Scheduled Task Manager Create Object Scheduled Task

Creates a scheduled task.

Request

URI

POST

https://{vcenter-host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/ScheduledTaskManager/{moId}/CreateObjectScheduledTask

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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 ScheduledTaskManager/{moId}.

string

release

Required

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

Request Body

CreateObjectScheduledTaskRequestType of type(s) application/json

Required

Show optional properties

{
    "obj": {},
    "spec": {}
}

{
    "obj": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "type": "string",
        "value": "string"
    },
    "spec": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "name": "string",
        "description": "string",
        "enabled": false,
        "scheduler": {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "activeTime": "string",
            "expireTime": "string"
        },
        "action": {
            "_typeName": "string"
        },
        "notification": "string"
    }
}

obj

Required

The managed object for which the scheduled task triggers an action. You can schedule tasks on any managed object.

Required privileges: ScheduledTask.Create

spec

Required

The specification for the new scheduled task.

Authentication

This operation uses the following authentication methods.

Session

Responses

200

The scheduled task created by the operation.

Returns MoRefScheduledTask of type(s) application/json

This response body class contains all of the following: MoRefExtensibleManagedObject

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

500

InvalidName: if the scheduled task name is empty or too long.

DuplicateName: if a scheduled task with the name already exists.

InvalidArgument: if the specification is invalid.

Returns VimFault of type(s) application/json

This response body class contains all of the following: MethodFault

{
    "_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"
        }
    ]
}

Code Samples

COPY

                    curl -X POST -H 'Authorization: <value>' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"obj":"{}","spec":"{}"}' https://{api_host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/ScheduledTaskManager/{moId}/CreateObjectScheduledTask

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Description

Request

Path Parameters

Request Body

Authentication

Response

200 Response Body

Errors

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Scheduled Task Manager Create Scheduled Task