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<h2><tt class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">std</span></tt> Package<a class="headerlink" href="#id1" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
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<span id="errors-client-module"></span><h2><tt class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">errors_client</span></tt> Module<a class="headerlink" href="#module-com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
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<p>The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client</span></tt> module provides the standard
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<dt id="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.AlreadyExists">
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<em class="property">exception </em><tt class="descclassname">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.</tt><tt class="descname">AlreadyExists</tt><big>(</big><em>messages=None</em>, <em>data=None</em><big>)</big><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/com/vmware/vapi/std/errors_client.html#AlreadyExists"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.AlreadyExists" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error</span></tt></a></p>
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<p>The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">AlreadyExists</span></tt> exception indicates that an attempt was made to
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create an entity but the entity already exists. Typically the entity has a
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purposes) when a LUN with that UUID already exists on the node.</li>
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<li><strong>messages</strong> (<tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">list</span></tt> of <a class="reference internal" href="com.vmware.vapi.html#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage" title="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage</span></tt></a>) – <p>Stack of one or more localizable messages for human exception
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<li><strong>data</strong> (<tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">vmware.vapi.struct.VapiStruct</span></tt> or <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">None</span></tt>) – <p>Data to facilitate clients responding to the method reporting a
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standard exception to indicating that it was unable to complete
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successfully.</p>
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<p>Methods may provide data that clients can use when responding to
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context of the method reporting the exception, different methods
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exception. The documentation for each each method will describe
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what, if any, data it provides for each exception it reports. The
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<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ArgumentLocations</span></tt></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">FileLocations</span></tt></a>, and
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<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">TransientIndication</span></tt></a> classes are intended as possible
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<a class="reference internal" href="com.vmware.vapi.html#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID" title="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID</span></tt></a> may also be useful as
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<dt id="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.AlreadyInDesiredState">
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<em class="property">exception </em><tt class="descclassname">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.</tt><tt class="descname">AlreadyInDesiredState</tt><big>(</big><em>messages=None</em>, <em>data=None</em><big>)</big><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/com/vmware/vapi/std/errors_client.html#AlreadyInDesiredState"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.AlreadyInDesiredState" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error</span></tt></a></p>
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<p>The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">AlreadyInDesiredState</span></tt> exception indicates that an attempt to change
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<li>Trying to power on a virtual machine that is already powered on.</li>
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<div class="admonition tip">
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<li><strong>messages</strong> (<tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">list</span></tt> of <a class="reference internal" href="com.vmware.vapi.html#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage" title="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage</span></tt></a>) – <p>Stack of one or more localizable messages for human exception
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consumers.</p>
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<p>The message at the top of the stack (first in the list) describes
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the exception from the perspective of the method the client
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invoked. Each subsequent message in the stack describes the “cause”
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of the prior message.</p>
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</li>
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<li><strong>data</strong> (<tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">vmware.vapi.struct.VapiStruct</span></tt> or <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">None</span></tt>) – <p>Data to facilitate clients responding to the method reporting a
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standard exception to indicating that it was unable to complete
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successfully.</p>
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<p>Methods may provide data that clients can use when responding to
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exceptions. Since the data that clients need may be specific to the
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context of the method reporting the exception, different methods
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that report the same exception may provide different data in the
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exception. The documentation for each each method will describe
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what, if any, data it provides for each exception it reports. The
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<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ArgumentLocations</span></tt></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">FileLocations</span></tt></a>, and
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<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">TransientIndication</span></tt></a> classes are intended as possible
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values for this attribute.
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<a class="reference internal" href="com.vmware.vapi.html#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID" title="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID</span></tt></a> may also be useful as
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a value for this attribute (although that is not its primary
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purpose). Some classes may provide their own specific classes for
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use as the value of this attribute when reporting exceptions from
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their methods.
