Virtual Machine Snapshot Revert To Snapshot Task
Change the execution state of the virtual machine to the state of this snapshot.
Required privileges: VirtualMachine.State.RevertToSnapshot
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 VirtualMachineSnapshot/{moId}
.
The vSphere release schema. The current specification covers vSphere 8.0.2.0 APIs.
{
"host": {
"_typeName": "string",
"type": "string",
"value": "string"
},
"suppressPowerOn": false
}
(optional) If set to true, the virtual machine will not be powered on regardless of the power state when the snapshot was created. Default to false.
This method returns a Task object with which to monitor the operation.
{
"_typeName": "string",
"type": "string",
"value": "string"
}
TaskInProgress: if the virtual machine is busy.
NotSupported: if the host product does not support snapshots.
InsufficientResourcesFault: if this operation would violate a resource usage policy.
InvalidPowerState: if the operation cannot be performed in the current power state of the virtual machine.
InvalidState: if the operation cannot be performed in the current state of the virtual machine. For example, the virtual machine's configuration is not available.
VmConfigFault: if a configuration issue prevents the power-on. Typically, a more specific fault, such as UnsupportedVmxLocation, is thrown.
FileFault: if there is a problem accessing the virtual machine on the filesystem.
{
"_typeName": "string",
"faultCause": "MethodFault Object",
"faultMessage": [
{
"_typeName": "string",
"key": "string",
"arg": [
{
"_typeName": "string",
"key": "string",
"value": {
"_typeName": "string"
}
}
],
"message": "string"
}
]
}