vcenter vm hardware: upgrade

Upgrades the virtual machine to a newer virtual hardware version.

Request:

HTTP request

POST https://{server}/rest/vcenter/vm/{vm}/hardware/action/upgrade

Path Parameters

Name Type Description
Required
vm string Virtual machine identifier.

Request Body Structure:

{
    "version""VMX_03"
}
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<ns0:Upgrade-Input xmlns:ns0="http://vmware.com/vcenter/vm/hardware" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <version>VMX_03</version>
</ns0:Upgrade-Input>

Request Body Parameters:

Name Type Description
bold = required
version string Optional. New virtual machine version.

Response:

HTTP Status Code: 200

None

Errors:

HTTP Status Code Type Description
500 error if the system reports an error while responding to the request.
404 not_found if the virtual machine is not found.
400 not_allowed_in_current_state if the virtual machine is not powered off.
400 already_in_desired_state if the virtual machine is already configured for the desired hardware version.
400 invalid_argument if version is older than the current virtual hardware version.
400 unsupported if version is not supported by the server.
400 resource_busy if the virtual machine is busy performing another operation.
400 resource_inaccessible if the virtual machine's configuration state cannot be accessed.
503 service_unavailable if the system is unable to communicate with a service to complete the request.
401 unauthenticated if the user can not be authenticated.
403 unauthorized if the user doesn't have the required privileges.