REST API - delete-task

esx settings hosts software solutions: delete-task

Deletes the given solution from the desired software specification. The deletion will be validated along with the entire software specification before it is committed as new desired spec. 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. Warning: This operation is part of a new feature in development. It may be changed at any time and may not have all supported functionality implemented.

Request:

HTTP request

DELETE https://{server}/api/esx/settings/hosts/{host}/software/solutions/{solution}

?vmw-task=true

Path Parameters

Name Type Description
Required
host string Identifier of the host.
solution string Identifier of the solution.

Response:

HTTP Status Code: 202

Response Body Structure:

"obj-103"

Headers:

None

Type:

Name Type Description
bold = required
- string ID of the newly created commit.

Errors:

HTTP Status Code Type Description
500 error If there is some unknown internal error. The accompanying error message will give more details about the failure.
400 invalid_argument if validation of the software document fails. The value of the data field of vapi.std.errors.error will be a structure that contains all the fields defined in ValidateResult.
404 not_found If there is no host associated with host or solution associated with solution in the system.
503 service_unavailable If the service is not available.
401 unauthenticated if the caller is not authenticated.
400 unsupported If the host is not a standlone host, but instead part of a cluster.