LibraryItems APIs
The LibraryItems service provides operations to deploy virtual machines from library items containing virtual machine templates, as well as operations to create library items containing virtual machine templates. The LibraryItems service also provides an operation to retrieve information about the template contained in the library item.
Operations
POST
Create Vm Template Library Items
Creates a library item in content library from a virtual machine. This operation creates a library item in content library whose content is a virtual machine template created from the source virtual machine, using the supplied create specification. The virtual machine template is stored in a newly created library item. if you do not have all of the privileges described as follows: - Operation execution requires System.Read. - The resource com.vmware.content.Library referenced by the attribute LibraryItems.CreateSpec.library requires ContentLibrary.AddLibraryItem. - The resource VirtualMachine referenced by the attribute LibraryItems.CreateSpec.source-vm requires System.Read. - The resource Datastore referenced by the attribute LibraryItems.CreateSpecVmHomeStorage.datastore requires System.Read. - The resource com.vmware.spbm.StorageProfile referenced by the attribute LibraryItems.CreateSpecVmHomeStoragePolicy.policy requires System.Read. - The resource Datastore referenced by the attribute LibraryItems.CreateSpecDiskStorage.datastore requires System.Read. - The resource com.vmware.spbm.StorageProfile referenced by the attribute LibraryItems.CreateSpecDiskStoragePolicy.policy requires System.Read. - The resource com.vmware.vcenter.vm.hardware.Disk referenced by the map key of attribute LibraryItems.CreateSpec.disk-storage-overrides requires System.Read. - The resource Folder referenced by the attribute LibraryItems.CreatePlacementSpec.folder requires System.Read. - The resource ResourcePool referenced by the attribute LibraryItems.CreatePlacementSpec.resource-pool requires System.Read. - The resource HostSystem referenced by the attribute LibraryItems.CreatePlacementSpec.host requires System.Read. - The resource ClusterComputeResource referenced by the attribute LibraryItems.CreatePlacementSpec.cluster requires System.Read.
POST
Deploy Template Library Item Library Items
Deploys a virtual machine as a copy of the source virtual machine template contained in the library item specified by templateLibraryItem. It uses the deployment specification in spec. If LibraryItems.DeploySpec.powered-on and/or LibraryItems.DeploySpec.guest-customization are specified, the server triggers the power on and/or guest customization operations, which are executed asynchronously. if you do not have all of the privileges described as follows: - Operation execution requires System.Read. - The resource com.vmware.content.library.Item referenced by the parameter templateLibraryItem requires VirtualMachine.Provisioning.DeployTemplate. - The resource Datastore referenced by the attribute LibraryItems.DeploySpecVmHomeStorage.datastore requires System.Read. - The resource com.vmware.spbm.StorageProfile referenced by the attribute LibraryItems.DeploySpecVmHomeStoragePolicy.policy requires System.Read. - The resource Datastore referenced by the attribute LibraryItems.DeploySpecDiskStorage.datastore requires System.Read. - The resource com.vmware.spbm.StorageProfile referenced by the attribute LibraryItems.DeploySpecDiskStoragePolicy.policy requires System.Read. - The resource com.vmware.vcenter.vm.hardware.Disk referenced by the map key of attribute LibraryItems.DeploySpec.disk-storage-overrides requires System.Read. - The resource Folder referenced by the attribute LibraryItems.DeployPlacementSpec.folder requires System.Read. - The resource ResourcePool referenced by the attribute LibraryItems.DeployPlacementSpec.resource-pool requires System.Read. - The resource HostSystem referenced by the attribute LibraryItems.DeployPlacementSpec.host requires System.Read. - The resource ClusterComputeResource referenced by the attribute LibraryItems.DeployPlacementSpec.cluster requires System.Read. - The resource com.vmware.vcenter.vm.hardware.Ethernet referenced by the map key of attribute LibraryItems.HardwareCustomizationSpec.nics requires System.Read. - The resource Network referenced by the attribute LibraryItems.EthernetUpdateSpec.network requires System.Read. - The resource com.vmware.vcenter.vm.hardware.Disk referenced by the attribute LibraryItems.HardwareCustomizationSpec.disks-to-remove requires System.Read. - The resource com.vmware.vcenter.vm.hardware.Disk referenced by the map key of attribute LibraryItems.HardwareCustomizationSpec.disks-to-update requires System.Read.
GET
Get Template Library Item Vm Template
Returns information about a virtual machine template contained in the library item specified by templateLibraryItem if you do not have all of the privileges described as follows: - Operation execution requires System.Read. - The resource com.vmware.content.library.Item referenced by the parameter templateLibraryItem requires System.Read.