Profile Manager Query Policy Metadata
Get the Metadata information for the policyNames.
PolicyNames are available with the defaultProfile obtained by invoking the method createDefaultProfile.
Required privileges: System.View
Request
URI
POST
https://{vcenter-host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/ProfileManager/{moId}/QueryPolicyMetadata
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 ProfileManager/{moId}.
string
release
Required
The vSphere release schema. The current specification covers vSphere 8.0.2.0 APIs.
Request Body
QueryPolicyMetadataRequestType of type(s) application/json
Required
{
"policyName": [
"string"
],
"profile": {
"_typeName": "string",
"type": "string",
"value": "string"
}
}array of string
policyName
Optional
Retrieve metadata for the specified policyNames. If policyName is not specified, metadata for all policies will be returned.
Responses
200
The metadata information for the policy.
Returns Array of ProfilePolicyMetadata of type(s) application/json
[
{
"_typeName": "string",
"id": {
"_typeName": "string",
"label": "string",
"summary": "string",
"key": "string",
"messageCatalogKeyPrefix": "string",
"messageArg": [
{
"_typeName": "string",
"key": "string",
"value": {
"_typeName": "string"
}
}
]
},
"possibleOption": [
{
"_typeName": "string",
"id": {
"_typeName": "string",
"label": "string",
"summary": "string",
"key": "string",
"messageCatalogKeyPrefix": "string",
"messageArg": [
{
"_typeName": "string",
"key": "string",
"value": {
"_typeName": "string"
}
}
]
},
"parameter": [
{
"_typeName": "string",
"id": {
"_typeName": "string",
"label": "string",
"summary": "string",
"key": "string",
"messageCatalogKeyPrefix": "string",
"messageArg": [
{
"_typeName": "string",
"key": "string",
"value": {
"_typeName": "string"
}
}
]
},
"type": "string",
"optional": false,
"defaultValue": {
"_typeName": "string"
},
"hidden": false,
"securitySensitive": false,
"readOnly": false,
"parameterRelations": [
{
"_typeName": "string",
"relationTypes": [
"string"
],
"values": [
{
"_typeName": "string"
}
],
"path": {
"_typeName": "string",
"profilePath": "string",
"policyId": "string",
"parameterId": "string",
"policyOptionId": "string"
},
"minCount": 0,
"maxCount": 0
}
]
}
]
}
]
}
]