Find Datastore
Returns datastore information for the specified datastores. The key in the result map is the datastore identifier and the value in the map is the datastore information. if you do not have all of the privileges described as follows: - Operation execution requires System.Read. - The resource Datastore referenced by the parameter datastores requires System.Read.
Request
URLURL
https://{api_host}/api/vcenter/inventory/datastore
Query Parameters
Query Parameters
array of
string
datastores
Required
Identifiers of the datastores for which information will be returned. The parameter must contain identifiers 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
map of
InventoryDatastoreInfo
of type application/json
Datastore information for the specified datastores. The key in the result map is the datastore identifier and the value in the map is the datastore information. The key in the result map will be an identifier for the resource type: Datastore.
{
"type": "string"
}
string
type
Required
Type of the datastore. When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be one of Datastore or StoragePod. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be one of Datastore or StoragePod.
Errors
404
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.not_found : if no datastore can be found for one or more of the datastore identifiers in datastores
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-GetInventoryDatastore -Datastores "MyDatastores"
cURL Command
curl -H "vmware-api-session-id: b00db39f948d13ea1e59b4d6fce56389" https://{api_host}/api/vcenter/inventory/datastore?datastores=string
Vendor Extensions
This operation contains the following vendor extensions defined in the spec:
x-vmw-doc-operation: find
