VMware Cloud Director API - VAppTemplate

VAppTemplateType

Element:

VAppTemplate

Type:

VAppTemplateType

Namespace:

http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5

Description:

Represents a vApp template.

Since:

0.9

Schema:

vAppTemplate.xsd

Media type(s):

application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.vAppTemplate+xml
application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.vAppTemplate+json

Extends:

ResourceEntityType

XML Representation:

<VAppTemplate xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5" xmlns:ovf="http://schemas.dmtf.org/ovf/envelope/1" href="xs:anyURI" type="xs:string" id="xs:string" operationKey="xs:string"
        name="xs:string" status="xs:int" ovfDescriptorUploaded="xs:boolean" goldMaster="xs:boolean">
    <Link href="xs:anyURI" id="xs:string" type="xs:string" name="xs:string"
            rel="xs:string" model="xs:string"/>
    <Description> xs:string </Description>
    <Tasks>
        <Task href="xs:anyURI" type="xs:string" id="xs:string" operationKey="xs:string"
                name="xs:string" status="xs:string" operation="xs:string" operationName="xs:string"
                serviceNamespace="xs:string" startTime="xs:dateTime" endTime="xs:dateTime" expiryTime="xs:dateTime"
                cancelRequested="xs:boolean">
            <Link href="xs:anyURI" id="xs:string" type="xs:string" name="xs:string"
                    rel="xs:string" model="xs:string"/>
            <Description> xs:string </Description>
            <Tasks> TasksInProgressType </Tasks>
            <Owner href="xs:anyURI" id="xs:string" type="xs:string" name="xs:string"/>
            <Error stackTrace="xs:string" message="xs:string" majorErrorCode="xs:int" minorErrorCode="xs:string"
                    vendorSpecificErrorCode="xs:string">
                <TenantError message="xs:string" majorErrorCode="xs:int" minorErrorCode="xs:string" vendorSpecificErrorCode="xs:string"/>
            </Error>
            <User href="xs:anyURI" id="xs:string" type="xs:string" name="xs:string"/>
            <Organization href="xs:anyURI" id="xs:string" type="xs:string" name="xs:string"/>
            <Progress> xs:int </Progress>
            <Params> ... </Params>
            <Details> xs:string </Details>
            <VcTaskList>
                <VcTask name="xs:string" moref="xs:string" status="xs:string" description="xs:string"
                        errorMessage="xs:string" objectName="xs:string" objectType="xs:string" objectMoref="xs:string"
                        virtualCenterID="xs:string" startTime="xs:dateTime" endTime="xs:dateTime"/>
            </VcTaskList>
            <Result>
                <ResultContent> ... </ResultContent>
                <ResultReference href="xs:anyURI" id="xs:string" type="xs:string" name="xs:string"/>
            </Result>
        </Task>
    </Tasks>
    <Files>
        <File href="xs:anyURI" type="xs:string" id="xs:string" operationKey="xs:string"
                name="xs:string" size="xs:long" bytesTransferred="xs:long" checksum="xs:normalizedString">
            <Link href="xs:anyURI" id="xs:string" type="xs:string" name="xs:string"
                    rel="xs:string" model="xs:string"/>
            <Description> xs:string </Description>
            <Tasks>
                <Task href="xs:anyURI" type="xs:string" id="xs:string" operationKey="xs:string"
                        name="xs:string" status="xs:string" operation="xs:string" operationName="xs:string"
                        serviceNamespace="xs:string" startTime="xs:dateTime" endTime="xs:dateTime" expiryTime="xs:dateTime"
                        cancelRequested="xs:boolean">
                    <Link href="xs:anyURI" id="xs:string" type="xs:string" name="xs:string"
                            rel="xs:string" model="xs:string"/>
                    <Description> xs:string </Description>
                    <Tasks> TasksInProgressType </Tasks>
                    <Owner href="xs:anyURI" id="xs:string" type="xs:string" name="xs:string"/>
                    <Error stackTrace="xs:string" message="xs:string" majorErrorCode="xs:int" minorErrorCode="xs:string"
                            vendorSpecificErrorCode="xs:string">
                        <TenantError message="xs:string" majorErrorCode="xs:int" minorErrorCode="xs:string" vendorSpecificErrorCode="xs:string"/>
                    </Error>
                    <User href="xs:anyURI" id="xs:string" type="xs:string" name="xs:string"/>
                    <Organization href="xs:anyURI" id="xs:string" type="xs:string" name="xs:string"/>
                    <Progress> xs:int </Progress>
                    <Params> ... </Params>
                    <Details> xs:string </Details>
                    <VcTaskList>
                        <VcTask name="xs:string" moref="xs:string" status="xs:string" description="xs:string"
                                errorMessage="xs:string" objectName="xs:string" objectType="xs:string" objectMoref="xs:string"
                                virtualCenterID="xs:string" startTime="xs:dateTime" endTime="xs:dateTime"/>
                    </VcTaskList>
                    <Result>
                        <ResultContent> ... </ResultContent>
                        <ResultReference href="xs:anyURI" id="xs:string" type="xs:string" name="xs:string"/>
                    </Result>
                </Task>
            </Tasks>
        </File>
    </Files>
    <Owner href="xs:anyURI" type="xs:string">
        <Link href="xs:anyURI" id="xs:string" type="xs:string" name="xs:string"
                rel="xs:string" model="xs:string"/>
        <User href="xs:anyURI" id="xs:string" type="xs:string" name="xs:string"/>
    </Owner>
    <Children>
        <Vm> VAppTemplateType </Vm>
    </Children>
    <ovf:Section> ovf:Section_Type </ovf:Section>
    <VAppScopedLocalId> xs:string </VAppScopedLocalId>
    <DefaultStorageProfile> xs:string </DefaultStorageProfile>
    <VdcComputePolicy href="xs:anyURI" id="xs:string" type="xs:string" name="xs:string"/>
    <ComputePolicy href="xs:anyURI" type="xs:string">
        <Link href="xs:anyURI" id="xs:string" type="xs:string" name="xs:string"
                rel="xs:string" model="xs:string"/>
        <VmPlacementPolicy href="xs:anyURI" id="xs:string" type="xs:string" name="xs:string"/>
        <VmPlacementPolicyFinal> xs:boolean </VmPlacementPolicyFinal>
        <VmSizingPolicy href="xs:anyURI" id="xs:string" type="xs:string" name="xs:string"/>
        <VmSizingPolicyFinal> xs:boolean </VmSizingPolicyFinal>
    </ComputePolicy>
    <DateCreated> xs:dateTime </DateCreated>
</VAppTemplate>

