Alarm Manager Create Alarm

Alarm Manager Create Alarm

Creates an alarm.

In addition to the Alarm.Create privilege, may also require the Global.ScriptAction if a RunScriptAction action is specified in the AlarmSpec.

Request
URI
POST
https://{api_host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/AlarmManager/{moId}/CreateAlarm
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Path Parameters
string
moId
Required

The unique identifier for the managed object to which the method attaches; the serialized managed object reference for a request has the form moType/moId, in this case AlarmManager/{moId}.

string
release
Required

The vSphere release schema. The current specification covers vSphere 8.0.2.0 APIs.


Request Body
CreateAlarmRequestType of type(s) application/json
Required
"CreateAlarmRequestType Object"
object
entity
Required

Reference to an instance of the ManagedEntity managed object.

object
spec
Required

Parameters for alarm creation.

Authentication
This operation uses the following authentication methods.
Responses
200

A reference to the Alarm object created by the operation.

Returns MoRefAlarm of type(s) application/json
"MoRefAlarm Object"

500

InvalidName: if the alarm name is empty or too long.

DuplicateName: if an alarm with the name already exists.

InvalidArgument: if the specification is invalid.

Returns VimFault of type(s) application/json
This response body class contains all of the following: InlineVimFault0
"VimFault Object"

Code Samples
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                    curl -X POST -H 'Authorization: <value>' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '[{}]' https://{api_host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/AlarmManager/{moId}/CreateAlarm