Create Hardware Floppy
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.
Adds a virtual floppy drive to the virtual machine.
Request
URLURL
https://{api_host}/rest/vcenter/vm/{vm}/hardware/floppy
Parameters
Parameters
string
vm
Required
Virtual machine identifier.
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
Request Body
Request Body
VmHardwareFloppyCreateRequestBody of type application/json (required){
"spec": {
"allow_guest_control": false,
"backing": {
"host_device": "string",
"image_file": "string",
"type": "enum"
},
"start_connected": false
}
}
Response
Response
Response BodyResponse Body
200 OK returns
VmHardwareFloppyCreateResponseBody
of type application/json
Virtual floppy drive identifier. The result will be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vcenter.vm.hardware.Floppy.
{
"value": "string"
}
string
value
Optional
Virtual floppy drive identifier. The result will be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vcenter.vm.hardware.Floppy.
cURL Command
curl -X POST -H "vmware-api-session-id: b00db39f948d13ea1e59b4d6fce56389" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"spec":{"allow_guest_control":false,"backing":{"host_device":"string","image_file":"string","type":"enum"},"start_connected":false}}' https://{api_host}/rest/vcenter/vm/{vm}/hardware/floppy
Errors
401
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.unauthenticated : if the user can not be authenticated. | com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.unauthorized : if the user doesn't have the required privileges.
404
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.error : if the system reported that the floppy device was created but was unable to confirm the creation because the identifier of the new device could not be determined.
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. | com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.resource_inaccessible : if the virtual machine's configuration state cannot be accessed.
409
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.not_allowed_in_current_state : if the virtual machine is not powered off. | com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.resource_busy : if the virtual machine is busy performing another operation.
503
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.service_unavailable : if the system is unable to communicate with a service to complete the request.
507
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.unable_to_allocate_resource : if the virtual machine already has the maximum number of supported floppy drives.
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Hardware Floppy Operations
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