Scan Clusters Software Drafts Task
DescriptionScans all the hosts in the cluster against the software draft. The result of this operation can be queried by calling the cis/tasks/{task-id} where the task-id is the response of this operation.
Request
URLURL
https://{api_host}/api/esx/settings/clusters/{cluster}/software/drafts/{draft}?action=scan&vmw-task=true
Path Parameters
Path Parameters
string
cluster
Required
Identifier of the cluster.
The parameter must be an identifier for the resource type: ClusterComputeResource.
string
draft
Required
Identifier of the working copy of the document.
The parameter must be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.esx.settings.draft.
Header Parameters
Header Parameters
string
vmware-api-session-id
Required
Required session ID, obtained by first calling Create Session API
vmware-api-session-id example
b00db39f948d13ea1e59b4d6fce56389
Response
Response
Response BodyResponse Body
202 Accepted returns
string of type application/json
An identifier for the task created by this API invocation will be returned. If the non-async version of the operation returns a value, this id can be used with the CIS Get Task operation to fetch that value. The normal description of this operation’s return value will follow if one exists. Result of scan operation.
cURL Command
curl -X POST -H "vmware-api-session-id: b00db39f948d13ea1e59b4d6fce56389" https://{api_host}/api/esx/settings/clusters/{cluster}/software/drafts/{draft}?action=scan&vmw-task=true
Errors
404
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.not_found : If there is no cluster associated with cluster or no draft associated with draft in the system.
500
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.error : If there is unknown internal error. The accompanying error message will give more details about the failure.
Availability
Added in 7.0.0
