Datacenter Rename Task

Datacenter Rename Task

Renames this managed entity.

Any % (percent) character used in this name parameter must be escaped, unless it is used to start an escape sequence. Clients may also escape any other characters in this name parameter.

See also name.

Required privileges: Datacenter.Rename

Request
URI
POST
https://{vcenter-host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/Datacenter/{moId}/Rename_Task
COPY
Path Parameters
string
moId
Required

The unique identifier for the managed object to which the method attaches; the serialized managed object reference for a request has the form moType/moId, in this case Datacenter/{moId}.

string
release
Required

The vSphere release schema. The current specification covers vSphere 8.0.3.0 APIs.


Request Body
RenameRequestType of type(s) application/json
Required
{
    "newName": "string"
}
string
newName
Required

newName

Authentication
This operation uses the following authentication methods.
Responses
200

This method returns a Task object with which to monitor the operation.

Returns MoRefTask of type(s) application/json
This response body class contains all of the following: MoRefExtensibleManagedObject
{
    "_typeName": "string",
    "type": "string",
    "value": "string"
}

500

DuplicateName: If another object in the same folder has the target name.

InvalidName: If the new name is not a valid entity name.

Returns VimFault of type(s) application/json
This response body class contains all of the following: MethodFault
{
    "_typeName": "string",
    "faultCause": "MethodFault Object",
    "faultMessage": [
        {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "key": "string",
            "arg": [
                {
                    "_typeName": "string",
                    "key": "string",
                    "value": {
                        "_typeName": "string"
                    }
                }
            ],
            "message": "string"
        }
    ]
}