This API has a deprecated equivalent from v7.0U1.
Redeploy Cluster Passive Task
Creates the passive node in a degraded cluster with node location information and pre-existing VCHA cluster configuration from the active node.
Request
URLURL
https://{api_host}/api/vcenter/vcha/cluster/passive?action=redeploy&vmw-task=true
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
Request Body
Request Body
VchaClusterPassiveRedeploySpec of mimetype application/json
Required
Contains the passive node's redeploy specification.
{
"placement": {
"folder": "string",
"name": "string"
}
}
failover_ip
Optional
Failover IP address that this node must assume after the failover to serve client requests. If unset, then the public IP address of the Active vCenter Server is assumed.
ha_ip
Optional
Contains the VCHA HA network configuration of the node. All cluster communication (state replication, heartbeat, cluster messages) happens over this network. If unset, then the stored network configuration for the VCHA HA network for the passive node will be used.
vc_spec
Optional
Contains the active node’s management vCenter server credentials. If unset, then the active vCenter Server instance is assumed to be either self-managed or else in enhanced linked mode and managed by a linked vCenter Server instance.
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.
cURL Command
curl -X POST -H "vmware-api-session-id: b00db39f948d13ea1e59b4d6fce56389" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"failover_ip":{"default_gateway":"string","dns_servers":["string"],"ip_family":"enum","ipv4":{"address":"string","prefix":0,"subnet_mask":"string"},"ipv6":{"address":"string","prefix":0}},"ha_ip":{"default_gateway":"string","dns_servers":["string"],"ip_family":"enum","ipv4":{"address":"string","prefix":0,"subnet_mask":"string"},"ipv6":{"address":"string","prefix":0}},"placement":{"folder":"string","ha_network":"string","ha_network_type":"enum","host":"string","management_network":"string","management_network_type":"enum","name":"string","resource_pool":"string","storage":{"datastore":"string"}},"vc_spec":{"active_location":{"hostname":"string","password":"string","port":0,"ssl_thumbprint":"string","username":"string"}}}' https://{api_host}/api/vcenter/vcha/cluster/passive?action=redeploy&vmw-task=true
Errors
400
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.invalid_argument : If the credentials provided for authentincating with the active node's management vCenter server are invalid. | com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.unverified_peer : If the SSL certificate of the management vCenter server cannot be validated.
The value of the data field of Error will be a structure that contains all the fields defined in CertificateInfo.
403
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.unauthorized : If the user has insufficient privilege to perform the operation. Operation execution requires the Global.VCServer privilege.
Availability
Added in 7.0U2
