Datastore Namespace Manager Convert Namespace Path To Uuid Path

Datastore Namespace Manager Convert Namespace Path To Uuid Path
Convert the namespace path to the namespace UUID path.

Convert the namespace path to the namespace UUID path.

Required privileges: System.View

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

string
release
Required

The vSphere release schema. The current specification covers vSphere 9.1.0.0 APIs.

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

Show optional properties

{
    "namespaceUrl": "string"
}
{
    "datacenter": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "type": "string",
        "value": "string"
    },
    "namespaceUrl": "string"
}
datacenter
Optional

The datacenter of the namespace path. Needs to be set when making the call to VC; ignored when the call is made to ESX.

string
namespaceUrl
Required

Namespace URL of the form

[ds://]/vmfs/volumes/[datastore-uuid]/[directory-name]/...

Authentication
This operation uses the following authentication methods.
Responses
200

the URL path with namespace object UUID, of the form

[ds://]/vmfs/volumes/[datastore-uuid]/[directory-uuid]/...

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

500

InvalidDatastore: if the given datastore is not supported by the DatastoreNamespaceManager

InvalidDatastorePath: if the given path is not a top-level directory

Returns InvalidDatastore of type(s) application/json
This response body class contains all of the following: VimFault 
{
    "_typeName": "string",
    "faultCause": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "faultCause": "MethodFault Object",
        "faultMessage": [
            {
                "_typeName": "string",
                "key": "string",
                "arg": [
                    {
                        "_typeName": "string",
                        "key": "string",
                        "value": {
                            "_typeName": "string"
                        }
                    }
                ],
                "message": "string"
            }
        ]
    },
    "faultMessage": [
        {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "key": "string",
            "arg": [
                {
                    "_typeName": "string",
                    "key": "string",
                    "value": {
                        "_typeName": "string"
                    }
                }
            ],
            "message": "string"
        }
    ],
    "datastore": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "type": "string",
        "value": "string"
    },
    "name": "string"
}
datastore
Optional

The datastore that is invalid.

string
name
Optional

The name of the datastore that is invalid.


Code Samples
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                    curl -X POST -H 'Authorization: <value>' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"namespaceUrl":"string"}' https://{api_host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/DatastoreNamespaceManager/{moId}/ConvertNamespacePathToUuidPath
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