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Some methods will not set this attribute when reporting exceptions.</p>
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<dt id="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations">
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<em class="property">class </em><tt class="descclassname">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.</tt><tt class="descname">ArgumentLocations</tt><big>(</big><em>primary=None</em>, <em>secondary=None</em><big>)</big><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/com/vmware/vapi/std/errors_client.html#ArgumentLocations"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference internal" href="vmware.vapi.bindings.html#vmware.vapi.bindings.struct.VapiStruct" title="vmware.vapi.bindings.struct.VapiStruct"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">vmware.vapi.bindings.struct.VapiStruct</span></tt></a></p>
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<p>The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ArgumentLocations</span></tt> class describes which part(s) of the input to the
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method caused the exception.</p>
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the method, possibly due to an interaction with other inputs to the method.
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This class is intended to be used as the payload to identify those inputs
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when the method reports exceptions like <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.InvalidArgument" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.InvalidArgument"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">InvalidArgument</span></tt></a> or
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<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.NotFound" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.NotFound"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">NotFound</span></tt></a>. See <tt class="xref py py-attr docutils literal"><span class="pre">Error.data</span></tt>.</p>
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<em class="property">exception </em><tt class="descclassname">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.</tt><tt class="descname">Canceled</tt><big>(</big><em>messages=None</em>, <em>data=None</em><big>)</big><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/com/vmware/vapi/std/errors_client.html#Canceled"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Canceled" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error</span></tt></a></p>
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<p>The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Canceled</span></tt> exception indicates that the method canceled itself in
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response to an explicit request to do so. Methods being “canceled” for
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other reasons (for example the client connection was closed, a time out
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occured, or due to excessive resource consumption) should not report this
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<li>A user invokes the method using a command-line tool and decides that she
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didn’t really want to invoke that method, and presses CTRL-c.</li>
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<li>The client’s connection to the server was closed. Reporting an exception
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is pointless since the client will not receive the error response because
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the connection has been closed.</li>
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<li>The request is taking longer than some amount of time. The
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||
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<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TimedOut" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TimedOut"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">TimedOut</span></tt></a> exception would be reported if the time was specified as
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part of the input or is documented in the API contract.</li>
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<div class="admonition tip">
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<p class="first admonition-title">Tip</p>
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<p class="last">The arguments are used to initialize data attributes with the same
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names.</p>
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<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first last simple">
|
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<li><strong>messages</strong> (<tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">list</span></tt> of <a class="reference internal" href="com.vmware.vapi.html#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage" title="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage</span></tt></a>) – <p>Stack of one or more localizable messages for human exception
|
||
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consumers.</p>
|
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<p>The message at the top of the stack (first in the list) describes
|
||
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the exception from the perspective of the method the client
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||
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invoked. Each subsequent message in the stack describes the “cause”
|
||
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of the prior message.</p>
|
||
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</li>
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<li><strong>data</strong> (<tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">vmware.vapi.struct.VapiStruct</span></tt> or <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">None</span></tt>) – <p>Data to facilitate clients responding to the method reporting a
|
||
|
|
standard exception to indicating that it was unable to complete
|
||
|
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successfully.</p>
|
||
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<p>Methods may provide data that clients can use when responding to
|
||
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exceptions. Since the data that clients need may be specific to the
|
||
|
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context of the method reporting the exception, different methods
|
||
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that report the same exception may provide different data in the
|
||
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exception. The documentation for each each method will describe
|
||
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what, if any, data it provides for each exception it reports. The
|
||
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<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ArgumentLocations</span></tt></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">FileLocations</span></tt></a>, and
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">TransientIndication</span></tt></a> classes are intended as possible
|
||
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values for this attribute.
|
||
|
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<a class="reference internal" href="com.vmware.vapi.html#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID" title="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID</span></tt></a> may also be useful as
|
||
|
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a value for this attribute (although that is not its primary
|
||
|
|
purpose). Some classes may provide their own specific classes for
|
||
|
|
use as the value of this attribute when reporting exceptions from
|
||
|
|
their methods.
