Get VM Virtual Disk Items operation

The Get VM Virtual Disk Items operation enables you to retrieve the details of the virtual disks from the specified VM.

The following figure shows a sample <items> XML element for the Get VM Virtual Disk Items operation:

Sample <items> XML element for the Get VM Virtual Disk Items operation

The following table describes the elements for this adapter request:

Adapter request elements for the Get VM Virtual Disk Items operation

Element	Definition	Required
<operation-name>	Defines the type of operation: Get_VM_Virtual_Disk_Items	Yes
<vcloud-organization>	Specifies the name of the vCloud organization	Conditional: Required if not specified in the configuration If used, requires <user-name> and <password>
<user-name>	Specifies the user name required for basic HTTP authentication on vCloud	Conditional: Required if not specified in the configuration If used, requires <vcloud-organization> and <password>
<password>	Contains the password corresponding to the specified user name	Conditional: Required if not specified in the configuration If used, requires <vcloud-organization> and <user-name>
<parameters>	Contains the <vm-id> element that executes the operation	Yes
<vm-id>	Specifies the ID of the VM whose virtual disk items details you want to retrieve Valid value: Any string	Yes

The following figure shows the sample adapter request for the Get VM Virtual Disk Items operation:

Sample adapter request for the Get VM Virtual Disk Items operation

<vmware-vcloud-request>
<operation-name>Get_VM_Virtual_Disk_Items</operation-name>
<vcloud-organization>TestOrg</vcloud-organization>
<user-name>TestUser</user-name>
<password>Password</password>
<parameters>
<vm-id>vm-690224753</vm-id>
</parameters>
</vmware-vcloud-request>

The following figure shows the response for the sample request:

Sample adapter response for the Get VM Virtual Disk Items operation

<vmware-vcloud-response>
   <metadata>
       <status>success</status>
   </metadata>
   <status-line>
       <code>200</code>
       <reason>OK</reason>
   </status-line>
   <message-body>
       <RasdItemsList type = "application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.rasdItemsList+xml" href = "https://10.128.248.112/api/v1.0/vApp/vm-867787057/virtualHardwareSection/disks">
           <Link
               rel = "edit"
               type = "application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.rasdItemsList+xml"
               href = "https://10.128.248.112/api/v1.0/vApp/vm-867787057/virtualHardwareSection/disks"/>
           <Item>
               <Address>2</Address>
               <Description>SCSI Controller</Description>
               <ElementName>SCSI Controller 2</ElementName>
               <InstanceID>4</InstanceID>
               <ResourceSubType>buslogic</ResourceSubType>
               <ResourceType>6</ResourceType>
           </Item>
           <Item>
               <AddressOnParent>0</AddressOnParent>
               <Description>Hard disk</Description>
               <ElementName>Hard disk 1</ElementName>
               <HostResource
                   capacity = "4096"
                   busType = "6"
                   busSubType = "buslogic"/>
               <InstanceID>2032</InstanceID>
               <Parent>4</Parent>
               <ResourceType>17</ResourceType>
           </Item>
           <Item>
               <Address>0</Address>
               <Description>IDE Controller</Description>
               <ElementName>IDE Controller 0</ElementName>
               <InstanceID>5</InstanceID>
               <ResourceType>5</ResourceType>
           </Item>
           <Item>
               <AddressOnParent>0</AddressOnParent>
               <Description>Hard disk</Description>
               <ElementName>Hard disk 2</ElementName>
               <HostResource
                   capacity = "1024"
                   busType = "5"
                   busSubType = ""/>
               <InstanceID>3000</InstanceID>
               <Parent>5</Parent>
               <ResourceType>17</ResourceType>
           </Item>
           <Item>
               <Address>3</Address>
               <Description>SCSI Controller</Description>
               <ElementName>SCSI Controller 3</ElementName>
               <InstanceID>6</InstanceID>
               <ResourceSubType>lsilogic</ResourceSubType>
               <ResourceType>6</ResourceType>
           </Item>
           <Item>
               <AddressOnParent>0</AddressOnParent>
               <Description>Hard disk</Description>
               <ElementName>Hard disk 3</ElementName>
               <HostResource
                   capacity = "8192"
                   busType = "6"
                   busSubType = "lsilogic"/>
               <InstanceID>2048</InstanceID>
               <Parent>6</Parent>
               <ResourceType>17</ResourceType>
           </Item>
           <Item>
               <Address>1</Address>
               <Description>IDE Controller</Description>
               <ElementName>IDE Controller 1</ElementName>
               <InstanceID>7</InstanceID>
               <ResourceType>5</ResourceType>
           </Item>
           <Item>
               <AddressOnParent>1</AddressOnParent>
               <Description>Hard disk</Description>
               <ElementName>Hard disk 4</ElementName>
               <HostResource
                   capacity = "2048"
                   busType = "5"
                   busSubType = ""/>
               <InstanceID>3003</InstanceID>
               <Parent>7</Parent>
               <ResourceType>17</ResourceType>
           </Item>
       </RasdItemsList>
   </message-body>
</vmware-vcloud-response>

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