Virtual Machine Snapshot Export Snapshot

Virtual Machine Snapshot Export Snapshot

Obtains an export lease on this snapshot.

The export lease contains a list of URLs for the virtual disks for this snapshot, as well as a ticket giving access to the URLs.

See HttpNfcLease for information on how to use the lease.

Required privileges: VApp.Export

Request
URI
POST
https://{api_host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/VirtualMachineSnapshot/{moId}/ExportSnapshot
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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 VirtualMachineSnapshot/{moId}.

string
release
Required

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

Authentication
This operation uses the following authentication methods.
Responses
200

The export lease on this VirtualMachineSnapshot. The export task continues running until the lease is completed by the caller.

Returns MoRefHttpNfcLease of type(s) application/json
This response body class contains all of the following: InlineMoRefHttpNfcLease0 
"MoRefHttpNfcLease Object"

500

TaskInProgress: if the virtual machine is busy.

InvalidState: if the operation cannot be performed because of the virtual machine's current state. For example, if the virtual machine configuration information is not available.

FileFault: if there is an error accessing the virtual machine files.

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>' https://{api_host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/VirtualMachineSnapshot/{moId}/ExportSnapshot
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