|
||
|
|
Some methods will not set this attribute when reporting exceptions.</p>
|
||
|
|
</li>
|
||
|
|
</ul>
|
||
|
|
</td>
|
||
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|
</tr>
|
||
|
|
</tbody>
|
||
|
|
</table>
|
||
|
|
</dd></dl>
|
||
|
|
|
||
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|
<dl class="exception">
|
||
|
|
<dt id="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ConcurrentChange">
|
||
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<em class="property">exception </em><tt class="descclassname">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.</tt><tt class="descname">ConcurrentChange</tt><big>(</big><em>messages=None</em>, <em>data=None</em><big>)</big><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/com/vmware/vapi/std/errors_client.html#ConcurrentChange"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ConcurrentChange" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error</span></tt></a></p>
|
||
|
|
<p>The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ConcurrentChange</span></tt> exception indicates that a data structure, entity,
|
||
|
|
or resource has been modified since some earlier point in time. Typically
|
||
|
|
this happens when the client is doing the <em>write</em> portion of a
|
||
|
|
read-modify-write sequence and indicates that it wants the server to notify
|
||
|
|
it if the data in the server has changed after it did the <em>read</em>, so that
|
||
|
|
it can avoid overwriting that change inadvertantly.</p>
|
||
|
|
<div class="admonition tip">
|
||
|
|
<p class="first admonition-title">Tip</p>
|
||
|
|
<p class="last">The arguments are used to initialize data attributes with the same
|
||
|
|
names.</p>
|
||
|
|
</div>
|
||
|
|
<table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none">
|
||
|
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|
||
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|
<col class="field-body" />
|
||
|
|
<tbody valign="top">
|
||
|
|
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first last simple">
|
||
|
|
<li><strong>messages</strong> (<tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">list</span></tt> of <a class="reference internal" href="com.vmware.vapi.html#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage" title="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage</span></tt></a>) – <p>Stack of one or more localizable messages for human exception
|
||
|
|
consumers.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>The message at the top of the stack (first in the list) describes
|
||
|
|
the exception from the perspective of the method the client
|
||
|
|
invoked. Each subsequent message in the stack describes the “cause”
|
||
|
|
of the prior message.</p>
|
||
|
|
</li>
|
||
|
|
<li><strong>data</strong> (<tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">vmware.vapi.struct.VapiStruct</span></tt> or <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">None</span></tt>) – <p>Data to facilitate clients responding to the method reporting a
|
||
|
|
standard exception to indicating that it was unable to complete
|
||
|
|
successfully.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>Methods may provide data that clients can use when responding to
|
||
|
|
exceptions. Since the data that clients need may be specific to the
|
||
|
|
context of the method reporting the exception, different methods
|
||
|
|
that report the same exception may provide different data in the
|
||
|
|
exception. The documentation for each each method will describe
|
||
|
|
what, if any, data it provides for each exception it reports. The
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ArgumentLocations</span></tt></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">FileLocations</span></tt></a>, and
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">TransientIndication</span></tt></a> classes are intended as possible
|
||
|
|
values for this attribute.
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="com.vmware.vapi.html#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID" title="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID</span></tt></a> may also be useful as
|
||
|
|
a value for this attribute (although that is not its primary
|
||
|
|
purpose). Some classes may provide their own specific classes for
|
||
|
|
use as the value of this attribute when reporting exceptions from
|
||
|
|
their methods.
