Virtual Machine Snapshot APIs

The Snapshot managed object type specifies the interface to individual snapshots of a virtual machine.

Although these are managed objects, they are subordinate to their virtual machine.

Operations

POST

Virtual Machine Snapshot Export Snapshot

Obtains an export lease on this snapshot.

GET

Virtual Machine Snapshot Get Available Field

List of custom field definitions that are valid for the object's type.

GET

Virtual Machine Snapshot Get Child Snapshot

All snapshots for which this snapshot is the parent.

GET

Virtual Machine Snapshot Get Config

Information about the configuration of this virtual machine when this snapshot was taken.

GET

Virtual Machine Snapshot Get Value

List of custom field values.

GET

Virtual Machine Snapshot Get Vm

The virtual machine for which the snapshot was taken.

POST

Virtual Machine Snapshot Remove Snapshot Task

Removes this snapshot and deletes any associated storage.

POST

Virtual Machine Snapshot Rename Snapshot

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

POST

Virtual Machine Snapshot Revert To Snapshot Task

Change the execution state of the virtual machine to the state of this snapshot.

POST

Virtual Machine Snapshot Set Custom Value

Assigns a value to a custom field.