HTTP Status Codes for Deferred Import

Each deferred import operation returns an HTTP status code.

The following table lists the HTTP status codes that you can receive and the operations which can trigger each status code.

Table 1. HTTP Status Codes
HTTP Status Code Description Operations that return the status code
200 The operation is successful.
  • pause
  • cancel
  • resume
400 You cannot perform the operation because the data import is in the current state. For information about the data import states and transitions between the states, see the Deferred Import State Diagram figure.
  • pause
  • cancel
  • resume
401 You use invalid user name or password, or the authentication has failed.
  • pause
  • cancel
  • resume
  • getstatus
403 You do not have permissions to perform the operation. The vCenter Server super administrator has permissions to run the operation.
  • pause
  • cancel
  • resume
  • getstatus
500 There is a vapi std error. For information about the types of vapi std errors, see vapi.std.errors in the API reference.
  • pause
  • cancel
  • resume
  • getstatus