Vcenter V Storage Object Manager Query Virtual Disk Uuid Ex

Vcenter V Storage Object Manager Query Virtual Disk Uuid Ex

Get the virtual disk UUID.

The datacenter parameter may be omitted if a URL is used to name the disk. A URL has the form

scheme://authority/folder/path?dcPath=dcPath&dsName=dsName

where

  • scheme is http or https.
  • authority specifies the hostname or IP address of the VirtualCenter or ESX server and optionally the port.
  • dcPath is the inventory path to the Datacenter containing the Datastore.
  • dsName is the name of the Datastore.
  • path is a slash-delimited path from the root of the datastore.

Since: vSphere API Release 8.0.3.0

Required privileges: System.View

Request
URI
POST
https://{vcenter-host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/VcenterVStorageObjectManager/{moId}/QueryVirtualDiskUuidEx
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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 VcenterVStorageObjectManager/{moId}.

string
release
Required

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

Request Body
QueryVirtualDiskUuidExRequestType of type(s) application/json
Required

Show optional properties

{
    "name": "string"
}
{
    "name": "string",
    "datacenter": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "type": "string",
        "value": "string"
    }
}
string
name
Required

The name of the disk, either a datastore path or a URL referring to the virtual disk whose uuid for the DDB entry needs to be queried. A datastore path has the form

[datastore] path

where

  • datastore is the datastore name.
  • path is a slash-delimited path from the root of the datastore.

An example datastore path is "[storage] path/to/file.extension".

MoRefDatacenter
datacenter
Optional

Reference to an instance of the Datacenter managed object.

Authentication
This operation uses the following authentication methods.
Responses
200

The hex representation of the unique ID for this virtual disk.

Returns string of type(s) application/json
Operation doesn't return any data structure

500

FileFault: if an error occurs reading the virtual disk.

InvalidDatastore: if the operation cannot be performed on the datastore.

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"
        }
    ]
}

Availability
Added in vSphere API Release 8.0.3.0
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