Host V Storage Object Manager Host Query Virtual Disk Uuid

Host V Storage Object Manager Host Query Virtual Disk Uuid

Get the virtual disk UUID.

Since: vSphere API Release 8.0.3.0

Required privileges: System.View

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

string
release
Required

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

Request Body
HostQueryVirtualDiskUuidRequestType of type(s) application/json
Required 
{
    "name": "string"
}
string
name
Required

The name of the disk, either a datastore path or a URL referring to the virtual disk whose uuid for the DDB entry needs to be queried. A URL has the form

scheme://authority/folder/path?dsName=dsName

where

  • scheme is http or https.
  • authority specifies the hostname or IP address of the VirtualCenter or ESX server and optionally the port.
  • dsName is the name of the Datastore.
  • path is a slash-delimited path from the root of the datastore.

A datastore path has the form

[datastore] path

where

  • datastore is the datastore name.
  • path is a slash-delimited path from the root of the datastore.

An example datastore path is "[storage] path/to/file.extension".

Authentication
This operation uses the following authentication methods.
Responses
200

The hex representation of the unique ID for this virtual disk.

Returns string of type(s) application/json
Operation doesn't return any data structure

500

FileFault: if an error occurs reading the virtual disk.

InvalidDatastore: if the operation cannot be performed on the datastore.

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"
        }
    ]
}

Availability
Added in vSphere API Release 8.0.3.0
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