vcenter datacenter: create

Create a new datacenter in the vCenter inventory

Request:

HTTP request

POST https://{server}/rest/vcenter/datacenter

Request Body Structure:

{
    "spec"{
        "folder""obj-103",
        "name""string"
    }
}

Request Body Parameters:

Name Type Description
bold = required
spec create_spec Specification for the new datacenter to be created.
spec.name string The name of the datacenter to be created.

spec.folder string Datacenter folder in which the new datacenter should be created.

Optional. This field is currently required. In the future, if this field is unset, the system will attempt to choose a suitable folder for the datacenter; if a folder cannot be chosen, the datacenter creation operation will fail.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.

Response:

HTTP Status Code: 200

Representation:

{
    "value""obj-103"
}

Response Type:

Name Type Description
bold = required
value string The identifier of the newly created datacenter.

Errors:

HTTP Status Code Type Description
500 error if the system reports an error while responding to the request.
400 already_exists if the datacenter with the same name is already present.
400 invalid_argument if the datacenter name is empty or invalid as per the underlying implementation.
404 not_found if the datacenter folder cannot be found.
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.