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Required	Modifiable	Since	Description
href	anyURI	No	always	0.9	The URI of the entity.
type	string	No	always	0.9	The MIME type of the entity.
id	string	No	none	0.9	The entity identifier, expressed in URN format. The value of this attribute uniquely identifies the entity, persists for the life of the entity, and is never reused.
operationKey	string	No	create	5.1	Optional unique identifier to support idempotent semantics for create and delete operations.
name	string	Yes	always	0.9	The name of the entity.
status	int	No	none	0.9	Creation status of the resource entity.
ovfDescriptorUploaded	boolean	No	none	0.9	True if the OVF descriptor for this template has been uploaded.
goldMaster	boolean	No	always	1.5	True if this template is a gold master.

Elements

Element	Type	Required	Modifiable	Since	Deprecated	Description
Children	VAppTemplateChildrenType	No	none	0.9		Container for virtual machines included in this vApp template.
ComputePolicy	ComputePolicyType	No	always	33.0		A reference to a vDC compute policy. This contains VM's actual vdc compute policy reference and also optionally an add-on policy which can only define VM's sizing.
DateCreated	dateTime	No	none	5.1		Creation date/time of the template.
DefaultStorageProfile	string	No	always	5.1		The name of the storage profile to be used for this object. The named storage profile must exist in the organization vDC that contains the object. If not specified, the default storage profile for the vDC is used.
Description	string	No	always	0.9		Optional description.
Files	FilesListType	No	none	0.9		Represents a list of files to be transferred (uploaded or downloaded). Each File in the list is part of the ResourceEntity.
Link	LinkType	No	none	0.9		A reference to an entity or operation associated with this object.
Owner	OwnerType	No	none	0.9		vAppTemplate owner.
Section	Section_Type	No		0.9		OVF sections included in this template.
Tasks	TasksInProgressType	No	none	0.9		A list of queued, running, or recently completed tasks associated with this entity.
VAppScopedLocalId	string	No	always	1.0		A unique identifier for the Vm in the scope of the vApp template.
VCloudExtension	VCloudExtensionType	No	always	0.9		An optional extension element that can contain an arbitrary number of elements and attributes. Not related to extension services.
VdcComputePolicy	ReferenceType	No	always	31.0	33.0	A reference to a vdc compute policy for template VM. During instantiation this vdc compute policy should be present in destination vDC.

Operations

CRUD	Operation	Description	Since	Deprecated
as input	PUT /vAppTemplate/{id}	Update the name, description and gold master of a vApp template.	0.9
as output	POST /admin/extension/vimServer/{id}/importVmAsVAppTemplate	Import a virtual machine from vCenter as a vCloud Director vApp template.	1.0
as output	POST /vdc/{id}/action/captureVApp	Create a vApp template from a vApp.	0.9	5.5
as output	POST /vdc/{id}/action/cloneVAppTemplate	Create a copy of a vApp template.	0.9