Virtual Disk Manager Copy Virtual Disk Task

Virtual Disk Manager Copy Virtual Disk Task

Copy a virtual disk, performing conversions as specified in the spec.

If source (or destination) name is specified as a URL, then the corresponding datacenter parameter may be omitted.

If source and destination resolve to the same file system location, the call has no effect, regardless of destSpec content.

Requires Datastore.FileManagement privilege on both source and destination datastores.

Required privileges: System.View

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

string
release
Required

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


Request Body
CopyVirtualDiskRequestType of type(s) application/json
Required
{
    "sourceName": "string",
    "sourceDatacenter": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "type": "string",
        "value": "string"
    },
    "destName": "string",
    "destDatacenter": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "type": "string",
        "value": "string"
    },
    "destSpec": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "diskType": "string",
        "adapterType": "string"
    },
    "force": false
}
string
sourceName
Required

The name of the source, either a datastore path or a URL referring to the virtual disk to be copied.

sourceDatacenter
Optional

Reference to an instance of the Datacenter managed object.

string
destName
Required

The name of the destination, either a datastore path or a URL referring to the virtual disk to be created.

destDatacenter
Optional

Reference to an instance of the Datacenter managed object.

destSpec
Optional

Specification used to create or clone a virtual disk

boolean
force
Optional

The force flag is currently ignored. The FileAlreadyExists fault is thrown if the destination file already exists.

Authentication
This operation uses the following authentication methods.
Responses
200

This method returns a Task object with which to monitor the operation.

Returns MoRefTask of type(s) application/json
This response body class contains all of the following: MoRefExtensibleManagedObject
{
    "_typeName": "string",
    "type": "string",
    "value": "string"
}

500

FileFault: if an error occurs cloning the virtual disk.

InvalidDatastore: if the operation cannot be performed on the source or destination datastore.

InvalidDiskFormat: if the destination's format is not supported.

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