Vcenter Deployment Migrate check

Vcenter Deployment Migrate check

This operation is deprecated as of vSphere API 8.0.3.0 and removed in vSphere API 9.0.0.0.

Run sanity checks using the MigrateSpec parameters passed.

This operation was added in vSphere API 7.0.0.0.

Request
URI
POST
https://{api_host}/api/vcenter/deployment/migrate?action=check
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Request Body

MigrateSpec parameters to run sanity check on.

Vcenter Deployment Migrate MigrateSpec of type(s) application/json
Required

Show optional properties

{
    "source_vc_windows": {},
    "existing_migration_assistant": {}
}
{
    "source_vc_windows": {
        "hostname": "string",
        "username": "string",
        "password": "string"
    },
    "existing_migration_assistant": {
        "https_port": 0,
        "ssl_thumbprint": "string",
        "ssl_certificate": "string"
    },
    "history": {
        "data_set": "string",
        "defer_import": false
    },
    "vcsa_embedded": {
        "ceip_enabled": false
    },
    "psc": {
        "ceip_enabled": false
    },
    "active_directory": {
        "domain": "string",
        "username": "string",
        "password": "string"
    },
    "auto_answer": false,
    "replicated_partner_hostname": "string",
    "export_directory": "string"
}
source_vc_windows
Required

This property is deprecated as of vSphere API 8.0.3.0 and removed in vSphere API 9.0.0.0.

Information specific to the Windows vCenter Server.

This property was added in vSphere API 7.0.0.0.

existing_migration_assistant
Required

This property is deprecated as of vSphere API 8.0.3.0 and removed in vSphere API 9.0.0.0.

Information specific to the Migration Assistant that is running on the Windows vCenter Server.

This property was added in vSphere API 7.0.0.0.

history
Optional

This property is deprecated as of vSphere API 8.0.3.0 and removed in vSphere API 9.0.0.0.

Determines how vCenter history will be migrated during the migration process. vCenter history consists of:

  • Statistics
  • Events
  • Tasks By default only core data will be migrated. Use this spec to define which part of vCenter history data will be migrated and when.

This property was added in vSphere API 7.0.0.0.

If missing or null, only core database content will be migrated.

vcsa_embedded
Optional

This property is deprecated as of vSphere API 8.0.3.0 and removed in vSphere API 9.0.0.0.

Information specific to an embedded vCenter Server.

This property was added in vSphere API 7.0.0.0.

Only required if the vCenter Server that is going to be migrated is an embedded vCenter Server.

psc
Optional

This property is deprecated as of vSphere API 8.0.3.0 and removed in vSphere API 9.0.0.0.

Information specific to a Platform Services Controller.

This property was added in vSphere API 7.0.0.0.

Only required if the vCenter Server that is going to be migrated is a Platform Services Controller.

active_directory
Optional

This property is deprecated as of vSphere API 8.0.3.0 and removed in vSphere API 9.0.0.0.

Information specific to the Active Directory server to which the source windows vCenter Server is joined.

This property was added in vSphere API 7.0.0.0.

If missing or null, existing appliance will not be joined to an Active Directory.

boolean
auto_answer
Optional

This property is deprecated as of vSphere API 8.0.3.0 and removed in vSphere API 9.0.0.0.

Use the default option for any questions that may come up during appliance configuration.

This property was added in vSphere API 7.0.0.0.

If missing or null, will default to false.

string
replicated_partner_hostname
Optional

This property is deprecated as of vSphere API 8.0.3.0 and removed in vSphere API 9.0.0.0.

Applicable only if the convergence is in progress and at least one of the nodes is already migrated. Set the replication partner for the currently migrated node and provide the value of any previously converged migrated node host name as either IP address or FQDN. If missing or null, when the migration finishes, the vCenter Server external Platform Services Controller are converged into the vCenter Server appliance.

This property was added in vSphere API 7.0.0.0.

string
export_directory
Optional

This property is deprecated as of vSphere API 8.0.3.0 and removed in vSphere API 9.0.0.0.

Use the option to provide export directory information during vCenter Server migration.

This property was added in vSphere API 7.0.0.0.

If missing or null, will default to root directory.

Authentication
This operation uses the following authentication methods.
Responses
200

CheckInfo containing the check results.

Returns Vcenter Deployment CheckInfo of type(s) application/json
"Vcenter Deployment CheckInfo Object"
string
status
Required

Status of the check.

For more information see: Vcenter Deployment CheckStatus.

This property was added in vSphere API 6.7.

result
Optional

Result of the check.

This property was added in vSphere API 6.7.

This property will be missing or null if result is not available at the current step of the task.

source_info
Optional

Information collected from the source machine.

This property was added in vSphere API 7.0.0.0.

This property is used only for upgrade.


400

Vapi Std Errors InvalidArgument if passed arguments are invalid.

Vapi Std Errors NotAllowedInCurrentState if the appliance is not in INITIALIZED state.

Returns Vapi Std Errors Error of type(s) application/json
"Vapi Std Errors Error Object"
array of object
messages
Required

Stack of one or more localizable messages for human error consumers.

The message at the top of the stack (first in the list) describes the error from the perspective of the operation the client invoked.

Each subsequent message in the stack describes the "cause" of the prior message.

object
data
Optional

Data to facilitate clients responding to the operation reporting a standard error to indicating that it was unable to complete successfully.

Operations may provide data that clients can use when responding to errors. Since the data that clients need may be specific to the context of the operation reporting the error, different operations that report the same error may provide different data in the error. The documentation for each each operation will describe what, if any, data it provides for each error it reports.

The Vapi Std Errors ArgumentLocations, Vapi Std Errors FileLocations, and Vapi Std Errors TransientIndication schemas are intended as possible values for this property. Vapi Std DynamicID may also be useful as a value for this property (although that is not its primary purpose). Some resources may provide their own specific schemas for use as the value of this property when reporting errors from their operations.

Some operations will not set this property when reporting errors.

string
error_type
Required

Discriminator field to help API consumers identify the structure type.

For more information see: Vapi Std Errors Error Type.

This property was added in vSphere API 6.7.2.

Can be missing or null for compatibility with preceding implementations.


401

if the caller is not authenticated.

if migration assistant credentials are not valid.

Returns Vapi Std Errors Unauthenticated of type(s) application/json
This response body class contains all of the following: InlineVapi Std Errors Unauthenticated0
"Vapi Std Errors Unauthenticated Object"
string
challenge
Optional

Indicates the authentication challenges applicable to the target API provider. It can be used by a client to discover the correct authentication scheme to use. The exact syntax of the value is defined by the specific provider, the protocol and authentication schemes used.

For example, a provider using REST may adhere to the WWW-Authenticate HTTP header specification, RFC7235, section 4.1. In this case an example challenge value may be: SIGN realm="27da1358-2ba4-11e9-b210-d663bd873d93",sts="http://vcenter/sso?vsphere.local", Basic realm="vCenter"

This property was added in vSphere API 7.0.0.0.

This property is optional because it was added in a newer version than its parent node.


Code Samples
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                    curl -X POST -H 'Authorization: <value>' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"existing_migration_assistant":"{}","source_vc_windows":"{}"}' https://{api_host}/api/vcenter/deployment/migrate?action=check