Service - PodFederation

Class: VMware.Hv.PodFederation
See also: MapEntry, PodFederationInfo, PodId, SecureString, TaskInfo
Since: Horizon View 6.0

Service Description

The interface representing federated pods for Multi-DataCenter View. Creating and Deletion of a PodFederation are done by the system automatically.

Methods

Methods defined in this Service
PodFederation_Eject, PodFederation_Get, PodFederation_Initialize, PodFederation_Join, PodFederation_Uninitialize, PodFederation_Unjoin, PodFederation_Update

PodFederation_Eject

Forcefully remove a failed pod from the Multi-DataCenter View Pod Federation. This operation should only be performed against a remote pod that is down and no longer functional. If the remote pod is still operational, an unjoin operation should be used on that pod instead.
Upon successful completion of eject operation, the ejected pod's topology will be removed from the Pod Federation. All GlobalEntitlement data that is relevant to the ejected pod will be modified.
Eject operation can not be performed against the current pod.

Privileges

Privilege	Description
FEDERATED_LDAP_MANAGE	Global LDAP management is required to eject a pod from the pod federation.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the PodFederation used to make the method call.
pod	PodId	PodId to be forcefully removed.

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
EntityNotFound	Thrown if any specified entity cannot be found.
InsufficientPermission	Thrown if the user does not have sufficient permission to perform the operation.
InvalidArgument	Thrown if any specified argument is invalid.
InvalidState	Thrown if this pod is not in the valid state to perform eject operation.
InvalidType	Thrown if the type of any specified argument is invalid.
UnexpectedFault	Thrown if an unexpected error occurs while performing the operation.

Events

Event	Description
VLSI_POD_FEDERATION_EJECT_SUCCESS	If the specified pod was successfully ejected.
VLSI_POD_FEDERATION_EJECT_FAILURE	If the specified pod could not be ejected.

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vdi="urn:vdi" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="PodFederation_Eject" type="vdi:PodFederation_EjectRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vdi="urn:vdi" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="PodFederation_EjectResponse">
            <complexType/>
         </element>

PodFederation_Get

Get the Multi-DataCenter View Pod Federation that this pod is a member of. Basic Multi-DataCenter View local Pod status is available with the lowest privileges. Other information is populated only with higher privileges.

Privileges

Privilege	Description
FEDERATED_LDAP_VIEW	Global LDAP read is required to access the PodFederationData members of the PodFederationInfo. This will be unset if the privilege is not met.
GLOBAL_CONFIG_VIEW	Configuration read is required to access the PodFederationLocalConnectionServerStatus members of the PodFederationInfo. This will be unset if the privilege is not met.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the PodFederation used to make the method call.

Return Value

Type	Description
PodFederationInfo	The PodFederationInfo

Faults

Type	Description
EntityNotFound	Thrown if any specified entity cannot be found.
InsufficientPermission	Thrown if the user does not have sufficient permission to perform the operation.
InvalidArgument	Thrown if any specified argument is invalid.
InvalidType	Thrown if the type of any specified argument is invalid.
UnexpectedFault	Thrown if an unexpected error occurs while performing the operation.

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vdi="urn:vdi" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="PodFederation_Get" type="vdi:PodFederation_GetRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vdi="urn:vdi" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="PodFederation_GetResponse">
            <complexType>
               <sequence>
                  <element name="returnval" type="vdi:PodFederationInfo"/>
               </sequence>
            </complexType>
         </element>

PodFederation_Initialize

Initialize a Multi-DataCenter View Pod Federation. The pod on which this command is invoked must not be initialized already. Also, the pod on which this command is invoked must not already be part of a Pod Federation or have replica Connection Servers in transitional states.
After being initialized, a Pod Federation is created and will have one default member site, which will have a single member pod (the local pod). The Pod Federation topology (Site, Pod, and PodEndpoint) will be automatically populated.
A TaskInfo object is returned and can be used to track the progress and status of the initialize operation.

Privileges

Privilege	Description
FEDERATED_LDAP_MANAGE	Global LDAP management is required to initialize the pod federation.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the PodFederation used to make the method call.

Return Value

Type	Description
TaskInfo	TaskInfo object to track progress and status

Faults

Type	Description
EntityNotFound	Thrown if any specified entity cannot be found.
InsufficientPermission	Thrown if the user does not have sufficient permission to perform the operation.
InvalidArgument	Thrown if any specified argument is invalid.
InvalidState	Thrown if the pod is not in the valid state to perform initialize operation.
InvalidType	Thrown if the type of any specified argument is invalid.
UnexpectedFault	Thrown if an unexpected error occurs while performing the operation.

