Host V Storage Object Manager Host Retrieve V Storage Object Metadata
Retrieve metadata KV pairs from a virtual storage object.
Requires Datastore.FileManagement privilege on the datastore where the virtual storage object is located.
Required privileges: System.View
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 HostVStorageObjectManager/{moId}
.
The vSphere release schema. The current specification covers vSphere 8.0.2.0 APIs.
{
"id": {
"_typeName": "string",
"id": "string"
},
"datastore": {
"_typeName": "string",
"type": "string",
"value": "string"
},
"snapshotId": {
"_typeName": "string",
"id": "string"
},
"prefix": "string"
}
This data object type describes an identifier class which is globally unique to identify the associated object.
This data object type describes an identifier class which is globally unique to identify the associated object.
The prefix of the metadata key that needs to be retrieved
returns the array of key value pair
[
{
"_typeName": "string",
"key": "string",
"value": "string"
}
]
InvalidDatastore: If the operation cannot be performed on the datastore, such as datastore cannot be found or inaccessible.
InvalidState: If the operation cannot be performed on the disk.
NotFound: If specified virtual storage object cannot be found.
{
"_typeName": "string",
"faultCause": "MethodFault Object",
"faultMessage": [
{
"_typeName": "string",
"key": "string",
"arg": [
{
"_typeName": "string",
"key": "string",
"value": {
"_typeName": "string"
}
}
],
"message": "string"
}
]
}