Resource Pool Create Resource Pool

Creates a new resource pool.

Required privileges: Resource.CreatePool

Request

URI

POST

https://{vcenter-host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/ResourcePool/{moId}/CreateResourcePool

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 ResourcePool/{moId}.

string

release

Required

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

Request Body

CreateResourcePoolRequestType of type(s) application/json

Required

Show optional properties

{
    "name": "string",
    "spec": {
        "cpuAllocation": {},
        "memoryAllocation": {}
    }
}

{
    "name": "string",
    "spec": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "entity": {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "type": "string",
            "value": "string"
        },
        "changeVersion": "string",
        "lastModified": "string",
        "cpuAllocation": {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "reservation": 0,
            "expandableReservation": false,
            "limit": 0,
            "shares": {
                "_typeName": "string",
                "shares": 0,
                "level": "string"
            },
            "overheadLimit": 0
        },
        "memoryAllocation": {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "reservation": 0,
            "expandableReservation": false,
            "limit": 0,
            "shares": {
                "_typeName": "string",
                "shares": 0,
                "level": "string"
            },
            "overheadLimit": 0
        },
        "scaleDescendantsShares": "string"
    }
}

string

name

Required

The name of the ResourcePool. Any % (percent) character used in this parameter must be escaped, unless it is used to start an escape sequence. Clients may also escape any other characters in this parameter.

ResourceConfigSpec

spec

Required

This data object type is a specification for a set of resources allocated to a virtual machine or a resource pool.

Authentication

This operation uses the following authentication methods.

Session

Responses

200

A reference to the new resource pool.

Returns MoRefResourcePool of type(s) application/json

This response body class contains all of the following: MoRefManagedEntity

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

500

NotSupported: if the ComputeResource does not support nested resource pools.

InvalidName: if the name is not a valid entity name.

DuplicateName: if this pool already contains an object with the given name.

InvalidArgument: if the pool specification is invalid.

InsufficientResourcesFault: if the operation would violate a resource usage policy. Typically, a more specific subclass, such as InsufficientCpuResourcesFault will be 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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