|
||
|
|
Some methods will not set this attribute when reporting exceptions.</p>
|
||
|
|
</li>
|
||
|
|
</ul>
|
||
|
|
</td>
|
||
|
|
</tr>
|
||
|
|
</tbody>
|
||
|
|
</table>
|
||
|
|
</dd></dl>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<dl class="exception">
|
||
|
|
<dt id="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error">
|
||
|
|
<em class="property">exception </em><tt class="descclassname">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.</tt><tt class="descname">Error</tt><big>(</big><em>messages=None</em>, <em>data=None</em><big>)</big><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/com/vmware/vapi/std/errors_client.html#Error"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference internal" href="vmware.vapi.bindings.html#vmware.vapi.bindings.error.VapiError" title="vmware.vapi.bindings.error.VapiError"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">vmware.vapi.bindings.error.VapiError</span></tt></a></p>
|
||
|
|
<p>The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Error</span></tt> exception describes theattributes common to all standard
|
||
|
|
exceptions.</p>
|
||
|
|
<blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<div>This exception serves two purposes:</div></blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<ol class="arabic simple">
|
||
|
|
<li>It is the exception that clients in many programming languages can catch
|
||
|
|
to handle all standard exceptions. Typically those clients will display one
|
||
|
|
or more of the localizable messages from <tt class="xref py py-attr docutils literal"><span class="pre">Error.messages</span></tt> to a human.</li>
|
||
|
|
<li>It is the exception that methods can report when they need to report
|
||
|
|
some exception, but the exception doesn’t fit into any other standard
|
||
|
|
exception, and in fact the only reasonable way for a client to react to the
|
||
|
|
exception is to display the message(s) to a human.</li>
|
||
|
|
</ol>
|
||
|
|
<div class="admonition tip">
|
||
|
|
<p class="first admonition-title">Tip</p>
|
||
|
|
<p class="last">The arguments are used to initialize data attributes with the same
|
||
|
|
names.</p>
|
||
|
|
</div>
|
||
|
|
<table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none">
|
||
|
|
<col class="field-name" />
|
||
|
|
<col class="field-body" />
|
||
|
|
<tbody valign="top">
|
||
|
|
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first last simple">
|
||
|
|
<li><strong>messages</strong> (<tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">list</span></tt> of <a class="reference internal" href="com.vmware.vapi.html#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage" title="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage</span></tt></a>) – <p>Stack of one or more localizable messages for human exception
|
||
|
|
consumers.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>The message at the top of the stack (first in the list) describes
|
||
|
|
the exception from the perspective of the method the client
|
||
|
|
invoked. Each subsequent message in the stack describes the “cause”
|
||
|
|
of the prior message.</p>
|
||
|
|
</li>
|
||
|
|
<li><strong>data</strong> (<tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">vmware.vapi.struct.VapiStruct</span></tt> or <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">None</span></tt>) – <p>Data to facilitate clients responding to the method reporting a
|
||
|
|
standard exception to indicating that it was unable to complete
|
||
|
|
successfully.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>Methods may provide data that clients can use when responding to
|
||
|
|
exceptions. Since the data that clients need may be specific to the
|
||
|
|
context of the method reporting the exception, different methods
|
||
|
|
that report the same exception may provide different data in the
|
||
|
|
exception. The documentation for each each method will describe
|
||
|
|
what, if any, data it provides for each exception it reports. The
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ArgumentLocations</span></tt></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">FileLocations</span></tt></a>, and
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">TransientIndication</span></tt></a> classes are intended as possible
|
||
|
|
values for this attribute.
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="com.vmware.vapi.html#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID" title="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID</span></tt></a> may also be useful as
|
||
|
|
a value for this attribute (although that is not its primary
|
||
|
|
purpose). Some classes may provide their own specific classes for
|
||
|
|
use as the value of this attribute when reporting exceptions from
|
||
|
|
their methods.
