This API has a deprecated equivalent from v7.0U1.

Get VM

api_key

Response

Response Body

200 OK returns VMInfo of type application/json

Information about the specified virtual machine.

{
	"boot": {
		"delay": 0,
		"efi_legacy_boot": false,
		"enter_setup_mode": false,
		"network_protocol": "IPV4",
		"retry": false,
		"retry_delay": 0,
		"type": "BIOS"
	},
	"boot_devices": [
		{
			"disks": [
				"string"
			],
			"nic": "string",
			"type": "CDROM"
		}
	],
	"cdroms": {
		"key": {
			"allow_guest_control": false,
			"backing": {
				"auto_detect": false,
				"device_access_type": "EMULATION",
				"host_device": "string",
				"iso_file": "string",
				"type": "ISO_FILE"
			},
			"ide": {
				"master": false,
				"primary": false
			},
			"label": "string",
			"sata": {
				"bus": 0,
				"unit": 0
			},
			"start_connected": false,
			"state": "CONNECTED",
			"type": "IDE"
		}
	},
	"cpu": {
		"cores_per_socket": 0,
		"count": 0,
		"hot_add_enabled": false,
		"hot_remove_enabled": false
	},
	"disks": {
		"key": {
			"backing": {
				"type": "VMDK_FILE",
				"vmdk_file": "string"
			},
			"capacity": 0,
			"ide": {
				"master": false,
				"primary": false
			},
			"label": "string",
			"nvme": {
				"bus": 0,
				"unit": 0
			},
			"sata": {
				"bus": 0,
				"unit": 0
			},
			"scsi": {
				"bus": 0,
				"unit": 0
			},
			"type": "IDE"
		}
	},
	"floppies": {
		"key": {
			"allow_guest_control": false,
			"backing": {
				"auto_detect": false,
				"host_device": "string",
				"image_file": "string",
				"type": "IMAGE_FILE"
			},
			"label": "string",
			"start_connected": false,
			"state": "enum"
		}
	},
	"guest_OS": "DOS",
	"hardware": {
		"upgrade_error": {},
		"upgrade_policy": "NEVER",
		"upgrade_status": "NONE",
		"upgrade_version": "VMX_03",
		"version": "VMX_03"
	},
	"identity": {
		"bios_uuid": "string",
		"instance_uuid": "string",
		"name": "string"
	},
	"instant_clone_frozen": false,
	"memory": {
		"hot_add_enabled": false,
		"hot_add_increment_size_MiB": 0,
		"hot_add_limit_MiB": 0,
		"size_MiB": 0
	},
	"name": "string",
	"nics": {
		"key": {
			"allow_guest_control": false,
			"backing": {
				"connection_cookie": 0,
				"distributed_port": "string",
				"distributed_switch_uuid": "string",
				"host_device": "string",
				"network": "string",
				"network_name": "string",
				"opaque_network_id": "string",
				"opaque_network_type": "string",
				"type": "STANDARD_PORTGROUP"
			},
			"label": "string",
			"mac_address": "string",
			"mac_type": "MANUAL",
			"pci_slot_number": 0,
			"start_connected": false,
			"state": "enum",
			"type": "E1000",
			"upt_compatibility_enabled": false,
			"wake_on_lan_enabled": false
		}
	},
	"nvme_adapters": {
		"key": {
			"bus": 0,
			"label": "string",
			"pci_slot_number": 0
		}
	},
	"parallel_ports": {
		"key": {
			"allow_guest_control": false,
			"backing": {
				"auto_detect": false,
				"file": "string",
				"host_device": "string",
				"type": "FILE"
			},
			"label": "string",
			"start_connected": false,
			"state": "enum"
		}
	},
	"power_state": "POWERED_OFF",
	"sata_adapters": {
		"key": {
			"bus": 0,
			"label": "string",
			"pci_slot_number": 0,
			"type": "AHCI"
		}
	},
	"scsi_adapters": {
		"key": {
			"label": "string",
			"pci_slot_number": 0,
			"scsi": {
				"bus": 0,
				"unit": 0
			},
			"sharing": "NONE",
			"type": "BUSLOGIC"
		}
	},
	"serial_ports": {
		"key": {
			"allow_guest_control": false,
			"backing": {
				"auto_detect": false,
				"file": "string",
				"host_device": "string",
				"network_location": "string",
				"no_rx_loss": false,
				"pipe": "string",
				"proxy": "string",
				"type": "FILE"
			},
			"label": "string",
			"start_connected": false,
			"state": "enum",
			"yield_on_poll": false
		}
	}
}

