This API has a deprecated equivalent from v7.0U1.
Register VM
Creates a virtual machine from existing virtual machine files on storage. if you do not have all of the privileges described as follows: - The resource Datastore referenced by the attribute VM.RegisterSpec.datastore requires System.Read. - The resource Folder referenced by the attribute VM.InventoryPlacementSpec.folder requires VirtualMachine.Inventory.Register. - The resource ResourcePool referenced by the attribute VM.ComputePlacementSpec.resource-pool requires Resource.AssignVMToPool.
Request
URLURL
https://{api_host}/api/vcenter/vm?action=register
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
VMRegisterSpec of mimetype application/json
Required
Specification of the location of the virtual machine files and the placement of the new virtual machine.
{
"placement": {
"folder": "string"
}
}
placement
Required
Virtual machine placement information. This field is currently required. In the future, if this field is unset, the system will attempt to choose suitable resources on which to place the virtual machine.
string
datastore
Optional
Identifier of the datastore on which the virtual machine’s configuration state is stored. If unset, VM.RegisterSpec.path must also be unset and VM.RegisterSpec.datastore-path must be set. When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: Datastore. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: Datastore.
string
datastore_path
Optional
Datastore path for the virtual machine’s configuration file in the format “[datastore name] path”. For example “[storage1] Test-VM/Test-VM.vmx”. If unset, both VM.RegisterSpec.datastore and VM.RegisterSpec.path must be set.
string
name
Optional
Virtual machine name. If unset, the display name from the virtual machine’s configuration file will be used.
string
path
Optional
Path to the virtual machine’s configuration file on the datastore corresponding to {@link #datastore). If unset, VM.RegisterSpec.datastore must also be unset and VM.RegisterSpec.datastore-path must be set.
Authentication
This operation uses the following authentication methods.
Response
Response
Response BodyResponse Body
200 OK returns
string of type application/json
Identifier of the newly-created virtual machine. The result will be an identifier for the resource type: VirtualMachine.
Errors
400
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.already_exists : if a virtual machine with the specified name already exists or if a virtual machine using the specified virtual machine files already exists. | com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.invalid_argument : if any of the specified parameters are invalid.
403
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.unauthorized : if the user doesn’t have the required privileges.
404
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.not_found : if any of the resources specified in spec could not be found.
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 a specified resource (eg. host) is not accessible. | com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.unable_to_allocate_resource : if any of the resources needed to register the virtual machine could not be allocated.
503
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.service_unavailable : if the system is unable to communicate with a service to complete the request.
Code Samples
PowerCLI Client SDK Example
$VMRegisterPlacementSpec = Initialize-VMRegisterPlacementSpec -Folder "MyFolder"
$VMRegisterSpec = Initialize-VMRegisterSpec -Placement $VMRegisterPlacementSpec
Invoke-RegisterVm -VMRegisterSpec $VMRegisterSpec
PowerCLI Client SDK All Parameters Example
$VMRegisterPlacementSpec = Initialize-VMRegisterPlacementSpec -Folder "MyFolder" -ResourcePool "MyResourcePool" -VarHost "MyVarHost" -Cluster "MyCluster"
$VMRegisterSpec = Initialize-VMRegisterSpec -Datastore "MyDatastore" -Path "MyPath" -DatastorePath "MyDatastorePath" -Name "MyName" -Placement $VMRegisterPlacementSpec
Invoke-RegisterVm -VMRegisterSpec $VMRegisterSpec
cURL Command
curl -X POST -H "vmware-api-session-id: b00db39f948d13ea1e59b4d6fce56389" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"datastore":"string","datastore_path":"string","name":"string","path":"string","placement":{"cluster":"string","folder":"string","host":"string","resource_pool":"string"}}' https://{api_host}/api/vcenter/vm?action=register
Vendor Extensions
This operation contains the following vendor extensions defined in the spec:
x-vmw-doc-deprecated-method: post
x-vmw-doc-deprecated-path: /rest/vcenter/vm?action=register
x-vmw-doc-operation: register
Availability
Added in 7.0U2
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