List all virtual machines

This API filters objects of type virtual machine. This API also gives some VM
details such as VM name, IDs and the current state of the VMs.
This API is available when using VMware Cloud (AWS, Dell-EMC, Outpost, Hyperscalers) or VMware NSX-T.

Request:

Method:

GET

URI Path(s):

/policy/api/v1/infra/realized-state/virtual-machines

Request Headers:

n/a

Query Parameters:

RealizationListRequestParameters+

Name	Description	Type	Notes
cursor	Opaque cursor to be used for getting next page of records (supplied by current result page)	string
enforcement_point_path	String Path of the enforcement point The path of the enforcement point from which the list of members needs to be fetched. Forward slashes must be escaped using %2F.	string
include_mark_for_delete_objects	Include objects that are marked for deletion in results If true, resources that are marked for deletion will be included in the results. By default, these resources are not included.	boolean	Default: "False"
included_fields	Comma separated list of fields that should be included in query result	string
page_size	Maximum number of results to return in this page (server may return fewer)	integer	Minimum: 0 Maximum: 1000 Default: "1000"
sort_ascending		boolean
sort_by	Field by which records are sorted	string

Request Body:

n/a

Example Request:

GET https://<policy-mgr>/policy/api/v1/infra/realized-state/virtual-machines?enforcement_point_path=/infra/deployment-zones/default/enforcement-points/ep1

Successful Response:

Response Code:

200 OK

Response Headers:

Content-type: application/json

Response Body:

VirtualMachineListResult+

Name	Description	Type	Notes
_links	References related to this resource The server will populate this field when returing the resource. Ignored on PUT and POST.	array of ResourceLink	Readonly
_schema	Schema for this resource	string	Readonly
_self	Link to this resource	SelfResourceLink	Readonly
cursor	Opaque cursor to be used for getting next page of records (supplied by current result page)	string	Readonly
result_count	Count of results found (across all pages), set only on first page	integer	Readonly
results	VirtualMachine list results	array of VirtualMachine	Required
sort_ascending	If true, results are sorted in ascending order	boolean	Readonly
sort_by	Field by which records are sorted	string	Readonly

Example Response:

{ "sort_ascending": true, "sort_by": "display_name", "result_count": 1, "results": [ { "compute_ids": [ "moIdOnHost:1", "hostLocalId:1", "locationId:564d75b2-7e28-7e78-dd77-64e5fd6128e1", "instanceUuid:04fb2e78-e4bc-416f-b9dc-18b9f05e6227", "externalId:564d75b2-7e28-7e78-dd77-64e5fd6128e1", "biosUuid:564d75b2-7e28-7e78-dd77-64e5fd6128e1" ], "resource_type": "VirtualMachine", "external_id": "564d75b2-7e28-7e78-dd77-64e5fd6128e1", "source": { "target_display_name": "sc-rdops-vm09-dhcp-16-203.eng.vmware.com", "is_valid": true, "target_type": "HostNode", "target_id": "1afea8da-d4e2-11e7-93c3-c57b39f75a4f" }, "_last_sync_time": 1512031301409, "display_name": "1-vm_ubuntu_1404_srv_64-local-586-04fb2e78-e4bc-416f-b9dc-18b9f05e6227", "type": "REGULAR", "power_state": "VM_RUNNING", "host_id": "1afea8da-d4e2-11e7-93c3-c57b39f75a4f", "local_id_on_host": "1" } ] }

List all virtual machines

Request:

RealizationListRequestParameters (schema)

Example Request:

Successful Response:

VirtualMachineListResult (schema)

Example Response:

Required Permissions:

Feature:

Additional Errors: