REST API - sync-task

esx settings depots: sync-task

Syncs the metadata from the currently configured online or umds depots. If any umds depot is set, then metadata is downloaded from that depot else metadata is downloaded from the online depots. The result of this operation can be queried by calling the cis/tasks/{task-id} where the task-id is the response of this operation.

Request:

HTTP request

POST https://{server}/api/esx/settings/depots

?action=sync
&vmw-task=true

Response:

HTTP Status Code: 202

Response Body Structure:

"obj-103"

Headers:

None

Type:

Name Type Description
bold = required
- string

Errors:

HTTP Status Code Type Description
401 unauthenticated if the caller is not authenticated.
503 service_unavailable if the service is not available.
500 timed_out if the service is timed out.
500 error if there is some unknown internal error. The accompanying error message will give more details about the failure.