|
||
|
|
Some methods will not set this attribute when reporting exceptions.</p>
|
||
|
|
</li>
|
||
|
|
</ul>
|
||
|
|
</td>
|
||
|
|
</tr>
|
||
|
|
</tbody>
|
||
|
|
</table>
|
||
|
|
</dd></dl>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<dl class="exception">
|
||
|
|
<dt id="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FeatureInUse">
|
||
|
|
<em class="property">exception </em><tt class="descclassname">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.</tt><tt class="descname">FeatureInUse</tt><big>(</big><em>messages=None</em>, <em>data=None</em><big>)</big><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/com/vmware/vapi/std/errors_client.html#FeatureInUse"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FeatureInUse" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error</span></tt></a></p>
|
||
|
|
<p>The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">FeatureInUse</span></tt> exception indicates that an action cannot be completed
|
||
|
|
because a feature is in use.</p>
|
||
|
|
<blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<div>Examples:</div></blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<ul class="simple">
|
||
|
|
<li>Trying to disable snapshots on a virtual machine which has a snapshot.</li>
|
||
|
|
<li>Trying to downgrade a license that has licensed features that are in use.</li>
|
||
|
|
</ul>
|
||
|
|
<div class="admonition tip">
|
||
|
|
<p class="first admonition-title">Tip</p>
|
||
|
|
<p class="last">The arguments are used to initialize data attributes with the same
|
||
|
|
names.</p>
|
||
|
|
</div>
|
||
|
|
<table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none">
|
||
|
|
<col class="field-name" />
|
||
|
|
<col class="field-body" />
|
||
|
|
<tbody valign="top">
|
||
|
|
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first last simple">
|
||
|
|
<li><strong>messages</strong> (<tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">list</span></tt> of <a class="reference internal" href="com.vmware.vapi.html#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage" title="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage</span></tt></a>) – <p>Stack of one or more localizable messages for human exception
|
||
|
|
consumers.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>The message at the top of the stack (first in the list) describes
|
||
|
|
the exception from the perspective of the method the client
|
||
|
|
invoked. Each subsequent message in the stack describes the “cause”
|
||
|
|
of the prior message.</p>
|
||
|
|
</li>
|
||
|
|
<li><strong>data</strong> (<tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">vmware.vapi.struct.VapiStruct</span></tt> or <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">None</span></tt>) – <p>Data to facilitate clients responding to the method reporting a
|
||
|
|
standard exception to indicating that it was unable to complete
|
||
|
|
successfully.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>Methods may provide data that clients can use when responding to
|
||
|
|
exceptions. Since the data that clients need may be specific to the
|
||
|
|
context of the method reporting the exception, different methods
|
||
|
|
that report the same exception may provide different data in the
|
||
|
|
exception. The documentation for each each method will describe
|
||
|
|
what, if any, data it provides for each exception it reports. The
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ArgumentLocations</span></tt></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">FileLocations</span></tt></a>, and
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">TransientIndication</span></tt></a> classes are intended as possible
|
||
|
|
values for this attribute.
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="com.vmware.vapi.html#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID" title="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID</span></tt></a> may also be useful as
|
||
|
|
a value for this attribute (although that is not its primary
|
||
|
|
purpose). Some classes may provide their own specific classes for
|
||
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<em class="property">class </em><tt class="descclassname">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.</tt><tt class="descname">FileLocations</tt><big>(</big><em>primary=None</em>, <em>secondary=None</em><big>)</big><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/com/vmware/vapi/std/errors_client.html#FileLocations"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference internal" href="vmware.vapi.bindings.html#vmware.vapi.bindings.struct.VapiStruct" title="vmware.vapi.bindings.struct.VapiStruct"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">vmware.vapi.bindings.struct.VapiStruct</span></tt></a></p>
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<p>The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">FileLocations</span></tt> class identifies the file(s) that caused the method
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|
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|
||
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|
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|
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<em class="property">exception </em><tt class="descclassname">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.</tt><tt class="descname">InternalServerError</tt><big>(</big><em>messages=None</em>, <em>data=None</em><big>)</big><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/com/vmware/vapi/std/errors_client.html#InternalServerError"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.InternalServerError" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error</span></tt></a></p>
|
||
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<p>The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">InternalServerError</span></tt> exception indicates that the server encounters
|
||
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an unexpected condition that prevented it from fulfilling the request.</p>
|
||
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<p>This exception is reported by the API infrastructure, so it could occur in
|
||
|
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response to the invocation of any method.</p>
|
||
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|
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|
||
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||
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|
||
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|
||
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<li>The method reports an exception that is not included in the list of
|
||
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exceptions the method says that it can report.</li>
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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<p class="first admonition-title">Tip</p>
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
|
|
<li><strong>messages</strong> (<tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">list</span></tt> of <a class="reference internal" href="com.vmware.vapi.html#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage" title="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage</span></tt></a>) – <p>Stack of one or more localizable messages for human exception
|
||
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consumers.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>The message at the top of the stack (first in the list) describes
|
||
|
|
the exception from the perspective of the method the client
|
||
|
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invoked. Each subsequent message in the stack describes the “cause”
|
||
|
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of the prior message.</p>
|
||
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|
||
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<li><strong>data</strong> (<tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">vmware.vapi.struct.VapiStruct</span></tt> or <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">None</span></tt>) – <p>Data to facilitate clients responding to the method reporting a
|
||
|
|
standard exception to indicating that it was unable to complete
|
||
|
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successfully.</p>
|
||
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<p>Methods may provide data that clients can use when responding to
|
||
|
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exceptions. Since the data that clients need may be specific to the
|
||
|
|
context of the method reporting the exception, different methods
|
||
|
|
that report the same exception may provide different data in the
|
||
|
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exception. The documentation for each each method will describe
|
||
|
|
what, if any, data it provides for each exception it reports. The
|
||
|
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<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ArgumentLocations</span></tt></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">FileLocations</span></tt></a>, and
|
||
|
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<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">TransientIndication</span></tt></a> classes are intended as possible
|
||
|
|
values for this attribute.
