This API has a deprecated equivalent from v7.0U1.
Create Datacenter
Create a new datacenter in the vCenter inventory
Request
URLURL
https://{api_host}/api/vcenter/datacenter
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
DatacenterCreateSpec of mimetype application/json
Required
Specification for the new datacenter to be created.
{
"folder": "string",
"name": "string"
}
string
folder
Required
Datacenter folder in which the new datacenter should be created. This field is currently required. In the future, if this field is unset, the system will attempt to choose a suitable folder for the datacenter; if a folder cannot be chosen, the datacenter creation operation will fail. When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: Folder. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: Folder.
string
name
Required
The name of the datacenter to be created.
Authentication
This operation uses the following authentication methods.
Response
Response
Response BodyResponse Body
201 Created returns
string of type application/json
The identifier of the newly created datacenter The result will be an identifier for the resource type: Datacenter.
Code Samples
PowerCLI Client SDK Example
$DatacenterCreateSpec = Initialize-DatacenterCreateSpec -Name "MyName" -Folder "MyFolder"
Invoke-CreateDatacenter -DatacenterCreateSpec $DatacenterCreateSpec
cURL Command
curl -X POST -H "vmware-api-session-id: b00db39f948d13ea1e59b4d6fce56389" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"folder":"string","name":"string"}' https://{api_host}/api/vcenter/datacenter
Errors
400
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.already_exists : if a datacenter with the same name is already present. | com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.invalid_argument : if the datacenter name is empty or invalid as per the underlying implementation. if the folder is not specified and the system cannot choose a suitable one.
403
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.unauthorized : if the user doesn’t have the required privileges.
500
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.error : if the system reports an error while responding to the request.
503
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.service_unavailable : if the system is unable to communicate with a service to complete the request.
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/datacenter
x-vmw-doc-operation: create
Availability
Added in 7.0U2
