This section explains the API and CLI specifications that got added, updated or deprecated for vCenter Cloud due to the new implementation starting in 22.1.1.

Starting with NSX Advanced Load Balancer version 22.1.1 release, to improve the vCenter cloud performance and to be able to deploy in large vCenter/ vSphere environments, the design adopted to store only relevant objects runtime instead of the earlier behavior of storing all objects runtime of configured datacenter.

Vcenter CLI Support/ API Endpoints added in 22.1.1

Functionality

Added API/URI

Added CLI

Display vCenter Content Libraries

vimgrvcenterruntime/retrieve/contentlibraries

show vinfra vcenter contentlibraries

vCenter CLI/ API or their parameters modified in 22.1.1

Action

API/URI

CLI path

Modified Params

Spawn SE

OLD: vimgrvcenterruntime

NEW: vimgrvcenterruntime/initiate/deletese

OLD: vinfra spawn NEW: No change

OLD: VICreateSEReq

NEW: cc_create_se_req

Delete SE

OLD: vimgrvcenterruntime

NEW: vimgrvcenterruntime/initiate/deletese

OLD: vinfra remove NEW: No change

OLD: VIDeleteSEReq NEW: cc_delete_se_req

Set Mgmt IP

OLD: NONE

NEW: vimgrvcenterruntime/initiate/setmgmtip

OLD: vinfra mgmtip NEW: No change

OLD: VISetMgmtIpSEReqNEW: No change

Modify Mgmt IP

OLD: NONE

NEW: vimgrvcenterruntime/initiate/modifymgmtip

OLD: vinfra modifymgmtip

NEW: No change

OLD: vinfra modifymgmtip NEW: No change

Set vNIC

OLD: NONE

NEW: vimgrvcenterruntime/initiate/addvnics

OLD: vinfra setvnic NEW: vinfra addvnics

OLD: VISetvNicNwReq NEW: cc_add_vnics_req

Modify vNIC

OLD: NONE

NEW: vimgrvcenterruntime/initiate/delvnics

OLD: vinfra modifyvnic

NEW: vinfra delvnics

OLD: VISetvNicNwReq

NEW: cc_del_vnics_req

Verify Login

OLD: vimgrvcenterruntime/verify/login NEW: No change

OLD: verifylogin vcenter

NEW: No change

OLD: verifylogin vcenter

NEW: No change
Note:

OLD refers to any release prior to 22.1.1 version, NEW refers to 22.1.1 version release.

vCenter CLI/ API or parameter order change in 22.1.1

Object

API/ URI

CLI Path

Folders

  • OLD: vimgrvcenterruntime/<key>/subfolders

  • NEW: vimgrvcenterruntime/subfolders/<key>

  • OLD: show vinfra vcenter <key> folders

  • NEW: show vinfra vcenter folders <key>

Datastore

  • OLD: vimgrvcenterruntime/<key>/datastores

  • NEW: vimgrvcenterruntime/datastores/<key>

  • OLD: show vinfra vcenter <key> datastores

  • NEW: show vinfra vcenter datastores

Host Resource

  • OLD: vimgrvcenterruntime/<key>/hostresources

  • NEW: vimgrvcenterruntime/hostresources/<key>

  • OLD: show vinfra vcenter <key> hostresources

  • NEW: show vinfra vcenter hostresources <key>

VMs in Subnet

  • OLD: vimgrvcenterruntime/<key>/networksubnetvms

  • NEW: vimgrvcenterruntime/networksubnetvms/<key>

  • OLD: show vinfra vcenter <key> networksubnetvms

  • NEW: show vinfra vcenter networksubnetvms ><key>
Note:

OLD refers to any release prior to 22.1.1 version, NEW refers to 22.1.1 version release.

vCenter CLI Support/ API Endpoints deprecated in 22.1.1

Functionality

Deprecated API/URI

Deprecated CLI

vCenter cloud Status

vimgrvcenterruntime/vcenter/status

vcenterstatus cloud

Get vCenter Networks

vimgrvcenterruntime/<key>/getnetworks

getnetworks vcenter <key>

SE VM creation progress

vcenter/sevmcreateprogress

show vcenter sevmcreateprogress

vCenter Redis status

vimgrvcenterruntime/<key>/redis

show vinfra vcenter redis <key>

Get Datacenter Runtime

vimgrdcruntime

show vinfra datacenter <key>

Get Controller Runtime

vimgrcontrollerruntime

show vinfra controller <key>

Add Fault Inject

vimgrvcenterruntime/fault/inject

faultinject vcenter

vCenter Runtime

vimgrvcenterruntime/

show vinfra vcenter -<key->
Note:

key refers to cloud-uuid.