map of VmHardwareSerialInfo

serial_ports Required

List of serial ports. When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the key in the field map must be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vcenter.vm.hardware.SerialPort. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the key in the field map will be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vcenter.vm.hardware.SerialPort.

array of VmHardwareBootDeviceEntry

boot_devices Required

Boot device configuration. If the list has no entries, a server-specific default boot sequence is used.

map of VmHardwareCdromInfo

cdroms Required

List of CD-ROMs. When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the key in the field map must be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vcenter.vm.hardware.Cdrom. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the key in the field map will be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vcenter.vm.hardware.Cdrom.

VmHardwareCpuInfo

cpu Required

CPU configuration.

map of VmHardwareDiskInfo

disks Required

List of disks. When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the key in the field map must be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vcenter.vm.hardware.Disk. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the key in the field map will be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vcenter.vm.hardware.Disk.

map of VmHardwareFloppyInfo

floppies Required

List of floppy drives. When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the key in the field map must be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vcenter.vm.hardware.Floppy. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the key in the field map will be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vcenter.vm.hardware.Floppy.

VmGuestOS

guest_OS Required

The GuestOS enumerated type defines the valid guest operating system types used for configuring a virtual machine.
DOS : MS-DOS.
WIN_31 : Windows 3.1
WIN_95 : Windows 95
WIN_98 : Windows 98
WIN_ME : Windows Millennium Edition
WIN_NT : Windows NT 4
WIN_2000_PRO : Windows 2000 Professional
WIN_2000_SERV : Windows 2000 Server
WIN_2000_ADV_SERV : Windows 2000 Advanced Server
WIN_XP_HOME : Windows XP Home Edition
WIN_XP_PRO : Windows XP Professional
WIN_XP_PRO_64 : Windows XP Professional Edition (64 bit)
WIN_NET_WEB : Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
WIN_NET_STANDARD : Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
WIN_NET_ENTERPRISE : Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
WIN_NET_DATACENTER : Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition
WIN_NET_BUSINESS : Windows Small Business Server 2003
WIN_NET_STANDARD_64 : Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (64 bit)
WIN_NET_ENTERPRISE_64 : Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (64 bit)
WIN_LONGHORN : Windows Longhorn
WIN_LONGHORN_64 : Windows Longhorn (64 bit)
WIN_NET_DATACENTER_64 : Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition (64 bit)
WIN_VISTA : Windows Vista
WIN_VISTA_64 : Windows Vista (64 bit)
WINDOWS_7 : Windows 7
WINDOWS_7_64 : Windows 7 (64 bit)
