Virtual Machine Reset Guest Information
Clears cached guest information.
Guest information can be cleared only if the virtual machine is powered off.
This method can be useful if stale information is cached, preventing an IP address or MAC address from being reused.
Required privileges: VirtualMachine.Config.ResetGuestInfo
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 VirtualMachine/{moId}
.
The vSphere release schema. The current specification covers vSphere 8.0.2.0 APIs.
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InvalidState: if the virtual machine is not powered off.
NotSupported: if the virtual machine is marked as a template.
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