API reconfigures VM's Memory

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

Step 2: Get VM’s memory information

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

• Authorization: {{Bearer Token}}

• Headers:

- ‘Accept’: */*;version=37.2

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

• SEND request.

Copy Response Body

Step 3: Reconfig VM’s memory

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

• 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 memory 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" xmlns:vssd="http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema/2/CIM_VirtualSystemSettingData" xmlns:vmw="http://www.vmware.com/schema/ovf"
………………………………………………………….
……………………………………………………………
    <rasd:ResourceType>4</rasd:ResourceType>
    <rasdraidtualQuantity>2048</rasd:VirtualQuantity>
    <rasd:VirtualQuantityUnits xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:nil="true"/>
type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.rasdItem+json"/>
</ns4:Item>

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Find line “<rasd:VirtualQuantity>2048</rasd:VirtualQuantity>” and edit the value, it’s the VM’s memory (MB).Please note that Value must be a multiple of 4 MB

• SEND request.

Step 4: Verify

• Get VM’s memory information

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

• Check on vCD portal

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