Host Specification Manager Update Host Specification

Host Specification Manager Update Host Specification

Update the host specification with the provided copy.

If there is no host specification for the host, create the host specification for this host in the host specification "database"; otherwise, update the host specification with the provided. HostSpecification object. On success, it will fire a HostSpecificationChangedEvent.

Required privileges: Profile.Edit

Request
URI
POST
https://{vcenter-host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/HostSpecificationManager/{moId}/UpdateHostSpecification
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 HostSpecificationManager/{moId}.

string
release
Required

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


Request Body
UpdateHostSpecificationRequestType of type(s) application/json
Required
{
    "host": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "type": "string",
        "value": "string"
    },
    "hostSpec": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "createdTime": "string",
        "lastModified": "string",
        "host": {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "type": "string",
            "value": "string"
        },
        "subSpecs": [
            {
                "_typeName": "string",
                "name": "string",
                "createdTime": "string",
                "data": [
                    0
                ],
                "binaryData": "string"
            }
        ],
        "changeID": "string"
    }
}
host
Required

Reference to an instance of the HostSystem managed object.

hostSpec
Required

The host specification data are those needed at host boot time to create and configure virtual devices and host services.

The HostSpecification data object contains a collection of host sub specification data. For host sub specification data, see HostSubSpecification for details.

Authentication
This operation uses the following authentication methods.
Responses
204

No Content

Operation doesn't return any data structure

500

HostSpecificationOperationFailed: If the method fails.

Returns HostSpecificationOperationFailed of type(s) application/json
This response body class contains all of the following: VimFault
{
    "_typeName": "string",
    "faultCause": "MethodFault Object",
    "faultMessage": [
        {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "key": "string",
            "arg": [
                {
                    "_typeName": "string",
                    "key": "string",
                    "value": {
                        "_typeName": "string"
                    }
                }
            ],
            "message": "string"
        }
    ],
    "host": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "type": "string",
        "value": "string"
    }
}
host
Required

Reference to an instance of the HostSystem managed object.