Vslm V Storage Object Manager Vslm Clone V Storage Object Task

Vslm V Storage Object Manager Vslm Clone V Storage Object Task

Clone a virtual storage object.

Requires Datastore.FileManagement privilege on both source and destination datastore.

VslmSyncFault will set in the task error if the cloneVStorageObject completed successfully but the datastore synchronization failed.

Required privileges: System.View

Request
URI
POST
https://{vcenter-host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/vslm/VslmVStorageObjectManager/{moId}/VslmCloneVStorageObject_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 VslmVStorageObjectManager/{moId}.

string
release
Required

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

Request Body
VslmCloneVStorageObjectRequestType of type(s) application/json
Required

Show optional properties

{
    "id": {
        "id": "string"
    },
    "spec": {
        "name": "string"
    }
}
{
    "id": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "id": "string"
    },
    "spec": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "backingSpec": {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "datastore": {
                "_typeName": "string",
                "type": "string",
                "value": "string"
            },
            "path": "string"
        },
        "profile": [
            {
                "_typeName": "string"
            }
        ],
        "consolidate": false,
        "disksCrypto": {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "parent": "DiskCryptoSpec Object",
            "crypto": {
                "_typeName": "string"
            }
        },
        "service": {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "instanceUuid": "string",
            "url": "string",
            "credential": {
                "_typeName": "string"
            },
            "sslThumbprint": "string"
        },
        "name": "string",
        "keepAfterDeleteVm": false,
        "metadata": [
            {
                "_typeName": "string",
                "key": "string",
                "value": "string"
            }
        ]
    }
}
ID
id
Required

This data object type describes an identifier class which is globally unique to identify the associated object.

VslmCloneSpec
spec
Required

Specification of cloning a virtual storage object.

Authentication
This operation uses the following authentication methods.
Responses
200

OK

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 cloning the virtual storage object.

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

NotFound: If specified virtual storage object cannot be found.

VslmFault: If a VSLM internal server error occurred.

Returns MethodFault of type(s) application/json
This response body class contains all of the following: Any 
{
    "_typeName": "string",
    "faultCause": "MethodFault Object",
    "faultMessage": [
        {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "key": "string",
            "arg": [
                {
                    "_typeName": "string",
                    "key": "string",
                    "value": {
                        "_typeName": "string"
                    }
                }
            ],
            "message": "string"
        }
    ]
}
MethodFault
faultCause
Optional

The base data object type for all the object model faults that an application might handle.

array of LocalizableMessage
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.


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