REST API - create

vcenter ovf library item: create target

The create_target structure specifies the target library item when capturing a virtual machine or virtual appliance as an OVF package in a library item in a content library. The target can be an existing library item, which will be updated, creating a new version, or it can be a newly created library item in a specified library. See create.

Representation:

JSON

{
"library_item_id" : "obj-103",
"library_id" : "obj-103"
}

Attributes:

Name Type Description

Optional

Name	Type	Description
Optional
library_id	string	Identifier of the library in which a new library item should be created. This field is not used if the `library_item_id` field is specified. Optional. This field is currently required. In the future, if unset, the `library_item_id` field must be specified. . When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: `com.vmware.content.Library`. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: `com.vmware.content.Library`.
library_item_id	string	Identifier of the library item that should be should be updated. Optional. If unset, a new library item will be created. The `library_id` field must be specified if this field is set.When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: `com.vmware.content.library.Item`. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: `com.vmware.content.library.Item`.

library_id

string

Identifier of the library in which a new library item should be created. This field is not used if the library_item_id field is specified.

Optional. This field is currently required.

In the future, if unset, the library_item_id field must be specified.

. When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.content.Library. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.content.Library.

library_item_id

string

Identifier of the library item that should be should be updated.

Optional. If unset, a new library item will be created. The library_id field must be specified if this field is set.When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.content.library.Item. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.content.library.Item.