Distributed Virtual Switch Manager DVS Manager Export Entity Task

Distributed Virtual Switch Manager DVS Manager Export Entity Task

Export the configuration for entities specified in the selectionSet parameter.

You can use this method only for a VmwareDistributedVirtualSwitch and its associated DistributedVirtualPortgroup objects.

Use the DVSManagerImportEntity_Task method to restore the entity to the state represented by the exported configuration. You can also use the exported configuration to create a new switch or portgroup.

Request
URI
POST
https://{api_host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/DistributedVirtualSwitchManager/{moId}/DVSManagerExportEntity_Task
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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 DistributedVirtualSwitchManager/{moId}.

string
release
Required

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

Request Body
DVSManagerExportEntityRequestType of type(s) application/json
Required 
"DVSManagerExportEntityRequestType Object"
array of object
selectionSet
Required

The selection criteria for a set of entities to export the configuration.

Authentication
This operation uses the following authentication methods.
Responses
200

This method returns a Task object with which to monitor the operation. After successful completion, the Task.info.result property contains the EntityBackupConfig object.

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

500

NotFound: If entity in selectionSet doesn't exist.

BackupBlobWriteFailure: if failed to create backup config blob.

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}/DistributedVirtualSwitchManager/{moId}/DVSManagerExportEntity_Task
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