API reconfigures VM's CPU

Overview

In this manual, you will find detailed information on how to prepare information, get the VM’s CPU information, and Reconfigure the VM’s CPU.

Procedure

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Step 1: Prepare Information

Login IAM portal -> vCD portal: collect the information

• {{vcd_url}}

  
• {{vm-uuid}}: select VM -> take a look vm uuid on url

  
• {{Bearer Token}}: Please follow “Api token login” document

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Step 2: Get VM’s CPU information

• GET https://{{vcd_url}}/api/vApp/{{vm-uuid}}/virtualHardwareSection/cpu

• Authorization: {{Bearer Token }}

• Headers:

- ‘Accept’: */*;version=37.2

- ‘Content-type’: application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.rasdItem+xml

• SEND request.

Copy Response Body

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Step 3: Reconfigure VM’s CPU

Postman:

• PUT https://{{vcd_url}}/api/vApp/{{vm-uuid}}/virtualHardwareSection/cpu

• Authorization: {{Bearer Token }}

• Headers:

- 'Accept: */*;version=37.2

- ‘Content-type’: application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.rasdItem+xml

Body: {{select raw -> copy and paste response body from Get VM’s CPU information }}

Ex:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<ns4:Item xmlns:ovf="http://schemas.dmtf.org/ovf/envelope/1" xmlns:rasd="http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema/2/CIM_ResourceAllocationSettingData" xmlns:common="http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/common" xmlns:ns4="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5"
    <rasd:Reservation>0</rasd:Reservation>
    <rasd:ResourceSubType xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:nil="true"/>
    <rasd:ResourceType>3</rasd:ResourceType>
…………………………………………………………………………..
………………………………………………………………………….
    <rasd:VirtualQuantity>8</rasd:VirtualQuantity>
    <rasd:VirtualQuantityUnits xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:nil="true"/>
    <rasd:Weight>0</rasd:Weight>
    <vmw:CoresPerSocket ovf:required="false">2</vmw:CoresPerSocket>
type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.rasdItem+json"/>
</ns4:Item>

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Find line “<rasd:VirtualQuantity>8</rasd:VirtualQuantity>” and edit the number, it’s the CPU number.

• SEND request.

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Step 4: Verify

• Get VM’s CPU information

GET https://{{vcd_url}}/api/vApp/{{vm-uuid}}/virtualHardwareSection/cpu

• Check on vCD portal

Login IAM -> vCD portal-> select VM-> Compute