This API has a deprecated equivalent from v7.0U1.
Connect Hardware Floppy
Connects a virtual floppy drive of a powered-on virtual machine to its backing. Connecting the virtual device makes the backing accessible from the perspective of the guest operating system. For a powered-off virtual machine, the Floppy.update operation may be used to configure the virtual floppy drive to start in the connected state when the virtual machine is powered on.
Request
URLURL
https://{api_host}/api/vcenter/vm/{vm}/hardware/floppy/{floppy}?action=connect
Path Parameters
Path Parameters
string
vm
Required
Virtual machine identifier.
The parameter must be an identifier for the resource type: VirtualMachine.
string
floppy
Required
Virtual floppy drive identifier.
The parameter must be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vcenter.vm.hardware.Floppy.
Header Parameters
Header Parameters
string
vmware-api-session-id
Required
Required session ID, obtained by first calling Create Session API
cURL Command
curl -X POST -H "vmware-api-session-id: b00db39f948d13ea1e59b4d6fce56389" https://{api_host}/api/vcenter/vm/{vm}/hardware/floppy/{floppy}?action=connect
Errors
400
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.already_in_desired_state : if the virtual floppy drive is already connected. | com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.not_allowed_in_current_state : if the virtual machine is not powered on.
403
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.unauthorized : if the user doesn't have the required privileges.
404
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.not_found : if the virtual machine or virtual floppy drive is not found.
500
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.error : if the system reports an error while responding to the request. | com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.resource_busy : if the virtual machine is busy performing another operation. | com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.resource_inaccessible : if the virtual machine's configuration state cannot be accessed.
503
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.service_unavailable : if the system is unable to communicate with a service to complete the request.
Availability
Added in 7.0U2
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Hardware Floppy Operations
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