VirtualDatastorePlacementAdvice create request (Provider API)

Description

This API creates a VirtualDatastorePlacementAdvice object.

HTTP method	URI	Return type	Return type multiplicity
`POST`	`csm/VirtualDatastorePlacementAdvice/create`	`VirtualDatastorePlacementAdvice`

This API does not use query string parameters.

This API uses only common headers listed in HTTP request and response headers.

This API uses the following objects in the request message body JSON.

Top-level objects

Name	Type	Multi- plicity	Description
`callbackURL`	`String`	0..1	URL to call when the operation finishes
`postCallout`	`String`	0..1	Identifier of a callout to run after the operation executes
`preCallout`	`String`	0..1	Identifier of a callout to run before the operation executes
`timeout`	`Integer`	0..1	Timeout setting. For more information about using the timeout, see Synchronous and asynchronous operations. Timeout values: 0: Immediate timeout -1: Uses the system default timeout value 1..*: Times out in the specified number of seconds
`operationParams`	`OperationParameter`	1	Array of input parameters. The following table contains the list of input parameters. For information about setting up the input parameters, see Passing input parameters with an API request.

Input parameters to include in operationParams

Name	Type	Multi- plicity	Description
`computeContainerUri`	`String`	0..1	URI of the compute container to which the VM belongs. It can be used to implement compute container level affinity in placement algorithms.
`computeSpecList`	`ComputeSpec`	1..*
`deploymentParameterValue`	`DeploymentParameterValue`	0..*	List of deployment parameter values
`diskSequenceCount`	`Integer`	0..1	Index of the disk specification in the blueprint
`diskSpec`	`DiskSpec`	0..1
`dSpec`	`DiskSpec`	0..1
`invokedForAnAlreadyProvisionedComputeContainer`	`Boolean`	0..1	Indicates whether this operation is invoked for a compute container that has already been provisioned. Set to true for day 2 Add Disk use cases, otherwise not present or false.
`placement_objects`	`VirtualDatastore`	0..*	List of virtual data store placement candidates
`serviceOfferingInstanceUri`	`String`	0..1	URI of the service offering instance (SOI) to which the VM belongs. It can be used to implement SOI level affinity in placement algorithms.
`specResourceList`	`ComputeContainerSpec`	1..*	Compute container specification

This API uses only common headers listed in HTTP request and response headers.

The response message body contains a Task object.