Create Clusters Software Drafts
Released in v7.0.0 DescriptionCreates a new software draft from the desired document. It will be deleted, when the draft is committed successfully. If a desired document is missing, then this operation will create an empty draft. if you do not have all of the privileges described as follows: - Operation execution requires VcIntegrity.lifecycleSoftwareSpecification.Write. - The resource ClusterComputeResource referenced by the parameter cluster requires VcIntegrity.lifecycleSoftwareSpecification.Write.
Request
URLURL
https://{api_host}/api/esx/settings/clusters/{cluster}/software/drafts
Path Parameters
Path Parameters
| Required | Parameter Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| required |
|
string | Identifier of the cluster The parameter must be an identifier for the resource type: ClusterComputeResource. |
Header Parameters
Header Parameters
| Required | Parameter Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| required |
|
string | Required session ID, obtained by first calling Create Session API |
Response
Response
Response BodyResponse Body
201 Created returns
string
of type application/json
Identifier of the working copy of the document. The result will be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.esx.settings.draft.
cURL Command
curl -X POST -H "vmware-api-session-id: b00db39f948d13ea1e59b4d6fce56389" https://{api_host}/api/esx/settings/clusters/{cluster}/software/drafts
Errors
| Code | Returns | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 409 | Error | com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.already_exists : If there is already a draft created by this user. |
| 503 | Error | com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.service_unavailable : If the service is not available. |
| default | Error | Not available |
| 401 | Error | com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.unauthenticated : If the caller is not authenticated. |
| 404 | Error | com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.error : If there is unknown internal error. The accompanying error message will give more details about the failure. | com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.not_found : If there is no cluster associated with cluster in the system. |
