Esx. Settings. Hosts. Software. Alternative Images Get

Esx. Settings. Hosts. Software. Alternative Images Get

Get the alternative image specification for the given host.

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.

Returns an authorization error if you do not have all of the privileges described as follows:

  • Operation execution requires VcIntegrity.lifecycleSoftwareSpecification.Read.
  • The resource HostSystem referenced by the parameter host requires VcIntegrity.lifecycleSoftwareSpecification.Read.
Request
URI
GET
https://{api_host}/esx/settings/hosts/{host}/software/alternative-images/{image}
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Path Parameters
string
host
Required

Identifier of the host.

The parameter must be an identifier for the resource type: HostSystem.

string
image
Required

Identifier of the alternative image.

The parameter must be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.esx.settings.image.


Authentication
This operation uses the following authentication methods.
Responses
200

Alternative Image specification for the given draft.

Returns Esx.Settings.AlternativeImageInfo of type(s) application/json
"Esx.Settings.AlternativeImageInfo Object"

400

If the host is not a vLCM managed standalone host.

Returns Vapi.Std.Errors.Unsupported of type(s) application/json
"Vapi.Std.Errors.Unsupported Object"

401

If the caller is not authenticated.

Returns Vapi.Std.Errors.Unauthenticated of type(s) application/json
"Vapi.Std.Errors.Unauthenticated Object"

403

If the caller does not have the necessary privileges.

Returns Vapi.Std.Errors.Unauthorized of type(s) application/json
"Vapi.Std.Errors.Unauthorized Object"

404

If there is no host associated with host or no alternative image associated with image in the system.

Returns Vapi.Std.Errors.NotFound of type(s) application/json
"Vapi.Std.Errors.NotFound Object"

500

If there is unknown internal error. The accompanying error message will give more details about the failure.

Returns Vapi.Std.Errors.Error of type(s) application/json
"Vapi.Std.Errors.Error Object"

503

If the service is not available.

Returns Vapi.Std.Errors.ServiceUnavailable of type(s) application/json
"Vapi.Std.Errors.ServiceUnavailable Object"

Code Samples
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                    curl -H 'Authorization: <value>' https://{api_host}/esx/settings/hosts/{host}/software/alternative-images/{image}