Virtual Infrastructure Distributed Virtual Switch Manager APIs
The DistributedVirtualSwitchManager provides methods that support the following operations:
- Backup and restore operations for VmwareDistributedVirtualSwitch and associated DistributedVirtualPortgroup managed objects.
- Query operations for information about portgroups and distributed virtual switches.
- Distributed virtual switch configuration update operations.
Operations
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Distributed Virtual Switch Manager DVS Manager Export Entity Task
Export the configuration for entities specified in the <code>selectionSet</code> parameter.
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Distributed Virtual Switch Manager DVS Manager Import Entity Task
Import the configuration of entities specified in *EntityBackupConfig*.
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Distributed Virtual Switch Manager DVS Manager Lookup Dv Port Group
Returns the portgroup identified by the key within the specified VDS identified by its UUID.
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Distributed Virtual Switch Manager Query Available Dvs Spec
This operation returns a list of switch product specifications that are supported by the vCenter Server.
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Distributed Virtual Switch Manager Query Compatible Host For Existing Dvs
This operation returns a list of hosts that are compatible with the given DistributedVirtualSwitch product specification.
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Distributed Virtual Switch Manager Query Compatible Host For New Dvs
This operation returns a list of hosts that are compatible with the given DistributedVirtualSwitch product specification.
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Distributed Virtual Switch Manager Query Compatible Vmnics From Hosts
This operation returns a list of vmnics which are compatible with the given DistributedVirtualSwitch product specification.
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Distributed Virtual Switch Manager Query Dvs By Uuid
This operation returns a DistributedVirtualSwitch given a UUID.
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Distributed Virtual Switch Manager Query Dvs Check Compatibility
This operation returns a list of compatibility results.
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Distributed Virtual Switch Manager Query Dvs Compatible Host Spec
This operation returns a list of host product specifications that are compatible with the given DistributedVirtualSwitch product specification.
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Distributed Virtual Switch Manager Query Dvs Config Target
This operation returns the DistributedVirtualSwitch or DistributedVirtualPortgroup configuration target on a host.
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Distributed Virtual Switch Manager Query Dvs Feature Capability
This operation indicates which version-specific DVS features are available for the given DistributedVirtualSwitch product specification.
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Distributed Virtual Switch Manager Query Supported Network Offload Spec
This operation returns a list of network offload specifications that are compatible with the given DistributedVirtualSwitch product specification.
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Distributed Virtual Switch Manager Rectify Dvs On Host Task
Update the Distributed Switch configuration on the hosts to bring them in sync with the current configuration in vCenter Server.