Get Counter Sets
Returns information about a specific counter set. Warning: This operation is available as Technology Preview. These are early access APIs provided to test, automate and provide feedback on the feature. Since this can change based on feedback, VMware does not guarantee backwards compatibility and recommends against using them in production environments. Some Technology Preview APIs might only be applicable to specific environments.
Request
URLURL
Path Parameters
Path Parameters
identifier of the counter set to retrieve. The parameter must be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vstats.model.CounterSet.
Header Parameters
Header Parameters
Required session ID, acquired from Create Session API under CIS product
vmware-api-session-id example
"b00db39f948d13ea1e59b4d6fce56389"
Authentication
Response
Response BodyResponse Body
Information about the desired CounterSet.
{
"counters": [
{
"cid": "string",
"mid": "string"
}
],
"id": "string",
"user_info": {
"description": {
"args": [
"string"
],
"default_message": "string",
"id": "string",
"localized": "string",
"params": {
"key": {
"d": 0,
"dt": "string",
"format": "SHORT_DATE",
"i": 0,
"l": {
"id": "string",
"params": "StdLocalizationParam Object"
},
"precision": 0,
"s": "string"
}
}
},
"label": {
"args": [
"string"
],
"default_message": "string",
"id": "string",
"localized": "string",
"params": {
"key": {
"d": 0,
"dt": "string",
"format": "SHORT_DATE",
"i": 0,
"l": {
"id": "string",
"params": "StdLocalizationParam Object"
},
"precision": 0,
"s": "string"
}
}
}
}
}
List of Counter CidMids. Warning: This attribute is available as Technology Preview. These are early access APIs provided to test, automate and provide feedback on the feature. Since this can change based on feedback, VMware does not guarantee backwards compatibility and recommends against using them in production environments. Some Technology Preview APIs might only be applicable to specific environments.
Counter set identifier. Warning: This attribute is available as Technology Preview. These are early access APIs provided to test, automate and provide feedback on the feature. Since this can change based on feedback, VMware does not guarantee backwards compatibility and recommends against using them in production environments. Some Technology Preview APIs might only be applicable to specific environments.
Human legible localizable conter set description. Warning: This attribute is available as Technology Preview. These are early access APIs provided to test, automate and provide feedback on the feature. Since this can change based on feedback, VMware does not guarantee backwards compatibility and recommends against using them in production environments. Some Technology Preview APIs might only be applicable to specific environments. In future versions it may be possible to have custom counter sets that lack localizable descriptions.
Errors
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.unauthorized : if the user does not have sufficient privileges.
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.error : if the system reports an error while responding to the request.
‘Default’ means this response is used for all HTTP codes that are not covered individually for this operation.
Code Samples
PowerCLI Client SDK Example
cURL Command
Vendor Extensions
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