Update the mirror session

Request:

Method:

PUT

URI Path(s):

/api/v1/mirror-sessions/<mirror-session-id>

Request Headers:

n/a

Query Parameters:

n/a

Request Body:

PortMirroringSession+

PortMirroringSession (schema)

Name	Description	Type	Notes
_create_time	Timestamp of resource creation	EpochMsTimestamp	Readonly Sortable
_create_user	ID of the user who created this resource	string	Readonly
_last_modified_time	Timestamp of last modification	EpochMsTimestamp	Readonly Sortable
_last_modified_user	ID of the user who last modified this resource	string	Readonly
_links	References related to this resource The server will populate this field when returing the resource. Ignored on PUT and POST.	array of ResourceLink	Readonly
_protection	Indicates protection status of this resource Protection status is one of the following: PROTECTED - the client who retrieved the entity is not allowed to modify it. NOT_PROTECTED - the client who retrieved the entity is allowed to modify it REQUIRE_OVERRIDE - the client who retrieved the entity is a super user and can modify it, but only when providing the request header X-Allow-Overwrite=true. UNKNOWN - the _protection field could not be determined for this entity.	string	Readonly
_revision	Generation of this resource config The _revision property describes the current revision of the resource. To prevent clients from overwriting each other's changes, PUT operations must include the current _revision of the resource, which clients should obtain by issuing a GET operation. If the _revision provided in a PUT request is missing or stale, the operation will be rejected.	int
_schema	Schema for this resource	string	Readonly
_self	Link to this resource	SelfResourceLink	Readonly
_system_owned	Indicates system owned resource	boolean	Readonly
description	Description of this resource	string	Maximum length: 1024 Sortable
direction	Port mirroring session direction	DirectionType	Required
display_name	Identifier to use when displaying entity in logs or GUI Defaults to ID if not set	string	Maximum length: 255 Sortable
encapsulation_vlan_id	Encapsulation VLAN ID Only for Remote SPAN Port Mirror.	VlanID
id	Unique identifier of this resource	string	Sortable
mirror_destination	Mirror destination	MirrorDestination (Abstract type: pass one of the following concrete types) IPMirrorDestination LogicalPortMirrorDestination PnicMirrorDestination	Required
mirror_sources	Mirror sources	array of MirrorSource (Abstract type: pass one of the following concrete types) LogicalPortMirrorSource LogicalSwitchMirrorSource PnicMirrorSource VlanMirrorSource	Required Minimum items: 1
port_mirroring_filters	Port mirror filter for this session An array of 5-tuples used to filter packets for the mirror session, if not provided, all the packets will be mirrored.	array of PortMirroringFilter
preserve_original_vlan	Only for Remote SPAN Port Mirror. Whether to preserve original VLAN.	boolean	Default: "False"
resource_type	Must be set to the value PortMirroringSession	string
session_type	Port mirroring session type If this property is unset, this session will be treated as LocalPortMirrorSession.	PortMirroringSessionType	Default: "LocalPortMirrorSession"
snap_length	Maximum packet length for packet truncation If this property is set, the packet will be truncated to the provided length. If this property is unset, entire packet will be mirrored.	integer	Minimum: 60 Maximum: 65535
tags	Opaque identifiers meaningful to the API user	array of Tag	Maximum items: 30
tcp_ip_stack	TCP/IP Stack If set to mirror, mirror packet will be sent via dedicated mirror stack to destination; If set to default, mirror packet will be sent via default stack; So far, the value mirror can only be chosen in L3PortMirrorSession.	string	Enum: Default, Mirror

Example Request:

PUT https://<nsx-mgr>/api/v1/mirror-sessions/e57e8b2d-3047-4550-b230-dd1ee0e10b49 { "id": "e57e8b2d-3047-4550-b230-dd1ee0e10b49", "display_name": "port-mirror-session-2", "description": "Test pnic port mirror session 2", "direction": "BIDIRECTIONAL", "mirror_sources": [ { "resource_type": "PnicMirrorSource", "source_pnics": ["eth2"], "node_id": "6a361832-43e4-430d-a48a-b84a6cba73c3", "encapsulated": "true" } ], "mirror_destination": { "resource_type": "LogicalPortMirrorDestination", "port_ids": ["3e42e8b2d-3047-4550-b230-dd1ee0e10b34"] }, "_revision": 0 }

Successful Response:

Response Code:

200 OK

Response Headers:

Content-type: application/json

Response Body:

PortMirroringSession+

PortMirroringSession (schema)

Name	Description	Type	Notes
_create_time	Timestamp of resource creation	EpochMsTimestamp	Readonly Sortable
_create_user	ID of the user who created this resource	string	Readonly
_last_modified_time	Timestamp of last modification	EpochMsTimestamp	Readonly Sortable
_last_modified_user	ID of the user who last modified this resource	string	Readonly
_links	References related to this resource The server will populate this field when returing the resource. Ignored on PUT and POST.	array of ResourceLink	Readonly
_protection	Indicates protection status of this resource Protection status is one of the following: PROTECTED - the client who retrieved the entity is not allowed to modify it. NOT_PROTECTED - the client who retrieved the entity is allowed to modify it REQUIRE_OVERRIDE - the client who retrieved the entity is a super user and can modify it, but only when providing the request header X-Allow-Overwrite=true. UNKNOWN - the _protection field could not be determined for this entity.	string	Readonly
_revision	Generation of this resource config The _revision property describes the current revision of the resource. To prevent clients from overwriting each other's changes, PUT operations must include the current _revision of the resource, which clients should obtain by issuing a GET operation. If the _revision provided in a PUT request is missing or stale, the operation will be rejected.	int
_schema	Schema for this resource	string	Readonly
_self	Link to this resource	SelfResourceLink	Readonly
_system_owned	Indicates system owned resource	boolean	Readonly
description	Description of this resource	string	Maximum length: 1024 Sortable
direction	Port mirroring session direction	DirectionType	Required
display_name	Identifier to use when displaying entity in logs or GUI Defaults to ID if not set	string	Maximum length: 255 Sortable
encapsulation_vlan_id	Encapsulation VLAN ID Only for Remote SPAN Port Mirror.	VlanID
id	Unique identifier of this resource	string	Sortable
mirror_destination	Mirror destination	MirrorDestination (Abstract type: pass one of the following concrete types) IPMirrorDestination LogicalPortMirrorDestination PnicMirrorDestination	Required
mirror_sources	Mirror sources	array of MirrorSource (Abstract type: pass one of the following concrete types) LogicalPortMirrorSource LogicalSwitchMirrorSource PnicMirrorSource VlanMirrorSource	Required Minimum items: 1
port_mirroring_filters	Port mirror filter for this session An array of 5-tuples used to filter packets for the mirror session, if not provided, all the packets will be mirrored.	array of PortMirroringFilter
preserve_original_vlan	Only for Remote SPAN Port Mirror. Whether to preserve original VLAN.	boolean	Default: "False"
resource_type	Must be set to the value PortMirroringSession	string
session_type	Port mirroring session type If this property is unset, this session will be treated as LocalPortMirrorSession.	PortMirroringSessionType	Default: "LocalPortMirrorSession"
snap_length	Maximum packet length for packet truncation If this property is set, the packet will be truncated to the provided length. If this property is unset, entire packet will be mirrored.	integer	Minimum: 60 Maximum: 65535
tags	Opaque identifiers meaningful to the API user	array of Tag	Maximum items: 30
tcp_ip_stack	TCP/IP Stack If set to mirror, mirror packet will be sent via dedicated mirror stack to destination; If set to default, mirror packet will be sent via default stack; So far, the value mirror can only be chosen in L3PortMirrorSession.	string	Enum: Default, Mirror

Example Response:

{ "id": "e57e8b2d-3047-4550-b230-dd1ee0e10b49", "display_name": "port-mirror-session-2", "description": "Test pnic port mirror session 2", "resource_type": "PortMirroringSession", "direction": "BIDIRECTIONAL", "mirror_sources": [ { "resource_type": "PnicMirrorSource", "source_pnics": ["eth21"], "node_id": "6a361832-43e4-430d-a48a-b84a6cba73c3", "encapsulated": "true" } ], "mirror_destination": { "resource_type": "LogicalPortMirrorDestination", "port_ids": ["3e4e8b2d-3047-4550-b230-dd1ee0e10b34"] }, "_last_modified_user": "system", "_last_modified_time": 1435282426932, "_create_time": 1435282426867, "_system_owned": false, "_create_user": "system", "_revision": 1 }

Update the mirror session

Request:

PortMirroringSession (schema)

Example Request:

Successful Response:

PortMirroringSession (schema)

Example Response:

Required Permissions:

Feature:

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