REST API - relocate
  1. Operations
  2. vcenter
  3. vm

vcenter VM: relocate

Relocates a virtual machine based on the specification. The parts of the virtual machine that can move are: FOLDER, RESOURCE_POOL, HOST, CLUSTER and DATASTORE of home of the virtual machine and disks.

. This operation was added in vSphere API 7.0.0.0.

Request:

HTTP request

POST https://{server}/rest/vcenter/vm/{vm}?action=relocate

Path Parameters

Name Type Description
Required
vm string Existing Virtual machine to relocate.

Request Body Structure:

{
    "spec" : {
        "disks" : [
            {
                "value" : {
                    "datastore" : "obj-103",
                    "storage_policy" : {
                        "policy" : "obj-103"
                    }
                },
                "key" : "obj-103"
            }
        ],
        "fallback_to_datastore_default_policy" : true,
        "vm_home_storage_policy" : {
            "policy" : "obj-103"
        },
        "placement" : {
            "cluster" : "obj-103",
            "folder" : "obj-103",
            "datastore" : "obj-103",
            "host" : "obj-103",
            "resource_pool" : "obj-103"
        },
        "disk_storage_policy" : {
            "policy" : "obj-103"
        }
    }
}

Request Body Parameters:

Name Type Description
bold = required
spec relocate_spec Relocate specification.
spec.placement relocate_placement_spec Virtual machine placement information. This attribute was added in vSphere API 7.0.0.0.

Optional. If this field is unset, the system will use the values from the source virtual machine. If specified, each field will be used for placement. If the fields result in disjoint placement the operation will fail. If the fields along with the other existing placement of the virtual machine result in disjoint placement the operation will fail.
spec.placement.folder string Virtual machine folder into which the virtual machine should be placed. This attribute was added in vSphere API 7.0.0.0.

Optional. If this field is unset, the virtual machine will stay in the current folder.When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: Folder. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: Folder.
spec.placement.resource_pool string Resource pool into which the virtual machine should be placed. This attribute was added in vSphere API 7.0.0.0.

Optional. If this field is unset, the virtual machine will stay in the current resource pool.When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: ResourcePool. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: ResourcePool.
spec.placement.host string Host onto which the virtual machine should be placed.

If host and resource_pool are both specified, resource_pool must belong to host.

If host and cluster are both specified, host must be a member of cluster.

. This attribute was added in vSphere API 7.0.0.0.

Optional. If this field is unset, if resource_pool is unset, the virtual machine will remain on the current host. if resource_pool is set, and the target is a standalone host, the host is used. if resource_pool is set, and the target is a DRS cluster, a host will be picked by DRS. if resource_pool is set, and the target is a cluster without DRS, InvalidArgument will be thrown.When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: HostSystem. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: HostSystem.
spec.placement.cluster string Cluster into which the virtual machine should be placed.

If cluster and resource_pool are both specified, resource_pool must belong to cluster.

If cluster and host are both specified, host must be a member of cluster.

. This attribute was added in vSphere API 7.0.0.0.

Optional. If resource_pool or host is specified, it is recommended that this field be unset.When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: ClusterComputeResource. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: ClusterComputeResource.
spec.placement.datastore string Datastore on which the virtual machine's configuration state should be stored. This datastore will also be used for any virtual disks that are associated with the virtual machine, unless individually overridden. This attribute was added in vSphere API 7.0.0.0.

Optional. If this field is unset, the virtual machine will remain on the current datastore.When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: Datastore. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: Datastore.
spec.disks list Individual disk relocation map. This attribute was added in vSphere API 7.0.0.0.

Optional. If unset, all disks will migrate to the datastore specified in the vcenter.VM.relocate_placement_spec.datastore field of vcenter.VM.relocate_spec.placement.When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the key in the field key/value pairs must be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vcenter.vm.hardware.Disk. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the key in the field key/value pairs will be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vcenter.vm.hardware.Disk.
spec.disks[].key string
spec.disks[].value disk_relocate_spec
spec.disks[].value.datastore string Destination datastore to relocate disk. This attribute was added in vSphere API 7.0.0.0.

Optional. This field is currently required. In the future, if this field is unset, disk will use the datastore specified in vcenter.VM.relocate_placement_spec.datastore field of vcenter.VM.relocate_spec.placement.When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: Datastore. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: Datastore.
spec.vm_home_storage_policy storage_policy_spec Storage policy to be associated with the virtual machine home (which contains the configuration and log files). Warning: This attribute is part of a new feature in development. It may be changed at any time and may not have all supported functionality implemented.

Optional. If unset, the virtual machine home will be associated with a storage policy based the rules described for the relocate operation.
spec.vm_home_storage_policy.policy string Identifier of the storage policy which should be associated with the virtual machine. This attribute was added in vSphere API 6.7.

When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vcenter.StoragePolicy. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vcenter.StoragePolicy.
spec.disk_storage_policy storage_policy_spec Storage policy to be associated with the virtual machine disks. If set, each of the destination disks is assigned the specified storage policy, unless it is overwritten in vcenter.VM.relocate_spec.disks. Warning: This attribute is part of a new feature in development. It may be changed at any time and may not have all supported functionality implemented.

Optional. If unset, the destination disks will be associated with a storage policy based the rules described for the relocate operation.
spec.disk_storage_policy.policy string Identifier of the storage policy which should be associated with the virtual machine. This attribute was added in vSphere API 6.7.

When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vcenter.StoragePolicy. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vcenter.StoragePolicy.
spec.fallback_to_datastore_default_policy boolean Flag used by the server to auto assign storage policy when a storage policy is not explicitly specified for the operation and the original virtual machine storage policy is not compatible with the target datastore. If flag is set to true, the server will use the default storage policy of the target datastore. Otherwise, the server will throw an error for the operation. See also the storage policy assignment rules for the relocate operation. Warning: This attribute is part of a new feature in development. It may be changed at any time and may not have all supported functionality implemented.

Optional. If unset, the default value is false, the server will throw an error if source policy is not compatible with target datastore.

Response:

HTTP Status Code: 200

None

Errors:

HTTP Status Code Type Description
500 error if the system reports an error while responding to the request.
400 invalid_argument if any of the specified parameters are invalid.
404 not_found if any of the resources specified in spec or the given "vm" could not be found
500 resource_inaccessible if a specified resource (eg. host) is not accessible.
503 service_unavailable if the system is unable to communicate with a service to complete the request.
401 unauthenticated if the user can not be authenticated.
403 unauthorized if the user doesn't have the required privileges.