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="com.vmware.vapi.html#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID" title="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID</span></tt></a> may also be useful as
|
||
|
|
a value for this attribute (although that is not its primary
|
||
|
|
purpose). Some classes may provide their own specific classes for
|
||
|
|
use as the value of this attribute when reporting exceptions from
|
||
|
|
their methods.
|
||
|
|
Some methods will not set this attribute when reporting exceptions.</p>
|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
|
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
<dl class="exception">
|
||
|
|
<dt id="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.InvalidArgument">
|
||
|
|
<em class="property">exception </em><tt class="descclassname">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.</tt><tt class="descname">InvalidArgument</tt><big>(</big><em>messages=None</em>, <em>data=None</em><big>)</big><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/com/vmware/vapi/std/errors_client.html#InvalidArgument"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.InvalidArgument" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error</span></tt></a></p>
|
||
|
|
<p>The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">InvalidArgument</span></tt> exception indicates that the values received for
|
||
|
|
one or more parameters are not acceptable.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>This exception is reported by the API infrastructure, so it could occur in
|
||
|
|
response to the invocation of any method. It may also be reported as the
|
||
|
|
return value of method-specific validation.</p>
|
||
|
|
<blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<div>Examples:</div></blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<ul class="simple">
|
||
|
|
<li>A parameter has a value that is not of the expected type.</li>
|
||
|
|
<li>A parameter has a value that is not in the required range.</li>
|
||
|
|
<li>A parameter has a value that is not one of the specifically allowed
|
||
|
|
strings.</li>
|
||
|
|
<li>One attribute of a class is the tag for a tagged union, and has a
|
||
|
|
specific value but another attribute of the class that is required to be
|
||
|
|
specified when the tag has that value is not specified, or another
|
||
|
|
attribute of the class that is required to be unspecified when the tag has
|
||
|
|
that value is specified.</li>
|
||
|
|
</ul>
|
||
|
|
<blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<div>Counterexamples:</div></blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<ul class="simple">
|
||
|
|
<li>Trying to create a new tag in tag category when a tag with the specified
|
||
|
|
name already exists the tag category. The <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.AlreadyExists" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.AlreadyExists"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">AlreadyExists</span></tt></a> exception
|
||
|
|
would be used instead.</li>
|
||
|
|
<li>Invoke the method to retrieve information about a virtual machine,
|
||
|
|
passing an id that does not identify an existing virtual machine. The
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.NotFound" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.NotFound"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">NotFound</span></tt></a> exception would be used instead.</li>
|
||
|
|
<li>Attempt to put a virtual machine into a folder that can only contain
|
||
|
|
hosts. The <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.InvalidElementType" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.InvalidElementType"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">InvalidElementType</span></tt></a> exception would be used instead.</li>
|
||
|
|
<li>Attempt to attach a SCSI virtual disk to an IDE port. The
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.InvalidElementType" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.InvalidElementType"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">InvalidElementType</span></tt></a> exception would be used instead.</li>
|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
|
<div class="admonition tip">
|
||
|
|
<p class="first admonition-title">Tip</p>
|
||
|
|
<p class="last">The arguments are used to initialize data attributes with the same
|
||
|
|
names.</p>
|
||
|
|
</div>
|
||
|
|
<table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none">
|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
|
<tbody valign="top">
|
||
|
|
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first last simple">
|
||
|
|
<li><strong>messages</strong> (<tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">list</span></tt> of <a class="reference internal" href="com.vmware.vapi.html#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage" title="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage</span></tt></a>) – <p>Stack of one or more localizable messages for human exception
