REST API - update

vcenter vm hardware: update spec

The update_spec structure describes the updates to virtual hardware settings of a virtual machine.

Representation:

JSON

{
"upgrade_policy" : "NEVER",
"upgrade_version" : "VMX_03"
}

Attributes:

Name	Type	Description
Optional
upgrade_policy	string	Scheduled upgrade policy. If set to NEVER, the vcenter.vm.hardware.info.upgrade_version field will be reset to unset. Optional. If unset, the value is unchanged.
upgrade_version	string	Target hardware version to be used on the next scheduled virtual hardware upgrade. If specified, this field must represent a newer virtual hardware version than the current virtual hardware version reported in vcenter.vm.hardware.info.version. Optional. It is only relevant when upgrade_policy has value [AFTER_CLEAN_SHUTDOWN, ALWAYS]. If vcenter.vm.hardware.update_spec.upgrade_policy is set to NEVER, this field must be unset. Otherwise, if this field is unset, default to the most recent virtual hardware version supported by the server.

Name

Type

Description

Optional

upgrade_policy

string

Scheduled upgrade policy.

If set to NEVER, the vcenter.vm.hardware.info.upgrade_version field will be reset to unset.

Optional. If unset, the value is unchanged.

upgrade_version

string

Target hardware version to be used on the next scheduled virtual hardware upgrade.

If specified, this field must represent a newer virtual hardware version than the current virtual hardware version reported in vcenter.vm.hardware.info.version.

Optional. It is only relevant when upgrade_policy has value [AFTER_CLEAN_SHUTDOWN, ALWAYS]. If vcenter.vm.hardware.update_spec.upgrade_policy is set to NEVER, this field must be unset. Otherwise, if this field is unset, default to the most recent virtual hardware version supported by the server.