WINDOWS_7_SERVER_64 : Windows Server 2008 R2 (64 bit)
WINDOWS_8 : Windows 8
WINDOWS_8_64 : Windows 8 (64 bit)
WINDOWS_8_SERVER_64 : Windows 8 Server (64 bit)
WINDOWS_9 : Windows 10
WINDOWS_9_64 : Windows 10 (64 bit)
WINDOWS_9_SERVER_64 : Windows 10 Server (64 bit)
WINDOWS_11_64 : Windows 11 (64 bit)
WINDOWS_12_64 : Windows 12 (64 bit)
WINDOWS_HYPERV : Windows Hyper-V
WINDOWS_SERVER_2019 : Windows Server 2019
WINDOWS_SERVER_2021 : Windows Server 2022
WINDOWS_SERVER_2025 : Windows Server 2025
FREEBSD : FreeBSD 10 or earlier
FREEBSD_64 : FreeBSD 10 x64 or earlier
FREEBSD_11 : FreeBSD 11
FREEBSD_12 : FreeBSD 12
FREEBSD_13 : FreeBSD 13
FREEBSD_14 : FreeBSD 14 or later
FREEBSD_11_64 : FreeBSD 11 x64
FREEBSD_12_64 : FreeBSD 12 x64
FREEBSD_13_64 : FreeBSD 13 x64
FREEBSD_14_64 : FreeBSD 14 x64 or later
REDHAT : Red Hat Linux 2.1
RHEL_2 : Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2
RHEL_3 : Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
RHEL_3_64 : Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (64 bit)
RHEL_4 : Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
RHEL_4_64 : Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (64 bit)
RHEL_5 : Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
RHEL_5_64 : Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (64 bit)
RHEL_6 : Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
RHEL_6_64 : Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (64 bit)
RHEL_7 : Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
RHEL_7_64 : Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (64 bit)
RHEL_8_64 : Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (64 bit)
RHEL_9_64 : Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (64 bit)
CENTOS : CentOS ⁴⁄₅
CENTOS_64 : CentOS ⁴⁄₅ (64-bit)
CENTOS_6 : CentOS 6
CENTOS_6_64 : CentOS 6 (64-bit)
CENTOS_7 : CentOS 7
CENTOS_7_64 : CentOS 7 (64-bit)
CENTOS_8_64 : CentOS 8 (64-bit)
CENTOS_9_64 : CentOS 9 (64-bit)
ORACLE_LINUX : Oracle Linux ⁴⁄₅
ORACLE_LINUX_64 : Oracle Linux ⁴⁄₅ (64-bit)
ORACLE_LINUX_6 : Oracle Linux 6
ORACLE_LINUX_6_64 : Oracle Linux 6 (64-bit)
ORACLE_LINUX_7 : Oracle Linux 7
ORACLE_LINUX_7_64 : Oracle Linux 7 (64-bit)
ORACLE_LINUX_8_64 : Oracle Linux 8 (64-bit)
ORACLE_LINUX_9_64 : Oracle Linux 9 (64-bit)
SUSE : Suse Linux
SUSE_64 : Suse Linux (64 bit)
SLES : Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9
SLES_64 : Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9 (64 bit)
SLES_10 : Suse linux Enterprise Server 10
SLES_10_64 : Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 (64 bit)
SLES_11 : Suse linux Enterprise Server 11
SLES_11_64 : Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 (64 bit)
SLES_12 : Suse linux Enterprise Server 12
SLES_12_64 : Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 (64 bit)
SLES_15_64 : Suse Linux Enterprise Server 15 (64 bit)
SLES_16_64 : Suse Linux Enterprise Server 16 (64 bit)
NLD_9 : Novell Linux Desktop 9
OES : Open Enterprise Server
SJDS : Sun Java Desktop System
MANDRAKE : Mandrake Linux
MANDRIVA : Mandriva Linux
MANDRIVA_64 : Mandriva Linux (64 bit)
TURBO_LINUX : Turbolinux
TURBO_LINUX_64 : Turbolinux (64 bit)
UBUNTU : Ubuntu Linux
UBUNTU_64 : Ubuntu Linux (64 bit)
DEBIAN_4 : Debian GNU/Linux 4
