Clone VM Task
Released in v7.0.0Creates a virtual machine from an existing virtual machine.
if you do not have all of the privileges described as follows: - The resource Datastore referenced by the attribute VM.DiskCloneSpec.datastore requires Datastore.AllocateSpace. - The resource Datastore referenced by the attribute VM.ClonePlacementSpec.datastore requires Datastore.AllocateSpace. - The resource Folder referenced by the attribute VM.ClonePlacementSpec.folder requires VirtualMachine.Inventory.CreateFromExisting. - The resource ResourcePool referenced by the attribute VM.ClonePlacementSpec.resource-pool requires Resource.AssignVMToPool. - The resource VirtualMachine referenced by the attribute VM.CloneSpec.source requires VirtualMachine.Provisioning.Clone.
Request
URLURL
https://{api_host}/rest/vcenter/vm?action=clone&vmw-task=true
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
Request Body
Request Body
VMClonetaskRequestBody of type application/json (required){
"spec": {
"name": "string",
"source": "string"
}
}
Response
Response
Response BodyResponse Body
200 OK returns
VMCloneTaskResponseBody
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. ID of newly-created virtual machine. The result will be an identifier for the resource type: VirtualMachine.
{
"value": "string"
}
string
value
Optional
Identifier for the task created by this API invocation.
cURL Command
curl -X POST -H "vmware-api-session-id: b00db39f948d13ea1e59b4d6fce56389" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"spec":{"disks_to_remove":["string"],"disks_to_update":{"key":{"datastore":"string"}},"guest_customization_spec":{"name":"string"},"name":"string","placement":{"cluster":"string","datastore":"string","folder":"string","host":"string","resource_pool":"string"},"power_on":false,"source":"string"}}' https://{api_host}/rest/vcenter/vm?action=clone&vmw-task=true
Errors
400
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.already_exists : if a virtual machine with the specified name already exists. | 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 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. | com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.unable_to_allocate_resource : if any of the resources needed to clone the virtual machine could not be allocated.
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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