Host Profile Manager Update Answer File Task

Update the AnswerFile for the specified host.

If there is no answer file associated with the host, the Profile Engine uses the answer file configuration specification to create a new one.

Required privileges: Profile.Edit

Request

URI

POST

https://{vcenter-host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/HostProfileManager/{moId}/UpdateAnswerFile_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 HostProfileManager/{moId}.

string

release

Required

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

Request Body

UpdateAnswerFileRequestType of type(s) application/json

Required

Show optional properties

{
    "host": {},
    "configSpec": {}
}

{
    "host": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "type": "string",
        "value": "string"
    },
    "configSpec": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "validating": false
    }
}

MoRefHostSystem

host

Required

Reference to an instance of the HostSystem managed object.

AnswerFileCreateSpec

configSpec

Required

Base class for host-specific answer file options.

Authentication

This operation uses the following authentication methods.

Session

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

AnswerFileUpdateFailed: If the answer file could not be updated.

InvalidArgument: If the input parameters are incorrect.

Returns AnswerFileUpdateFailed 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"
        }
    ],
    "failure": [
        {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "userInputPath": {
                "_typeName": "string",
                "profilePath": "string",
                "policyId": "string",
                "parameterId": "string",
                "policyOptionId": "string"
            },
            "errMsg": {
                "_typeName": "string",
                "key": "string",
                "arg": [
                    {
                        "_typeName": "string",
                        "key": "string",
                        "value": {
                            "_typeName": "string"
                        }
                    }
                ],
                "message": "string"
            }
        }
    ]
}

array of AnswerFileUpdateFailure

failure

Required

Failures encountered during answer file update

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Request

Path Parameters

Request Body

Authentication

Response

200 Response Body