Listing 1: Anlegen eines DataSet

curl --location –request POST 'https://vc1.lab.local/api/vcenter/vm/vm-2003/data-sets' \
--header 'api-session-id: dadce554314f7641f3bb7903caa3e4fc' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
"name": "my-first-dataset",
"description": "description for my first dataset",
"host": "READ_WRITE",
"guest": "READ_ONLY"
"omit_from_snapshot_and_clone": true
}


Listing 2: Auslesen eines DataSet

# List DataSets
root@debian:~# vmtoolsd --cmd 'datasets-list'
{ "result": true,
"datasets" : [ { "name":"my-first-dataset", "description":"description for my first dataset" }
] }
# Query DataSet
root@debian:~# vmtoolsd --cmd 'datasets-query {"dataset": "my-first-dataset"}'
{ "result": true, "info" :{"name":"my-first-dataset", "description":"description for my first
dataset", "used":32, "hostAccess":"READ_WRITE", "guestAccess":"READ_ONLY",
"omitFromSnapshotAndClone":true}
}
# List Keys
root@debian:~# vmtoolsd --cmd 'datasets-list-keys {"dataset": "my-first-dataset"}'
{ "result": true, "keys": [
"first-field"] }
# Get Key
root@debian:~# vmtoolsd --cmd 'datasets-get-entry {"keys": ["first-field"],"dataset":
"my-first-dataset"}'
{ "result": true, "entries": [
{ "first-field" : "value for first-field" }] }