Host Patch Manager Scan Host Patch Task

Deprecated as of VI API 4.0, use ScanHostPatchV2_Task.

Scan the host for the patch status.

The operation is cancelable through the returned Task object. Integrity checks are performed on the metadata only during the scan operation.

Required privileges: System.Read

Request

URI

POST

https://{vcenter-host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/HostPatchManager/{moId}/ScanHostPatch_Task

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 HostPatchManager/{moId}.

string

release

Required

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

Request Body

ScanHostPatchRequestType of type(s) application/json

Required

{
    "repository": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "url": "string",
        "proxy": "string"
    },
    "updateID": [
        "string"
    ]
}

HostPatchManagerLocator

repository

Required

Location of the repository that contains the bulletin depot. The depot must be organized as a flat collection of bulletins with each one being a folder named after the bulletin ID. Each folder must contain the full update metadata.

array of string

updateID

Optional

The updates to scan. Wildcards can be used to specify the update IDs. The wildcards will be expanded to include all updates whose IDs match the specified wildcard and whose metadata is available in the repository. Specifying no update is equivalent to a wildcard "*". In this case all updates available in the repository will be scanned.

Authentication

This operation uses the following authentication methods.

Session

Responses

200

This method returns a Task object with which to monitor the operation. The info.result property in the Task contains the HostPatchManagerStatus upon success.

Returns MoRefTask of type(s) application/json

This response body class contains all of the following: MoRefExtensibleManagedObject

{
    "_typeName": "string",
    "type": "string",
    "value": "string"
}

500

RequestCanceled: if the operation is canceled.

PatchMetadataInvalid: if query required metadata is invalid - for example, it is not found in the repository, is corrupted and so on. Typically a more specific subclass of PatchMetadataInvalid is thrown.

PlatformConfigFault: if there is any error in the repository access, metadata download, repository level integrity check, or reading the metadata. See text for specific details.

Returns MethodFault of type(s) application/json

This response body class contains all of the following: Any

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

MethodFault

faultCause

Optional

The base data object type for all the object model faults that an application might handle.

array of LocalizableMessage

faultMessage

Optional

Message which has details about the error Message can also contain a key to message catalog which can be used to generate better localized messages.

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