Virtual Machine Snapshot Rename Snapshot

Rename this snapshot with either a new name or a new description or both.

At least one of these must be specified when calling the rename method.

Required privileges: VirtualMachine.State.RenameSnapshot

Request

URI

POST

https://{vcenter-host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/VirtualMachineSnapshot/{moId}/RenameSnapshot

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 VirtualMachineSnapshot/{moId}.

string

release

Required

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

Request Body

RenameSnapshotRequestType of type(s) application/json

Required

{
    "name": "string",
    "description": "string"
}

string

name

Optional

New name for the snapshot.

string

description

Optional

New description for the snapshot.

Authentication

This operation uses the following authentication methods.

Session

Responses

204

No Content

Operation doesn't return any data structure

500

NotSupported: if the host product does not support snapshot rename.

InvalidName: if the specified snapshot name is not valid.

TaskInProgress: if the virtual machine is busy.

InvalidPowerState: if the operation cannot be performed in the current power state of the virtual machine.

InvalidState: if the operation cannot be performed in the current state of the virtual machine. For example, the virtual machine's configuration is not available.

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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Response

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