Virtual Machine Guest Customization Manager Customize Guest Task

Virtual Machine Guest Customization Manager Customize Guest Task

Customize a running virtual machine.

The virtual machine must be in the powered-on state and the VMware Tools must be running. The VM is typically a cloned VM after the InstantClone operation. See InstantClone_Task.

Required privileges: VirtualMachine.Provisioning.Customize

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

string
release
Required

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

Request Body
CustomizeGuestRequestType of type(s) application/json
Required 
{
    "vm": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "type": "string",
        "value": "string"
    },
    "auth": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "interactiveSession": false
    },
    "spec": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "options": {
            "_typeName": "string"
        },
        "identity": {
            "_typeName": "string"
        },
        "globalIPSettings": {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "dnsSuffixList": [
                "string"
            ],
            "dnsServerList": [
                "string"
            ]
        },
        "nicSettingMap": [
            {
                "_typeName": "string",
                "macAddress": "string",
                "adapter": {
                    "_typeName": "string",
                    "ip": {
                        "_typeName": "string"
                    },
                    "subnetMask": "string",
                    "gateway": [
                        "string"
                    ],
                    "ipV6Spec": {
                        "_typeName": "string",
                        "ip": [
                            {
                                "_typeName": "string"
                            }
                        ],
                        "gateway": [
                            "string"
                        ]
                    },
                    "dnsServerList": [
                        "string"
                    ],
                    "dnsDomain": "string",
                    "primaryWINS": "string",
                    "secondaryWINS": "string",
                    "netBIOS": "string"
                }
            }
        ],
        "encryptionKey": [
            0
        ]
    },
    "configParams": [
        {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "key": "string",
            "value": {
                "_typeName": "string"
            }
        }
    ]
}
MoRefVirtualMachine
vm
Required

Reference to an instance of the VirtualMachine managed object.

GuestAuthentication
auth
Required

GuestAuthentication is an abstract base class for authentication in the guest.

CustomizationSpec
spec
Required

The Specification data object type contains information required to customize a virtual machine when deploying it or migrating it to a new host.

array of OptionValue
configParams
Optional

addtional key/value pair list to support third party customization.

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

TaskInProgress: if the virtual machine is busy.

InvalidPowerState: if the VM is not powered on.

InvalidState: if the operation cannot be performed because of the virtual machine's current state. For example, if the VMware Tools is not running.

InvalidGuestLogin: if the the guest authentication information was not accepted.

GuestPermissionDenied: if the provided guest authentication is not sufficient to perform the guest customization.

CustomizationFault: if a customization error occurs.

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"
        }
    ]
}

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