Committing the Draft Software Specification

When you commit a draft software specification, it becomes the desired state for the cluster or the standalone host.

To save the draft that you created for a cluster or a standalone host, use the POST https://<vcenter_ip_address_or_fqdn>/api/esx/settings/clusters/<cluster_id>/software/drafts/<draft_id>?action=commit&vmw-task=true and POST https://<vcenter_ip_address_or_fqdn>/api/esx/settings/hosts/<host_id>/software/drafts/<draft_id>?action=commit&vmw-task=true request depending on the targeted vSphere inventory object. The Image Manager component runs a validation check before the draft gets saved to the database. This method returns an identifier of the commit operation. You can use the ID to retrieve information about a specific commit such as the author of the commit operation, the time when the draft was committed, and so on.