15.3. XML Representation of Additional OVF Data for a Virtual Machine

Use a GET request for a virtual machine with the All-Content: true header to include additional OVF data with the representation of the virtual machine.
The Accept header defaults to application/xml if left blank, and the data is represented with HTML entities so as not to interfere with the XML tags. Specifying the Accept: application/json header will return the data in standard XML tagging. This example representation has been formatted from its standard block format to improve legibility.

Example 15.2. XML representation of additional ovf data for a virtual machine

GET /api/vms/70b4d9a7-4f73-4def-89ca-24fc5f60e01a HTTP/1.1
All-Content: true
	
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> 
<ovf:Envelope xmlns:ovf="http://schemas.dmtf.org/ovf/envelope/1/" 
  xmlns:rasd="http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema/2/CIM_ResourceAllocationSettingData" 
  xmlns:vssd="http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema/2/CIM_VirtualSystemSettingData" 
  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
  ovf:version="3.5.0.0"> 
  <References/> 
  <Section xsi:type="ovf:NetworkSection_Type"> 
    <Info>List of networks</Info> 
    <Network ovf:name="Network 1"/> 
  </Section> 
  <Section xsi:type="ovf:DiskSection_Type"> 
    <Info>List of Virtual Disks</Info> 
  </Section> 
  <Content ovf:id="out" xsi:type="ovf:VirtualSystem_Type"> 
    <CreationDate>2014/12/03 04:25:45</CreationDate> 
    <ExportDate>2015/02/09 14:12:24</ExportDate> 
    <DeleteProtected>false</DeleteProtected> 
    <SsoMethod>guest_agent</SsoMethod> 
    <IsSmartcardEnabled>false</IsSmartcardEnabled> 
    <TimeZone>Etc/GMT</TimeZone> 
    <default_boot_sequence>0</default_boot_sequence> 
    <Generation>1</Generation> 
    <VmType>1</VmType> 
    <MinAllocatedMem>1024</MinAllocatedMem> 
    <IsStateless>false</IsStateless> 
    <IsRunAndPause>false</IsRunAndPause> 
    <AutoStartup>false</AutoStartup> 
    <Priority>1</Priority> 
    <CreatedByUserId>fdfc627c-d875-11e0-90f0-83df133b58cc</CreatedByUserId> 
    <IsBootMenuEnabled>false</IsBootMenuEnabled> 
    <IsSpiceFileTransferEnabled>true</IsSpiceFileTransferEnabled> 
    <IsSpiceCopyPasteEnabled>true</IsSpiceCopyPasteEnabled> 
    <Name>VM_export</Name> 
    <TemplateId>00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000</TemplateId> 
    <TemplateName>Blank</TemplateName> 
    <IsInitilized>false</IsInitilized> 
    <Origin>3</Origin> 
    <DefaultDisplayType>1</DefaultDisplayType> 
    <TrustedService>false</TrustedService> 
    <OriginalTemplateId>00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000</OriginalTemplateId> 
    <OriginalTemplateName>Blank</OriginalTemplateName> 
    <UseLatestVersion>false</UseLatestVersion> 
    <Section ovf:id="70b4d9a7-4f73-4def-89ca-24fc5f60e01a" 
      ovf:required="false" 
      xsi:type="ovf:OperatingSystemSection_Type"> 
      <Info>Guest Operating System</Info> 
      <Description>other</Description> 
    </Section>
    <Section xsi:type="ovf:VirtualHardwareSection_Type"> 
      <Info>1 CPU, 1024 Memeory</Info> 
      <System> 
        <vssd:VirtualSystemType>ENGINE 3.5.0.0</vssd:VirtualSystemType> 
      </System> 
      <Item> 
        <rasd:Caption>1 virtual cpu</rasd:Caption> 
        <rasd:Description>Number of virtual CPU</rasd:Description> 
        <rasd:InstanceId>1</rasd:InstanceId> 
        <rasd:ResourceType>3</rasd:ResourceType> 
        <rasd:num_of_sockets>1</rasd:num_of_sockets> 
        <rasd:cpu_per_socket>1</rasd:cpu_per_socket> 
      </Item> 
      <Item> 
        <rasd:Caption>1024 MB of memory</rasd:Caption> 
        <rasd:Description>Memory Size</rasd:Description> 
        <rasd:InstanceId>2</rasd:InstanceId> 
        <rasd:ResourceType>4</rasd:ResourceType> 
        <rasd:AllocationUnits>MegaBytes</rasd:AllocationUnits> 
        <rasd:VirtualQuantity>1024</rasd:VirtualQuantity> 
      </Item> 
      <Item> 
        <rasd:Caption>USB Controller</rasd:Caption> 
        <rasd:InstanceId>3</rasd:InstanceId> 
        <rasd:ResourceType>23</rasd:ResourceType> 
        <rasd:UsbPolicy>DISABLED</rasd:UsbPolicy> 
      </Item> 
    </Section> 
  </Content> 
</ovf:Envelope>