Cluster EVC Manager Check Add Host Evc Task

Test the validity of adding a host into the managed cluster.

Note that this method only tests EVC admission control; host-add may fail for other reasons.

Required privileges: System.View

Request

URI

POST

https://{vcenter-host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/ClusterEVCManager/{moId}/CheckAddHostEvc_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 ClusterEVCManager/{moId}.

string

release

Required

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

Request Body

CheckAddHostEvcRequestType of type(s) application/json

Required

Show optional properties

{
    "cnxSpec": {
        "force": false
    }
}

{
    "cnxSpec": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "hostName": "string",
        "port": 0,
        "sslThumbprint": "string",
        "userName": "string",
        "password": "string",
        "vmFolder": {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "type": "string",
            "value": "string"
        },
        "force": false,
        "vimAccountName": "string",
        "vimAccountPassword": "string",
        "managementIp": "string",
        "lockdownMode": "string",
        "hostGateway": {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "gatewayType": "string",
            "gatewayId": "string",
            "trustVerificationToken": "string",
            "hostAuthParams": [
                {
                    "_typeName": "string",
                    "key": "string",
                    "value": "string"
                }
            ]
        }
    }
}

HostConnectSpec

cnxSpec

Required

Specifies the parameters needed to add a single host.

This includes a small set of optional information about the host configuration. This allows the network and datastore configuration of the host to be synchronized with the naming conventions of the datacenter, as well as the configuration of a vim account (the username/password for the virtual machine files that is created on disk).

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

InvalidLogin: if authentication with the host fails.

HostConnectFault: if an error occurred when attempting to connect to the host. Typically, a more specific subclass is thrown.

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"
        }
    ]
}

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Description

Request

Path Parameters

Request Body

Authentication

Response

200 Response Body

Errors

Virtual Infrastructure Operations

POST

Cluster EVC Manager Check Add Host Evc Task