Host Datastore Browser Delete File
Deprecated as of VI API 2.5, use DeleteDatastoreFile_Task.
Deletes the specified files from the datastore.
If a valid virtual disk file is specified, then all the components of the virtual disk are deleted.
Required privileges: Datastore.DeleteFile
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 HostDatastoreBrowser/{moId}
.
The vSphere release schema. The current specification covers vSphere 8.0.2.0 APIs.
{
"datastorePath": "string"
}
datastorePath
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InvalidDatastore: if the operation cannot be performed on the target datastores. Typically, a specific subclass of this exception is thrown.
FileNotFound: if the file or folder specified by datastorePath is not found.
CannotDeleteFile: if the delete operation on the file fails.
InvalidArgument: if fileInfo is not a valid FileInfo type.
{
"_typeName": "string",
"faultCause": "MethodFault Object",
"faultMessage": [
{
"_typeName": "string",
"key": "string",
"arg": [
{
"_typeName": "string",
"key": "string",
"value": {
"_typeName": "string"
}
}
],
"message": "string"
}
]
}