Reboot Guest Power
If vSphere APIs begin with /rest (vs /api), any maps are consumed/returned instead as arrays of objects, each containing a key and a value property field.
Issues a request to the guest operating system asking it to perform a reboot. This request returns immediately and does not wait for the guest operating system to complete the operation.
Request
URLURL
https://{api_host}/rest/vcenter/vm/{vm}/guest/power?action=reboot
Parameters
Parameters
string
vm
Required
Identifier of the virtual machine.
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
Example: b00db39f948d13ea1e59b4d6fce56389
cURL Command
curl -X POST -H "vmware-api-session-id: b00db39f948d13ea1e59b4d6fce56389" https://{api_host}/rest/vcenter/vm/{vm}/guest/power?action=reboot
Errors
404
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.error : if the system reports an error while responding to the request. | com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.not_found : if the virtual machine is not found.
405
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.unsupported : if the virtual machine does not support being powered on (e.g. marked as a template, serving as a fault-tolerance secondary virtual machine).
409
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.not_allowed_in_current_state : if the virtual machine is not powered on. | com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.resource_busy : if the virtual machine is performing another operation.
