REST API - relocate

vcenter VM: relocate

Relocates a virtual machine based on the specification. The parts of the virtual machine that can move are: FOLDER, RESOURCE_POOL, HOST, CLUSTER and DATASTORE of home of the virtual machine and disks.

. This operation was added in vSphere API 7.0.0.

Request:

HTTP request

POST https://{server}/rest/vcenter/vm/{vm}?action=relocate

Path Parameters

Name	Type	Description
Required
vm	string	Existing Virtual machine to relocate.

Request Body Structure:

{
    "spec" : {
        "disks" : [
            {
                "value" : {
                    "datastore" : "obj-103"
                },
                "key" : "obj-103"
            }
        ],
        "placement" : {
            "cluster" : "obj-103",
            "folder" : "obj-103",
            "datastore" : "obj-103",
            "host" : "obj-103",
            "resource_pool" : "obj-103"
        }
    }
}

Request Body Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
bold = required
spec	relocate_spec	Relocate specification.
spec.placement	relocate_placement_spec	Virtual machine placement information. This attribute was added in vSphere API 7.0.0. Optional. If this field is unset, the system will use the values from the source virtual machine. If specified, each field will be used for placement. If the fields result in disjoint placement the operation will fail. If the fields along with the other existing placement of the virtual machine result in disjoint placement the operation will fail.
spec.placement.folder	string	Virtual machine folder into which the virtual machine should be placed. This attribute was added in vSphere API 7.0.0. Optional. If this field is unset, the virtual machine will stay in the current folder.When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: `Folder`. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: `Folder`.
spec.placement.resource_pool	string	Resource pool into which the virtual machine should be placed. This attribute was added in vSphere API 7.0.0. Optional. If this field is unset, the virtual machine will stay in the current resource pool.When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: `ResourcePool`. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: `ResourcePool`.
spec.placement.host	string	Host onto which the virtual machine should be placed. If `host` and `resource_pool` are both specified, `resource_pool` must belong to `host`. If `host` and `cluster` are both specified, `host` must be a member of `cluster`. . This attribute was added in vSphere API 7.0.0. Optional. If this field is unset, if `resource_pool` is unset, the virtual machine will remain on the current host. if `resource_pool` is set, and the target is a standalone host, the host is used. if `resource_pool` is set, and the target is a DRS cluster, a host will be picked by DRS. if `resource_pool` is set, and the target is a cluster without DRS, InvalidArgument will be thrown.When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: `HostSystem`. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: `HostSystem`.
spec.placement.cluster	string	Cluster into which the virtual machine should be placed. If `cluster` and `resource_pool` are both specified, `resource_pool` must belong to `cluster`. If `cluster` and `host` are both specified, `host` must be a member of `cluster`. . This attribute was added in vSphere API 7.0.0. Optional. If `resource_pool` or `host` is specified, it is recommended that this field be unset.When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: `ClusterComputeResource`. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: `ClusterComputeResource`.
spec.placement.datastore	string	Datastore on which the virtual machine's configuration state should be stored. This datastore will also be used for any virtual disks that are associated with the virtual machine, unless individually overridden. This attribute was added in vSphere API 7.0.0. Optional. If this field is unset, the virtual machine will remain on the current datastore.When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: `Datastore`. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: `Datastore`.
spec.disks	list	Individual disk relocation map. This attribute was added in vSphere API 7.0.0. Optional. If unset, all disks will migrate to the datastore specified in the vcenter.VM.relocate_placement_spec.datastore field of vcenter.VM.relocate_spec.placement.When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the key in the field key/value pairs must be an identifier for the resource type: `com.vmware.vcenter.vm.hardware.Disk`. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the key in the field key/value pairs will be an identifier for the resource type: `com.vmware.vcenter.vm.hardware.Disk`.
spec.disks[].key	string
spec.disks[].value	disk_relocate_spec
spec.disks[].value.datastore	string	Destination datastore to relocate disk. This attribute was added in vSphere API 7.0.0. Optional. This field is currently required. In the future, if this field is unset, disk will use the datastore specified in vcenter.VM.relocate_placement_spec.datastore field of vcenter.VM.relocate_spec.placement.When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: `Datastore`. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: `Datastore`.

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.
400	invalid_argument	if any of the specified parameters are invalid.
404	not_found	if any of the resources specified in spec or the given "vm" could not be found
500	resource_inaccessible	if a specified resource (eg. host) is not accessible.
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.