Broadcom

Broadcom Datastores API

Operations for managing datastores

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Operations 1

GET /vcenter/datastore Broadcom List datastores #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://developer.broadcom.com/xapis/vsphere-automation-api/latest/
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Documentation
https://developer.broadcom.com/xapis/operations-for-applications-rest-api/latest/
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https://developer.broadcom.com/xapis/sddc-manager-api/latest/

Specifications

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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/broadcom/refs/heads/main/openapi/broadcom-datastores-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/broadcom/refs/heads/main/json-schema/broadcom-virtual-machine-schema.json
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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/broadcom/refs/heads/main/json-schema/broadcom-host-schema.json
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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/broadcom/refs/heads/main/json-schema/broadcom-cluster-schema.json
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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/broadcom/refs/heads/main/json-schema/broadcom-dashboard-schema.json
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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/broadcom/refs/heads/main/json-schema/broadcom-alert-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/broadcom/refs/heads/main/json-schema/broadcom-workload-domain-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/broadcom/refs/heads/main/json-schema/broadcom-task-schema.json

Other Resources

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JSONLD
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/broadcom/refs/heads/main/json-ld/broadcom-context.jsonld

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OpenAPI Specification

broadcom-datastores-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Broadcom vSphere Automation Datastores API
  description: The vSphere Automation API provides a unified programmatic interface for managing VMware vSphere environments. It enables automation of virtual machine lifecycle management, host and cluster configuration, content library management, tagging, and other vSphere infrastructure operations. This RESTful API replaces many legacy SOAP-based interfaces and supports JSON request and response payloads over HTTPS.
  version: 8.0.0
  contact:
    name: Broadcom Developer Support
    url: https://developer.broadcom.com
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    url: https://www.broadcom.com/company/legal/licensing
servers:
- url: https://{vcenter}/api
  description: vCenter Server instance
  variables:
    vcenter:
      default: vcenter.example.com
      description: The hostname or IP address of the vCenter Server
security:
- sessionAuth: []
tags:
- name: Datastores
  description: Operations for managing datastores
paths:
  /vcenter/datastore:
    get:
      summary: Broadcom List datastores
      description: Returns information about datastores in the vCenter Server.
      operationId: listDatastores
      tags:
      - Datastores
      parameters:
      - name: filter.names
        in: query
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
      - name: filter.types
        in: query
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            enum:
            - VMFS
            - NFS
            - NFS41
            - CIFS
            - VSAN
            - VFFS
            - VVOL
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/DatastoreSummary'
components:
  schemas:
    DatastoreSummary:
      type: object
      properties:
        datastore:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - VMFS
          - NFS
          - NFS41
          - CIFS
          - VSAN
          - VFFS
          - VVOL
        capacity:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        free_space:
          type: integer
          format: int64
  securitySchemes:
    sessionAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: vmware-api-session-id
      description: Session token obtained via POST /cis/session
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: Username and password for session creation
externalDocs:
  description: vSphere Automation API Reference
  url: https://developer.broadcom.com/xapis/vsphere-automation-api/latest/