Host Diagnostic System Query Partition Create Options

Retrieves a list of disks that can be used to contain a diagnostic partition.

This list will contain disks that have sufficient space to contain a diagnostic partition of the specific type.

The choices will be returned in the order that is most preferable as determined by the system.

Required privileges: Host.Config.Storage

Request

URI

POST

https://{vcenter-host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/HostDiagnosticSystem/{moId}/QueryPartitionCreateOptions

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 HostDiagnosticSystem/{moId}.

string

release

Required

The vSphere release schema. The current specification covers vSphere 8.0.3.0 APIs.

Request Body

QueryPartitionCreateOptionsRequestType of type(s) application/json

Required

{
    "storageType": "string",
    "diagnosticType": "string"
}

string

storageType

Required

storageType

string

diagnosticType

Required

diagnosticType

Authentication

This operation uses the following authentication methods.

Session

Responses

200

Returns Array of HostDiagnosticPartitionCreateOption of type(s) application/json

[
    {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "storageType": "string",
        "diagnosticType": "string",
        "disk": {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "deviceName": "string",
            "deviceType": "string",
            "key": "string",
            "uuid": "string",
            "descriptor": [
                {
                    "_typeName": "string",
                    "quality": "string",
                    "id": "string"
                }
            ],
            "canonicalName": "string",
            "displayName": "string",
            "lunType": "string",
            "vendor": "string",
            "model": "string",
            "revision": "string",
            "scsiLevel": 0,
            "serialNumber": "string",
            "durableName": {
                "_typeName": "string",
                "namespace": "string",
                "namespaceId": 0,
                "data": [
                    0
                ]
            },
            "alternateName": [
                {
                    "_typeName": "string",
                    "namespace": "string",
                    "namespaceId": 0,
                    "data": [
                        0
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "standardInquiry": [
                0
            ],
            "queueDepth": 0,
            "operationalState": [
                "string"
            ],
            "capabilities": {
                "_typeName": "string",
                "updateDisplayNameSupported": false
            },
            "vStorageSupport": "string",
            "protocolEndpoint": false,
            "perenniallyReserved": false,
            "clusteredVmdkSupported": false,
            "applicationProtocol": "string",
            "dispersedNs": false,
            "deviceReservation": "string",
            "capacity": {
                "_typeName": "string",
                "blockSize": 0,
                "block": 0
            },
            "devicePath": "string",
            "ssd": false,
            "localDisk": false,
            "physicalLocation": [
                "string"
            ],
            "emulatedDIXDIFEnabled": false,
            "vsanDiskInfo": {
                "_typeName": "string",
                "vsanUuid": "string",
                "formatVersion": 0
            },
            "scsiDiskType": "string",
            "usedByMemoryTiering": false
        }
    }
]

500

NotSupported: if the host is not an ESX Server.

InvalidArgument: if an invalid storage type is specified.

HostConfigFault: on some internal failure while querying the create options.

Returns HostConfigFault of type(s) application/json

This response body class contains all of the following: VimFault

{
    "_typeName": "string",
    "faultCause": "MethodFault Object",
    "faultMessage": [
        {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "key": "string",
            "arg": [
                {
                    "_typeName": "string",
                    "key": "string",
                    "value": {
                        "_typeName": "string"
                    }
                }
            ],
            "message": "string"
        }
    ]
}

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Description

Request

Path Parameters

Request Body

Authentication

Response

200 Response Body

Errors

Virtual Infrastructure Operations

POST

Host Diagnostic System Create Diagnostic Partition