DEBIAN_4_64 : Debian GNU/Linux 4 (64 bit)
DEBIAN_5 : Debian GNU/Linux 5
DEBIAN_5_64 : Debian GNU/Linux 5 (64 bit)
DEBIAN_6 : Debian GNU/Linux 6
DEBIAN_6_64 : Debian GNU/Linux 6 (64 bit)
DEBIAN_7 : Debian GNU/Linux 7
DEBIAN_7_64 : Debian GNU/Linux 7 (64 bit)
DEBIAN_8 : Debian GNU/Linux 8
DEBIAN_8_64 : Debian GNU/Linux 8 (64 bit)
DEBIAN_9 : Debian GNU/Linux 9
DEBIAN_9_64 : Debian GNU/Linux 9 (64 bit)
DEBIAN_10 : Debian GNU/Linux 10
DEBIAN_10_64 : Debian GNU/Linux 10 (64 bit)
DEBIAN_11 : Debian GNU/Linux 11
DEBIAN_11_64 : Debian GNU/Linux 11 (64 bit)
DEBIAN_12 : Debian GNU/Linux 12
DEBIAN_12_64 : Debian GNU/Linux 12 (64 bit)
ASIANUX_3 : Asianux Server 3
ASIANUX_3_64 : Asianux Server 3 (64 bit)
ASIANUX_4 : Asianux Server 4
ASIANUX_4_64 : Asianux Server 4 (64 bit)
ASIANUX_5_64 : Asianux Server 5 (64 bit)
ASIANUX_7_64 : Asianux Server 7 (64 bit)
ASIANUX_8_64 : Asianux Server 8 (64 bit)
ASIANUX_9_64 : Asianux Server 9 (64 bit)
OPENSUSE : OpenSUSE Linux
OPENSUSE_64 : OpenSUSE Linux (64 bit)
FEDORA : Fedora Linux
FEDORA_64 : Fedora Linux (64 bit)
COREOS_64 : CoreOS Linux (64 bit)
VMWARE_PHOTON_64 : VMware Photon (64 bit)
OTHER_24X_LINUX : Linux 2.4x Kernel
OTHER_24X_LINUX_64 : Linux 2.4x Kernel (64 bit)
OTHER_26X_LINUX : Linux 2.6x Kernel
OTHER_26X_LINUX_64 : Linux 2.6x Kernel (64 bit)
OTHER_3X_LINUX : Linux 3.x Kernel
OTHER_3X_LINUX_64 : Linux 3.x Kernel (64 bit)
OTHER_4X_LINUX : Linux 4.x Kernel
OTHER_4X_LINUX_64 : Linux 4.x Kernel (64 bit)
OTHER_5X_LINUX : Linux 5.x Kernel
OTHER_5X_LINUX_64 : Linux 5.x Kernel (64 bit)
OTHER_6X_LINUX : Linux 6.x Kernel
OTHER_6X_LINUX_64 : Linux 6.x Kernel (64 bit)
OTHER_LINUX : Linux 2.2x Kernel
GENERIC_LINUX : Other Linux
OTHER_LINUX_64 : Linux (64 bit)
SOLARIS_6 : Solaris 6
SOLARIS_7 : Solaris 7
SOLARIS_8 : Solaris 8
SOLARIS_9 : Solaris 9
SOLARIS_10 : Solaris 10 (32 bit)
SOLARIS_10_64 : Solaris 10 (64 bit)
SOLARIS_11_64 : Solaris 11 (64 bit)
OS2 : OS/2
ECOMSTATION : eComStation 1.x
ECOMSTATION_2 : eComStation 2.0
NETWARE_4 : Novell NetWare 4
NETWARE_5 : Novell NetWare 5.1
NETWARE_6 : Novell NetWare 6.x
OPENSERVER_5 : SCO OpenServer 5
OPENSERVER_6 : SCO OpenServer 6
UNIXWARE_7 : SCO UnixWare 7
DARWIN : Mac OS 10.5
DARWIN_64 : Mac OS 10.5 (64 bit)
DARWIN_10 : Mac OS 10.6
DARWIN_10_64 : Mac OS 10.6 (64 bit)
DARWIN_11 : Mac OS 10.7
DARWIN_11_64 : Mac OS 10.7 (64 bit)
DARWIN_12_64 : Mac OS 10.8 (64 bit)
DARWIN_13_64 : Mac OS 10.9 (64 bit)
DARWIN_14_64 : Mac OS 10.10 (64 bit)
DARWIN_15_64 : Mac OS 10.11 (64 bit)
DARWIN_16_64 : Mac OS 10.12 (64 bit)
DARWIN_17_64 : Mac OS 10.13 (64 bit)
DARWIN_18_64 : Mac OS 10.14 (64 bit)
DARWIN_19_64 : Mac OS 10.15 (64 bit)
DARWIN_20_64 : Mac OS 11 (64 bit)
DARWIN_21_64 : Mac OS 12 (64 bit)
DARWIN_22_64 : Mac OS 13 (64 bit)
DARWIN_23_64 : Mac OS 14 (64 bit)
VMKERNEL : VMware ESX 4
VMKERNEL_5 : VMware ESX 5
VMKERNEL_6 : VMware ESX 6
VMKERNEL_65 : VMware ESXi 6.5 AND ESXi 6.7.
VMKERNEL_7 : VMware ESX 7
VMKERNEL_8 : VMware ESX 8
AMAZONLINUX2_64 : Amazon Linux 2 (64 bit)
AMAZONLINUX3_64 : Amazon Linux 3 (64 bit)
CRXPOD_1 : CRX Pod 1
ROCKYLINUX_64 : Rocky Linux (64-bit)
ALMALINUX_64 : AlmaLinux (64-bit)
OTHER : Other Operating System
OTHER_64 : Other Operating System (64 bit)

