If the datastore that contains a virtual machine has been disabled by the system administrator or is no longer associated with virtual machine's designated storage profile, you must update the Vm element that represents the virtual machine. That update revalidates the storage profile and relocates the virtual machine if necessary.
Every Vm element includes a StorageProfile element. The value of the href attribute of that element is a reference to the virtual machine's storage profile. The initial value of this attribute is inherited from the VDC that contains it unless you specify the value when the virtual machine is created. To change the value, you must update the entire Vm element that contains it.
When the system administrator changes the datastore that stores a virtual machine, you must update the Vm element as shown in Example: Update the Storage Profile for a Virtual Machine, but leave the href of the current StorageProfile unchanged. This action, which replaces the deprecated relocate action, forces revalidation of the existing storage profile. If the current datastore is disabled or no longer supports the specified storage profile, the system relocates the virtual machine to a different datastore that supports the referenced storage profile. After the returned Task completes, the validation and, if necessary, relocation is complete.
This example shows a Vm element containing a StorageProfile. The actual update operation requires the entire Vm element, including the StorageProfile, in the request body. Only a small part of the element appears in this example.
PUT https://vcloud.example.com/api/vApp/vm-4 Content-type: application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.vm+xml ... <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Vm ...> ... <StorageProfile type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.vdcStorageProfile+xml" name="Gold" href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/vdcStorageProfile/3" /> </Vm>
202 Accepted Content-Type: application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.task+xml ... <Task ... operation="Updating Virtual Application Linux FTP server (7)" ...> ... </Task>