Host V Storage Object Manager Host Update V Storage Object Metadata Ex Task

Host V Storage Object Manager Host Update V Storage Object Metadata Ex Task

Update metadata KV pairs to a virtual storage object.

And this API is by design supposed to be used for all of the addition, modification and deletion operations of metadata KV pairs.

Requires Datastore.FileManagement privilege on the datastore where the virtual storage object is located.

Since: vSphere API Release 7.0.2.0

Required privileges: System.View

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

string
release
Required

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

Request Body
HostUpdateVStorageObjectMetadataExRequestType of type(s) application/json
Required

Show optional properties

{
    "id": {
        "id": "string"
    },
    "datastore": {}
}
{
    "id": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "id": "string"
    },
    "datastore": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "type": "string",
        "value": "string"
    },
    "metadata": [
        {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "key": "string",
            "value": "string"
        }
    ],
    "deleteKeys": [
        "string"
    ]
}
ID
id
Required

This data object type describes an identifier class which is globally unique to identify the associated object.

MoRefDatastore
datastore
Required

Reference to an instance of the Datastore managed object.

array of KeyValue
metadata
Optional

array of key/value strings. (keys must be unique within the list)

array of string
deleteKeys
Optional

array of keys need to be deleted

Authentication
This operation uses the following authentication methods.
Responses
200

OK

Returns MoRefTask of type(s) application/json
This response body class contains all of the following: MoRefExtensibleManagedObject 
{
    "_typeName": "string",
    "type": "string",
    "value": "string"
}

500

InvalidDatastore: If the operation cannot be performed on the datastore, such as datastore cannot be found or inaccessible.

InvalidState: If the operation cannot be performed on the disk.

NotFound: If specified virtual storage object cannot be found.

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 7.0.2.0
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