Possible values are: DOS , WIN_31 , WIN_95 , WIN_98 , WIN_ME , more...

VmHardwareInfo

hardware Required

Virtual hardware version information.

map of VmHardwareAdapterScsiInfo

scsi_adapters Required

List of SCSI adapters. When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the key in the field map must be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vcenter.vm.hardware.ScsiAdapter. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the key in the field map will be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vcenter.vm.hardware.ScsiAdapter.

VmHardwareBootInfo

boot Required

Boot configuration.

VmHardwareMemoryInfo

memory Required

Memory configuration.

string

name Required

Virtual machine name.

map of VmHardwareEthernetInfo

nics Required

List of Ethernet adapters. When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the key in the field map must be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vcenter.vm.hardware.Ethernet. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the key in the field map will be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vcenter.vm.hardware.Ethernet.

map of VmHardwareAdapterSataInfo

sata_adapters Required

List of SATA adapters. When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the key in the field map must be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vcenter.vm.hardware.SataAdapter. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the key in the field map will be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vcenter.vm.hardware.SataAdapter.

map of VmHardwareParallelInfo

parallel_ports Required

List of parallel ports. When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the key in the field map must be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vcenter.vm.hardware.ParallelPort. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the key in the field map will be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vcenter.vm.hardware.ParallelPort.

VmPowerState

power_state Required

The Power.State enumerated type defines the valid power states for a virtual machine.
POWERED_OFF : The virtual machine is powered off.
POWERED_ON : The virtual machine is powered on.
SUSPENDED : The virtual machine is suspended.

Possible values are: POWERED_OFF , POWERED_ON , SUSPENDED

map of VmHardwareAdapterNvmeInfo

nvme_adapters Optional

List of NVMe adapters. This field is optional because it was added in a newer version than its parent node. When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the key in the field map must be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vcenter.vm.hardware.NvmeAdapter. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the key in the field map will be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vcenter.vm.hardware.NvmeAdapter.

VmIdentityInfo

identity Optional

Identity of the virtual machine. This field is optional because it was added in a newer version than its parent node.

boolean

instant_clone_frozen Optional

Indicates whether the virtual machine is frozen for instant clone, or not. This field is optional because it was added in a newer version than its parent node.

Errors

Error

401

com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.unauthenticated : if the user can not be authenticated.

Error

403

com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.unauthorized : if the user doesn’t have the required privileges.

Error

404

com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.not_found : if the virtual machine is not found.

Error

500

com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.error : if the system reports an error while responding to the request. | com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.resource_inaccessible : if the virtual machine’s configuration state cannot be accessed.

Error

503

com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.service_unavailable : if the system is unable to communicate with a service to complete the request.

Error

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-GetVm -Vm "MyVm"

cURL Command

curl -H "vmware-api-session-id: b00db39f948d13ea1e59b4d6fce56389" https://{api_host}/api/vcenter/vm/{vm}

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/vm/{vm}
x-vmw-doc-operation: get

Availability

Added in 7.0U2

VM Operations

get

List VM

post

Create VM

get

Get VM

delete

Delete VM

post

Relocate VM

post

Relocate VM Task

post

Unregister VM

post

Clone VM

post

Clone VM Task

post

Instant Clone VM

post

Get VM

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Request

URL

Path Parameters

Header Parameters

vmware-api-session-id example

Authentication

api_key

Response

Response Body

Errors

Code Samples

PowerCLI Client SDK Example

cURL Command

Vendor Extensions

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