Return the List of Virtual Machines

Returns information about all virtual machines.

Request:

Method:

GET

URI Path(s):

/api/v1/fabric/virtual-machines

Request Headers:

n/a

Query Parameters:

VirtualMachineListRequestParameters+

Name	Description	Type	Notes
cursor	Opaque cursor to be used for getting next page of records (supplied by current result page)	string
display_name	Display Name of the virtual machine	string
external_id	External id of the virtual machine	string
host_id	Id of the host where this vif is located	string
included_fields	Comma separated list of fields that should be included in query result	string
page_size	Maximum number of results to return in this page (server may return fewer)	integer	Minimum: 0 Maximum: 1000 Default: "1000"
sort_ascending		boolean
sort_by	Field by which records are sorted	string

Request Body:

n/a

Example Request:

GET https://<nsx-mgr>/api/v1/fabric/virtual-machines

Successful Response:

Response Code:

200 OK

Response Headers:

Content-type: application/json

Response Body:

VirtualMachineListResult+

Name	Description	Type	Notes
_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
_schema	Schema for this resource	string	Readonly
_self	Link to this resource	SelfResourceLink	Readonly
cursor	Opaque cursor to be used for getting next page of records (supplied by current result page)	string	Readonly
result_count	Count of results found (across all pages), set only on first page	integer	Readonly
results	VirtualMachine list results	array of VirtualMachine	Required
sort_ascending	If true, results are sorted in ascending order	boolean	Readonly
sort_by	Field by which records are sorted	string	Readonly

Example Response:

{ "result_count" : 1, "results" : [ { "display_name" : "Iws-2", "resource_type" : "VirtualMachine", "local_id_on_host": "1", "external_id" : "420e72c9-55e7-a4f7-81bf-673a2af1a6cf", "host_id" : "cf0ffd7a-818a-11e4-9ab1-cb7a79b0af39", "compute_ids" : [ "locationId:420e72c9-55e7-a4f7-81bf-673a2af1a6cf", "instanceUuid:500e0c08-2ecc-2609-d9ba-ed489e48c787", "biosUuid:420e72c9-55e7-a4f7-81bf-673a2af1a6cf", "externalId:420e72c9-55e7-a4f7-81bf-673a2af1a6cf", "hostLocalId:1", "moIdOnHost:1" ], "source" : { "target_display_name" : "sc2-rdops-vm03-dhcp-102-35.eng.vmware.com", "is_valid" : true, "target_type" : "HostNode", "target_id" : "3d0574b8-267c-11e7-9126-0febdf149b8c" }, "type" : "REGULAR", "power_state" : "VM_RUNNING", "guest_info": { "os_name": "Ubuntu Linux (64-bit)", "computer_name": "app-vm" }, "_last_sync_time" : 1493291539130 } ] } { "result_count": 1, "results": [ { "resource_type": "VirtualMachine", "display_name": "app-vm", "compute_ids": [ "instanceUuid:5006d98a-352f-134f-df6b-33e7f8d5de65", "moIdOnHost:1", "externalId:5006d98a-352f-134f-df6b-33e7f8d5de65", "hostLocalId:1", "locationId:564d1012-15a8-dd22-9c13-f53d697678a8", "biosUuid:4206a555-5a2f-edaa-d215-dac9508da942" ], "external_id": "5006d98a-352f-134f-df6b-33e7f8d5de65", "source" : { "target_display_name" : "sc2-rdops-vm03-dhcp-102-35.eng.vmware.com", "is_valid" : true, "target_type" : "HostNode", "target_id" : "3d0574b8-267c-11e7-9126-0febdf149b8c" }, "type": "REGULAR", "host_id": "74730a28-e52d-11e5-936e-6f061d405a28", "local_id_on_host": "1", "power_state" : "VM_RUNNING", "guest_info": { "os_name": "Ubuntu Linux (64-bit)", "computer_name": "app-vm" }, "_last_sync_time" : 1493291539130 } ] } { "result_count": 1, "results": [ { "resource_type": "VirtualMachine", "display_name": "web-vm", "compute_ids": [ "instanceUuid:50069c43-e024-9fce-6017-001a87ef32be", "moIdOnHost:1", "externalId:50069c43-e024-9fce-6017-001a87ef32be", "hostLocalId:1", "locationId:564d6439-4abb-e39c-1a2f-d2524e3cc3e1", "biosUuid:42060137-3f57-15bb-1bfc-293c4ba89050" ], "external_id": "50069c43-e024-9fce-6017-001a87ef32be", "source" : { "target_display_name" : "sc2-rdops-vm03-dhcp-102-35.eng.vmware.com", "is_valid" : true, "target_type" : "HostNode", "target_id" : "3d0574b8-267c-11e7-9126-0febdf149b8c" }, "type": "REGULAR", "host_id": "65bcd211-e570-11e5-8472-991cc87d670e", "local_id_on_host": "1", "power_state" : "VM_RUNNING", "guest_info": { "os_name": "Ubuntu Linux (64-bit)", "computer_name": "web-vm" }, "_last_sync_time" : 1493291539130 } ] } { "result_count": 1, "results": [ { "resource_type": "VirtualMachine", "display_name": "db-vm-new", "compute_ids": [ "instanceUuid:50314b00-d422-d5d0-0cb2-d8a904a31c16", "moIdOnHost:3", "externalId:50314b00-d422-d5d0-0cb2-d8a904a31c16", "hostLocalId:3", "locationId:564d90f6-8f73-1baa-8226-82d85cc9c5c8", "biosUuid:4231c15f-ca24-b567-65b4-17bf1c0dd20e" ], "external_id": "50314b00-d422-d5d0-0cb2-d8a904a31c16", "source" : { "target_display_name" : "sc2-rdops-vm03-dhcp-102-35.eng.vmware.com", "is_valid" : true, "target_type" : "HostNode", "target_id" : "3d0574b8-267c-11e7-9126-0febdf149b8c" }, "type": "REGULAR", "host_id": "65bcd211-e570-11e5-8472-991cc87d670e", "local_id_on_host": "3", "power_state" : "VM_RUNNING", "guest_info": { "os_name": "Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)", "computer_name": "db-vm" }, "_last_sync_time" : 1493291539130 } ] }

Return the List of Virtual Machines

Request:

VirtualMachineListRequestParameters (schema)

Example Request:

Successful Response:

VirtualMachineListResult (schema)

Example Response:

Required Permissions:

Feature:

Additional Errors: