Vcenter V Storage Object Manager Reconcile Datastore Inventory Ex Task

Reconciles/scans datastore for the virtual storage objects and returns the result.

Requires Datastore.FileManagement privilege on the datastore.

Since: vSphere API Release 9.0.0.0

Required privileges: System.View

Request

URI

POST

https://{vcenter-host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/VcenterVStorageObjectManager/{moId}/ReconcileDatastoreInventoryEx_Task

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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 VcenterVStorageObjectManager/{moId}.

string

release

Required

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

Request Body

ReconcileDatastoreInventoryExRequestType of type(s) application/json

Required

Show optional properties

{
    "spec": {}
}

{
    "spec": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "datastore": {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "type": "string",
            "value": "string"
        },
        "includeDiskPaths": [
            "string"
        ],
        "excludeDiskPaths": [
            "string"
        ],
        "deepScan": false,
        "dryRun": false,
        "generateReport": 0
    }
}

spec

Required

The specification to reconcile/scan a datastore for virtual storage objects.

Authentication

This operation uses the following authentication methods.

Session

Responses

200

This method returns a Task object with which to monitor the operation. The info.result property in the Task contains the result VStorageObjectReconcileResult upon success.

Returns MoRefTask of type(s) application/json

This response body class contains all of the following: MoRefExtensibleManagedObject

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

500

FileFault: If an error occurs while reconciling the virtual storage object.

InvalidDatastore: If the operation cannot be performed on the datastore.

InvalidState: If the operation cannot be performed on the disk.

InvalidArgument: If there is invalid argument in VStorageObjectReconcileSpec.

Returns MethodFault of type(s) application/json

This response body class contains all of the following: Any

{
    "_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"
        }
    ]
}

faultCause

Optional

Fault which is the cause of this fault.

array of object

faultMessage

Optional

Message which has details about the error Message can also contain a key to message catalog which can be used to generate better localized messages.

Code Samples

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

Availability

Added in vSphere API Release 9.0.0.0

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Description

Request

Path Parameters

Request Body

Authentication

Response

200 Response Body

Errors

Virtual Infrastructure Operations