Scan Clusters Software Task
Scans all the hosts in the cluster against the cluster’s desired state. The result of this operation can be queried by calling the cis/tasks/{task-id} where the task-id is the response of this operation.
Request
URLURL
https://{api_host}/api/esx/settings/clusters/{cluster}/software?action=scan&vmw-task=true
Path Parameters
Path Parameters
string
cluster
Required
Identifier of the cluster. The parameter must be an identifier for the resource type: ClusterComputeResource.
Header Parameters
Header Parameters
string
vmware-api-session-id
Required
Required session ID, acquired from Create Session API under CIS product
vmware-api-session-id example
"b00db39f948d13ea1e59b4d6fce56389"
Authentication
This operation uses the following authentication methods.
Response
Response
Response BodyResponse Body
202 Accepted returns
string
of type application/json
An identifier for the task created by this API invocation will be returned. If the non-async version of the operation returns a value, this id can be used with the CIS Get Task operation to fetch that value. The normal description of this operation’s return value will follow if one exists. Compliance result for the cluster.
Errors
404
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.not_found : If there is no cluster associated with cluster in the system or if desired software document is not found.
500
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.error : If there is unknown internal error. The accompanying error message will give more details about the failure.
default
‘Default’ means this response is used for all HTTP codes that are not covered individually for this operation.
Code Samples
PowerCLI Client SDK Example
Invoke-ScanClusterSoftwareAsync -Cluster "MyCluster"
cURL Command
curl -X POST -H "vmware-api-session-id: b00db39f948d13ea1e59b4d6fce56389" https://{api_host}/api/esx/settings/clusters/{cluster}/software?action=scan&vmw-task=true
Vendor Extensions
This operation contains the following vendor extensions defined in the spec:
x-vmw-doc-operation: scan_task
Availability
Added in 7.0.0.0
