Vslm V Storage Object Manager Vslm Create Snapshot Task

Vslm V Storage Object Manager Vslm Create Snapshot Task
Creates a snapshot of a given VStorageObject.

Creates a snapshot of a given VStorageObject.

Requires Datastore.FileManagement privilege.

Request
URI
POST
https://{vcenter-host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/vslm/VslmVStorageObjectManager/{moId}/VslmCreateSnapshot_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 9.1.0.0 APIs.

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

Show optional properties

{
    "id": {},
    "description": "string"
}
{
    "id": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "id": "string"
    },
    "description": "string"
}
id
Required

The ID of the virtual storage object.

string
description
Required

A short description to be associated with the snapshot.

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 snapshotting the virtual storage object.

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

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

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": {
        "_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 '{"id":"{}","description":"string"}' https://{api_host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/vslm/VslmVStorageObjectManager/{moId}/VslmCreateSnapshot_Task
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