Event History Collector Read Previous Events

Reads the 'scrollable view' from the current position.

The scrollable position is moved to the next older page after the read. No item is returned when the head of the collector is reached.

Request

URI

POST

https://{vcenter-host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/EventHistoryCollector/{moId}/ReadPreviousEvents

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 EventHistoryCollector/{moId}.

string

release

Required

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

Request Body

ReadPreviousEventsRequestType of type(s) application/json

Required

{
    "maxCount": 0
}

integer As int32 As int32

maxCount

Required

The maximum number of items in the page.

Authentication

This operation uses the following authentication methods.

Session

Responses

200

Returns Array of Event of type(s) application/json

[
    {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "key": 0,
        "chainId": 0,
        "createdTime": "string",
        "userName": "string",
        "datacenter": {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "name": "string",
            "datacenter": {
                "_typeName": "string",
                "type": "string",
                "value": "string"
            }
        },
        "computeResource": {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "name": "string",
            "computeResource": {
                "_typeName": "string",
                "type": "string",
                "value": "string"
            }
        },
        "host": {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "name": "string",
            "host": {
                "_typeName": "string",
                "type": "string",
                "value": "string"
            }
        },
        "vm": {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "name": "string",
            "vm": {
                "_typeName": "string",
                "type": "string",
                "value": "string"
            }
        },
        "ds": {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "name": "string",
            "datastore": {
                "_typeName": "string",
                "type": "string",
                "value": "string"
            }
        },
        "net": {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "name": "string",
            "network": {
                "_typeName": "string",
                "type": "string",
                "value": "string"
            }
        },
        "dvs": {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "name": "string",
            "dvs": {
                "_typeName": "string",
                "type": "string",
                "value": "string"
            }
        },
        "fullFormattedMessage": "string",
        "changeTag": "string"
    }
]

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Request

Path Parameters

Request Body

Authentication

Response

200 Response Body

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