VMware Cloud Director API - VMWProviderVdcParams

VMWProviderVdcParamsType

Element:

VMWProviderVdcParams

Type:

VMWProviderVdcParamsType

Namespace:

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

Description:

Parameters to create or update a Provider vDC.

Since:

5.1

Schema:

vmwextensions.xsd

Media type(s):

application/vnd.vmware.admin.createProviderVdcParams+xml
application/vnd.vmware.admin.createProviderVdcParams+json

Extends:

ParamsType

XML Representation:

<VMWProviderVdcParams xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/extension/v1.5" xmlns:vcloud_v1.5="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5" name="xs:string">
    <Description> xs:string </Description>
    <ResourcePoolRefs>
        <VimObjectRef>
            <vcloud_v1.5:VimServerRef href="xs:anyURI" id="xs:string" type="xs:string" name="xs:string"/>
            <MoRef> xs:string </MoRef>
            <VimObjectType> xs:string </VimObjectType>
        </VimObjectRef>
    </ResourcePoolRefs>
    <vcloud_v1.5:VimServer href="xs:anyURI" id="xs:string" type="xs:string" name="xs:string"/>
    <vcloud_v1.5:NsxTManagerReference href="xs:anyURI" id="xs:string" type="xs:string" name="xs:string"/>
    <vcloud_v1.5:NetworkPool href="xs:anyURI" id="xs:string" type="xs:string" name="xs:string"/>
    <HighestSupportedHardwareVersion> xs:string </HighestSupportedHardwareVersion>
    <IsEnabled> xs:boolean </IsEnabled>
    <StorageProfile> xs:string </StorageProfile>
    <HostRefs>
        <HostObjectRef>
            <vcloud_v1.5:VimServerRef href="xs:anyURI" id="xs:string" type="xs:string" name="xs:string"/>
            <MoRef> xs:string </MoRef>
            <VimObjectType> xs:string </VimObjectType>
            <Username> xs:string </Username>
            <Password> xs:string </Password>
        </HostObjectRef>
    </HostRefs>
    <DefaultPassword> xs:string </DefaultPassword>
    <DefaultUsername> xs:string </DefaultUsername>
    <AutoCreateNetworkPool> xs:boolean </AutoCreateNetworkPool>
</VMWProviderVdcParams>

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Required	Modifiable	Since	Deprecated	Description
name	string	No	always	5.1		Typically used to name or identify the subject of the request. For example, the name of the object being created or modified.

Elements

Element	Type	Required	Modifiable	Since	Description
AutoCreateNetworkPool	boolean	No	always	36.0	If true, network pool is automatically created if no network pool is specified. Defaults to true.
DefaultPassword	string	No	none	5.1	The default password which will be used for preparing hosts.
DefaultUsername	string	No	none	5.1	The default username which will be used for preparing hosts.
Description	string	No	always	5.1	Optional description.
HighestSupportedHardwareVersion	string	No	always	5.1	The highest virtual hardware version supported by this Provider vDC. If empty or omitted on creation, the system sets it to the highest virtual hardware version suported by all hosts in the primary resource pool. You can modify it when you add more resource pools.
HostRefs	HostObjectRefsType	No	none	5.1	List of host which will be prepared.
IsEnabled	boolean	No	always	5.1	Flag to show the enabled status of provider VDC.
NetworkPool	ReferenceType	No	always	33.0	Reference to a Geneve or VXLAN Network Pool to be assigned to this Provider VDC. Leave empty to have the system create a default VXLAN pool and assign it to the Provider VDC.
NsxTManagerReference	ReferenceType	No	none	31.0	An optional reference to a Registered NSX-T Manager to back networking operations for this Provider vDC.
ResourcePoolRefs	VimObjectRefsType	Yes	always	5.1	Resource pools backing this provider vDC. You must specify a resource pool that is not used by (and is not the child of a resource pool used by) any other provider vDC.
StorageProfile	string	Yes	none	5.1	Names of the storage profiles to add to this provider vDC.
VCloudExtension	VCloudExtensionType	No	always	5.1	An optional extension element that can contain an arbitrary number of elements and attributes. Not related to extension services.
VimServer	ReferenceType	Yes	always	5.1	The vCenter server that provides the resource pools and datastores. A valid reference is required on create. On modify, this element is required for schema validation, but its contents cannot be changed.

Operations

CRUD	Operation	Description	Since	Deprecated
as input	POST /admin/extension/providervdcsparams	Create a provider vDC.	5.1