Events

Event	Description
VLSI_POD_FEDERATION_TASK_TRIGGERED	If the task to initialize the pod federation was successfully started.
VLSI_POD_FEDERATION_OP_SUCCESS	If the task to initialize the pod federation completed successfully.
VLSI_POD_FEDERATION_CONCURRENT_OP	If the task to initialize the pod federation could not complete because another pod federation task was running concurrently.
VLSI_POD_FEDERATION_OP_FAILURE	If the task to initialize the pod federation failed.

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vdi="urn:vdi" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="PodFederation_Initialize" type="vdi:PodFederation_InitializeRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vdi="urn:vdi" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="PodFederation_InitializeResponse">
            <complexType>
               <sequence>
                  <element name="returnval" type="vdi:TaskInfo"/>
               </sequence>
            </complexType>
         </element>

PodFederation_Join

Perform a join operation against a Multi-DataCenter View Pod Federation. At the successful completion of join operation the current pod will become a new member of the Pod Federation. The joining Pod will be assigned to a default Site and that might need to be updated (via Pod.update() api) post-join. All Pod Federation topology, including the current pod, will be populated.
Join operation can only be performed on a pod that is not already a member of a Pod Federation. The pod the operation is performed on must not have replica Connection Servers in transitional states.
Join operation can only be sent to a pod that is already a Pod Federation member. A TaskInfo object is returned and can be used to track the progress and status of the join operation.

Privileges

Privilege	Description
FEDERATED_LDAP_MANAGE	Global LDAP management is required to join the pod federation.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the PodFederation used to make the method call.
remotePodAddress	xsd:string	the ip address or url for the remote pod.
userName	xsd:string	the user name with sufficient privilege to perform a global LDAP join against the remote pod. If the userName is not supplied, password field will be ignored. In that case, the remote server must be configured to grant sufficient privilege for the computer account for the local system. Optional parameter. If not specifing any value, this should be set to null.
password	SecureString	the password for the user Optional parameter. If not specifing any value, this should be set to null.

Return Value

Type	Description
TaskInfo	TaskInfo object to track progress and status

Faults

Type	Description
EntityNotFound	Thrown if any specified entity cannot be found.
InsufficientPermission	Thrown if the user does not have sufficient permission to perform the operation.
InvalidArgument	Thrown if any specified argument is invalid.
InvalidState	Thrown if this pod is not in the valid state to perform join operation.
InvalidType	Thrown if the type of any specified argument is invalid.
UnexpectedFault	Thrown if an unexpected error occurs while performing the operation.

Events

Event	Description
VLSI_POD_FEDERATION_TASK_TRIGGERED	If the task to join the pod federation was successfully started.
VLSI_POD_FEDERATION_JOIN_SUCCESS	If the task to join the pod federation completed successfully.
VLSI_POD_FEDERATION_CONCURRENT_OP	If the task to join the pod federation could not complete because another pod federation task was running concurrently.
VLSI_POD_FEDERATION_JOIN_FAILURE	If the task to join the pod federation failed.

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vdi="urn:vdi" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="PodFederation_Join" type="vdi:PodFederation_JoinRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vdi="urn:vdi" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="PodFederation_JoinResponse">
            <complexType>
               <sequence>
                  <element name="returnval" type="vdi:TaskInfo"/>
               </sequence>
            </complexType>
         </element>

PodFederation_Uninitialize

Tear down a Multi-Data Center View Pod Federation. The pod on which this command is invoked must be the only remaining member in the Pod Federation. Invoking uninitialize when there is more than one pod in the Pod Federation will fail. The pod the operation is performed on must not have replica Connection Servers in transitional states.
At the completion of uninitialize, the Pod Federation topology information will be removed and it becomes a non-federated pod. A TaskInfo object is returned and can be used to track the progress and status of the uninitialize operation.

Privileges

Privilege	Description
FEDERATED_LDAP_MANAGE	Global LDAP management is required to uninitialize the pod federation.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the PodFederation used to make the method call.

Return Value

Type	Description
TaskInfo	TaskInfo object to track progress and status

Faults

Type	Description
EntityNotFound	Thrown if any specified entity cannot be found.
InsufficientPermission	Thrown if the user does not have sufficient permission to perform the operation.
InvalidArgument	Thrown if any specified argument is invalid.
InvalidState	Thrown if the pod is not in the valid state to perform uninitialize operation.
InvalidType	Thrown if the type of any specified argument is invalid.
UnexpectedFault	Thrown if an unexpected error occurs while performing the operation.

