Add Hosts Depot Overrides
Adds a new depot override to the list of currently configured depot overrides for a given host. if you do not have all of the privileges described as follows: - Operation execution requires VcIntegrity.lifecycleSettings.Write. - The resource HostSystem referenced by the parameter host requires VcIntegrity.lifecycleSettings.Write.
Request
URLURL
https://{api_host}/api/esx/settings/hosts/{host}/depot-overrides?action=add
Path Parameters
Path Parameters
string
host
Required
Identifier for the host. The parameter must be an identifier for the resource type: HostSystem.
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"
Request Body
Request Body
SettingsHostsDepotOverridesDepot of mimetype application/json
Required
Information of a depot override.
{
"location": "string"
}
string
location
Required
Location of the depot override. This could be a location of zip file or location to an index.xml file.
Authentication
This operation uses the following authentication methods.
Errors
Errors
400
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.invalid_argument : If an invalid location is provided. | com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.already_exists : if depot override with given information already exists. | com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.unsupported : If the host is not a vLCM managed standlone host.
404
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.not_found : If there is no host associated with host in the system.
500
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.error : If there is some 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
$SettingsHostsDepotOverridesDepot = Initialize-SettingsHostsDepotOverridesDepot -Location "MyLocation"
Invoke-AddHostDepotOverrides -Host "MyHost" -SettingsHostsDepotOverridesDepot $SettingsHostsDepotOverridesDepot
cURL Command
curl -X POST -H "vmware-api-session-id: b00db39f948d13ea1e59b4d6fce56389" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"location":"string"}' https://{api_host}/api/esx/settings/hosts/{host}/depot-overrides?action=add
Vendor Extensions
This operation contains the following vendor extensions defined in the spec:
x-vmw-doc-operation: add
Availability
Added in 8.0.1.0
