Connect Hardware CD ROM
Connects a virtual CD-ROM device 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 Cdrom.update operation may be used to configure the virtual CD-ROM device to start in the connected state when the virtual machine is powered on.
Request
URLURL
https://{api_host}/rest/vcenter/vm/{vm}/hardware/cdrom/{cdrom}/connect
Parameters
Parameters
string
vm
Required
Virtual machine identifier.
The parameter must be an identifier for the resource type: VirtualMachine.
string
cdrom
Required
Virtual CD-ROM device identifier.
The parameter must be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vcenter.vm.hardware.Cdrom.
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
b00db39f948d13ea1e59b4d6fce56389cURL Command
curl -X POST -H "vmware-api-session-id: b00db39f948d13ea1e59b4d6fce56389" https://{api_host}/rest/vcenter/vm/{vm}/hardware/cdrom/{cdrom}/connect
Errors
400
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.already_in_desired_state : if the virtual CD-ROM device 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 CD-ROM device 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.
default
'Default' means this response is used for all HTTP codes that are not covered individually for this operation.
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