Clusters_VirtualMachines_LinkedCloneSpec

Clusters_VirtualMachines_LinkedCloneSpec
Clusters_VirtualMachines_LinkedCloneSpec

The VirtualMachines.LinkedCloneSpec structure contains fields to create linked clone virtual machine from the given snapshot.

JSON Example 
{
    "snapshot": "string",
    "name": "string",
    "placement": {
        "folder": "string",
        "resource_pool": "string",
        "host": "string"
    }
}
string
snapshot
Required

Identifier of the virtual machine snapshot using which the virtual machine shall be cloned. VirtualMachines.LinkedCloneSpec.snapshot must be a snapshot of a virtual machine on the same cluster where virtual machine being cloned. When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.snapservice.vm.snapshot. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.snapservice.vm.snapshot.

string
name
Required

Name of the cloned virtual machine.

Clusters_VirtualMachines_LinkedClonePlacementSpec
placement
Optional

The VirtualMachines.LinkedClonePlacementSpec structure contains fields used to place cloned virtual machine on to resources within the vcenter inventory.

Parameter To