Virtual Machine Start Replaying Task
Deprecated as of vsphere API 5.1.
Starts a replay session on this virtual machine.
As a side effect, this operation updates the current snapshot of the virtual machine.
This is an experimental interface that is not intended for use in production code.
Required privileges: VirtualMachine.Interact.Replay
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 VirtualMachine/{moId}.
The vSphere release schema. The current specification covers vSphere 8.0.2.0 APIs.
"StartReplayingRequestType Object"Reference to an instance of the VirtualMachineSnapshot managed object.
This method returns a Task object with which to monitor the operation.
"MoRefTask Object"TaskInProgress: if the virtual machine is busy.
NotSupported: if the host product does not support record/replay functionality or if the virtual machine does not support this capability.
InvalidArgument: if replaySnapshot is not a valid snapshot associated with a recorded session on this virtual machine.
SnapshotFault: if an error occurs during the snapshot operation. Typically, a more specific fault like InvalidSnapshotFormat is thrown.
FileFault: if there is a problem with creating or accessing one or more files needed for this operation.
VmConfigIncompatibleForRecordReplay: if the virtual machine configuration is incompatible for replaying.
InvalidPowerState: if the operation cannot be performed in the current power state of the virtual machine.
InvalidState: if the operation cannot be performed because of the virtual machine's current state. For example, the virtual machine configuration information is not available.
NotFound: if replaySnapshot is no longer present.
RecordReplayDisabled: if the record/replay config flag has not been enabled for this virtual machine.
HostIncompatibleForRecordReplay: if the virtual machine is located on a host that does not support record/replay.
"VimFault Object" curl -X POST -H 'Authorization: <value>' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '[{}]' https://{api_host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/VirtualMachine/{moId}/StartReplaying_Task