Events

Event	Description
VLSI_POD_FEDERATION_TASK_TRIGGERED	If the task to uninitialize the pod federation was successfully started.
VLSI_POD_FEDERATION_OP_SUCCESS	If the task to uninitialize the pod federation completed successfully.
VLSI_POD_FEDERATION_CONCURRENT_OP	If the task to uninitialize the pod federation could not complete because another pod federation task was running concurrently.
VLSI_POD_FEDERATION_OP_FAILURE	If the task to uninitialize the pod federation failed.

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vdi="urn:vdi" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="PodFederation_Uninitialize" type="vdi:PodFederation_UninitializeRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vdi="urn:vdi" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="PodFederation_UninitializeResponse">
            <complexType>
               <sequence>
                  <element name="returnval" type="vdi:TaskInfo"/>
               </sequence>
            </complexType>
         </element>

PodFederation_Unjoin

Perform an unjoin operation against the Multi-DataCenter View Pod Federation. At the successful completion of the unjoin operation the current pod will become a non-federated pod that is no longer a member of the Pod Federation. All Pod Federation topology data will be removed from the current pod.
GlobalEntitlement reference to this pod will be updated with an unjoin.
Unjoin operation can only be performed if the current pod is not the only/last member of a Pod Federation; an uninitialize operation should be performed instead. The pod the operation is performed on must not have replica Connection Servers in transitional states.
A TaskInfo object is returned and can be used to track the progress and status of the unjoin operation.

Privileges

Privilege	Description
FEDERATED_LDAP_MANAGE	Global LDAP management is required to unjoin the pod federation.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the PodFederation used to make the method call.

Return Value

Type	Description
TaskInfo	TaskInfo object to track progress and status

Faults

Type	Description
EntityNotFound	Thrown if any specified entity cannot be found.
InsufficientPermission	Thrown if the user does not have sufficient permission to perform the operation.
InvalidArgument	Thrown if any specified argument is invalid.
InvalidState	Thrown if this pod is not in the valid state to perform unjoin operation.
InvalidType	Thrown if the type of any specified argument is invalid.
UnexpectedFault	Thrown if an unexpected error occurs while performing the operation.

Events

Event	Description
VLSI_POD_FEDERATION_TASK_TRIGGERED	If the task to unjoin the pod federation was successfully started.
VLSI_POD_FEDERATION_OP_SUCCESS	If the task to unjoin the pod federation completed successfully.
VLSI_POD_FEDERATION_CONCURRENT_OP	If the task to unjoin the pod federation could not complete because another pod federation task was running concurrently.
VLSI_POD_FEDERATION_OP_FAILURE	If the task to unjoin the pod federation failed.

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vdi="urn:vdi" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="PodFederation_Unjoin" type="vdi:PodFederation_UnjoinRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vdi="urn:vdi" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="PodFederation_UnjoinResponse">
            <complexType>
               <sequence>
                  <element name="returnval" type="vdi:TaskInfo"/>
               </sequence>
            </complexType>
         </element>

PodFederation_Update

Update the display name of this Multi-DataCenter View Pod Federation.

Privileges

Privilege	Description
FEDERATED_LDAP_MANAGE	Global LDAP management is required to update the pod federation.

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

_this

ManagedObjectReference

A reference to the PodFederation used to make the method call.

updates

MapEntry[]

key value pairs describing attributes to be updated. Only displayName is permitted for update.

This parameter is an update map based on PodFederationInfo.

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
EntityNotFound	Thrown if any specified entity cannot be found.
InsufficientPermission	Thrown if the user does not have sufficient permission to perform the operation.
InvalidArgument	Thrown if any specified argument is invalid.
InvalidRequest	Thrown if the update map contains invalid or non-permitted fields.
InvalidState	Thrown if the pod is not in the valid state to perform update operation.
InvalidType	Thrown if the type of any specified argument is invalid.
UnexpectedFault	Thrown if an unexpected error occurs while performing the operation.

Events

Event	Description
VLSI_POD_FEDERATION_OP_SUCCESS	If the pod federation was successfully updated.
VLSI_POD_FEDERATION_OP_FAILURE	If the pod federation could not be updated.

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vdi="urn:vdi" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="PodFederation_Update" type="vdi:PodFederation_UpdateRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vdi="urn:vdi" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="PodFederation_UpdateResponse">
            <complexType/>
         </element>