Datastore Namespace Manager Delete Directory

Deletes the given top-level directory from a datastore.

The top-level directory must be a full path of the form

/vmfs/volumes/[datastore-uuid]/[directory-uuid]

as returned by CreateDirectory.

Requires Datastore.Config privilege on the datastore.

See also CreateDirectory.

Request

URI

POST

https://{vcenter-host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/DatastoreNamespaceManager/{moId}/DeleteDirectory

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 DatastoreNamespaceManager/{moId}.

string

release

Required

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

Request Body

DeleteDirectoryRequestType of type(s) application/json

Required

Show optional properties

{
    "datastorePath": "string"
}

{
    "datacenter": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "type": "string",
        "value": "string"
    },
    "datastorePath": "string"
}

MoRefDatacenter

datacenter

Optional

Reference to an instance of the Datacenter managed object.

string

datastorePath

Required

Stable vmfs path of the directory to delete.

Authentication

This operation uses the following authentication methods.

Session

Responses

204

No Content

Operation doesn't return any data structure

500

FileNotFound: if the given directory can not be found

FileFault: if a generic system error happened.

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

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

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

204 Response Body

Errors

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