This API has a deprecated equivalent from v7.0U1.
Get Default Policy
Returns the identifier of the current default storage policy associated with the specified datastore.
Request
URLURL
https://{api_host}/api/vcenter/datastore/{datastore}/default-policy
Path Parameters
Path Parameters
string
datastore
Required
Identifier of the datastore for which the default policy is requested. The parameter must be an identifier for the resource type: Datastore.
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
200 OK returns
string
of type application/json
Identifier of the default storage policy associated with the specified datastore. this field is unset if there is no default storage policy associated with the datastore. The result will be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vcenter.StoragePolicy.
Errors
403
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.unauthorized : if the user does not have the required priveleges.
500
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.error : if the system reports an error while responding to the request.
503
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.service_unavailable : if the system is unable to communicate with a service to complete the request.
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-GetDatastoreDefaultPolicy -Datastore "MyDatastore"
cURL Command
curl -H "vmware-api-session-id: b00db39f948d13ea1e59b4d6fce56389" https://{api_host}/api/vcenter/datastore/{datastore}/default-policy
Vendor Extensions
This operation contains the following vendor extensions defined in the spec:
x-vmw-doc-deprecated-method: get
x-vmw-doc-deprecated-path: /rest/vcenter/datastore/{datastore}/default-policy
x-vmw-doc-operation: get
Availability
Added in 7.0U2
