This API has a deprecated equivalent from v7.0U1.
Relocate VM Task
Relocates a virtual machine based on the specification. The parts of the virtual machine that can move are: FOLDER, RESOURCE_POOL, HOST, CLUSTER and DATASTORE of home of the virtual machine and disks.
if you do not have all of the privileges described as follows: - The resource VirtualMachine referenced by the parameter vm requires Resource.ColdMigrate. - The resource ResourcePool referenced by the attribute VM.RelocatePlacementSpec.resource-pool requires Resource.AssignVMToPool.
Request
URLURL
https://{api_host}/api/vcenter/vm/{vm}?action=relocate&vmw-task=true
Path Parameters
Path Parameters
string
vm
Required
Existing Virtual machine to relocate.
The parameter must be an identifier for the resource type: VirtualMachine.
Header Parameters
Header Parameters
string
vmware-api-session-id
Required
Required session ID, obtained by first calling Create Session API
Request Body
Request Body
VMRelocateSpec of mimetype application/json
Required
Relocate specification. Document-based relocate spec.
(The request body parameter is missing description)
{
"disks": {
"key": {
"datastore": "string"
}
},
"placement": {
"cluster": "string",
"datastore": "string",
"folder": "string",
"host": "string",
"resource_pool": "string"
}
}
map of
VMDiskRelocateSpec
disks
Optional
Individual disk relocation map. If unset, all disks will migrate to the datastore specified in the VM.RelocatePlacementSpec.datastore field of VM.RelocateSpec.placement. When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the key in the field map must be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vcenter.vm.hardware.Disk. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the key in the field map will be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vcenter.vm.hardware.Disk.
placement
Optional
Virtual machine placement information. If this field is unset, the system will use the values from the source virtual machine. If specified, each field will be used for placement. If the fields result in disjoint placement the operation will fail. If the fields along with the other existing placement of the virtual machine result in disjoint placement the operation will fail.
Response
Response
Response BodyResponse Body
204 No Content 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 '{"disks":{"key":{"datastore":"string"}},"placement":{"cluster":"string","datastore":"string","folder":"string","host":"string","resource_pool":"string"}}' https://{api_host}/api/vcenter/vm/{vm}?action=relocate&vmw-task=true
Errors
400
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.invalid_argument : if any of the specified parameters are invalid.
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 any of the resources specified in spec or the given "vm" could not be 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_inaccessible : if a specified resource (eg. host) is not accessible.
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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