. The current specification covers vSphere 8.0.2.0 APIs.
Request Body
ReadPreviousEventsRequestType of type(s) application/json
Required
{
"maxCount": 0
}
integer As int32 As int32
maxCount
Required
The maximum number of items in the page.
Responses
200
OK
Returns Array of Event of type(s) application/json
[
{
"_typeName": "string",
"key": 0,
"chainId": 0,
"createdTime": "string",
"userName": "string",
"datacenter": {
"_typeName": "string",
"name": "string",
"datacenter": {
"_typeName": "string",
"type": "string",
"value": "string"
}
},
"computeResource": {
"_typeName": "string",
"name": "string",
"computeResource": {
"_typeName": "string",
"type": "string",
"value": "string"
}
},
"host": {
"_typeName": "string",
"name": "string",
"host": {
"_typeName": "string",
"type": "string",
"value": "string"
}
},
"vm": {
"_typeName": "string",
"name": "string",
"vm": {
"_typeName": "string",
"type": "string",
"value": "string"
}
},
"ds": {
"_typeName": "string",
"name": "string",
"datastore": {
"_typeName": "string",
"type": "string",
"value": "string"
}
},
"net": {
"_typeName": "string",
"name": "string",
"network": {
"_typeName": "string",
"type": "string",
"value": "string"
}
},
"dvs": {
"_typeName": "string",
"name": "string",
"dvs": {
"_typeName": "string",
"type": "string",
"value": "string"
}
},
"fullFormattedMessage": "string",
"changeTag": "string"
}
]
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