Get Power
DescriptionReturns the power state information of a virtual machine. if you do not have all of the privileges described as follows: - The resource VirtualMachine referenced by the parameter vm requires System.Read.
Request
URLURL
https://{api_host}/rest/vcenter/vm/{vm}/power
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, acquired from Create Session API under CIS product
vmware-api-session-id Example
b00db39f948d13ea1e59b4d6fce56389
Response
Response
Response BodyResponse Body
200 OK returns
VmPowerGetResponseBody
of type application/json
Power state information for the specified virtual machine.
{
"value": {
"clean_power_off": false,
"state": "enum"
}
}cURL Command
curl -H "vmware-api-session-id: b00db39f948d13ea1e59b4d6fce56389" https://{api_host}/rest/vcenter/vm/{vm}/power
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 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 or execution 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.