|
||
|
|
consumers.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>The message at the top of the stack (first in the list) describes
|
||
|
|
the exception from the perspective of the method the client
|
||
|
|
invoked. Each subsequent message in the stack describes the “cause”
|
||
|
|
of the prior message.</p>
|
||
|
|
</li>
|
||
|
|
<li><strong>data</strong> (<tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">vmware.vapi.struct.VapiStruct</span></tt> or <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">None</span></tt>) – <p>Data to facilitate clients responding to the method reporting a
|
||
|
|
standard exception to indicating that it was unable to complete
|
||
|
|
successfully.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>Methods may provide data that clients can use when responding to
|
||
|
|
exceptions. Since the data that clients need may be specific to the
|
||
|
|
context of the method reporting the exception, different methods
|
||
|
|
that report the same exception may provide different data in the
|
||
|
|
exception. The documentation for each each method will describe
|
||
|
|
what, if any, data it provides for each exception it reports. The
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ArgumentLocations</span></tt></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">FileLocations</span></tt></a>, and
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">TransientIndication</span></tt></a> classes are intended as possible
|
||
|
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values for this attribute.
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="com.vmware.vapi.html#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID" title="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID</span></tt></a> may also be useful as
|
||
|
|
a value for this attribute (although that is not its primary
|
||
|
|
purpose). Some classes may provide their own specific classes for
|
||
|
|
use as the value of this attribute when reporting exceptions from
|
||
|
|
their methods.
|
||
|
|
Some methods will not set this attribute when reporting exceptions.</p>
|
||
|
|
</li>
|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
|
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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||
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|
||
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||
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|
||
|
|
<dt id="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.InvalidElementConfiguration">
|
||
|
|
<em class="property">exception </em><tt class="descclassname">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.</tt><tt class="descname">InvalidElementConfiguration</tt><big>(</big><em>messages=None</em>, <em>data=None</em><big>)</big><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/com/vmware/vapi/std/errors_client.html#InvalidElementConfiguration"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.InvalidElementConfiguration" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error</span></tt></a></p>
|
||
|
|
<p>The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">InvalidElementConfiguration</span></tt> exception indicates that an attempt to
|
||
|
|
modify the configuration of an element or a group containing the element
|
||
|
|
failed due to the configuraton of the element. A typical case is when the
|
||
|
|
method is am attempt to change the group membership of the element fails,
|
||
|
|
in which case a configuration change on the element may allow the group
|
||
|
|
membership change to succeed.</p>
|
||
|
|
<blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<div>Examples:</div></blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<ul class="simple">
|
||
|
|
<li>Attempt to move a host with a fault tolerant virtual machine out of a
|
||
|
|
cluster (i.e. make the host a standalone host).</li>
|
||
|
|
<li>Attempt to remove a host from a DRS cluster without putting the host into
|
||
|
|
maintenance mode.</li>
|
||
|
|
</ul>
|
||
|
|
<div class="admonition tip">
|
||
|
|
<p class="first admonition-title">Tip</p>
|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
|
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
|
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first last simple">
|
||
|
|
<li><strong>messages</strong> (<tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">list</span></tt> of <a class="reference internal" href="com.vmware.vapi.html#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage" title="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage</span></tt></a>) – <p>Stack of one or more localizable messages for human exception
|
||
|
|
consumers.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>The message at the top of the stack (first in the list) describes
|
||
|
|
the exception from the perspective of the method the client
|
||
|
|
invoked. Each subsequent message in the stack describes the “cause”
|
||
|
|
of the prior message.</p>
|
||
|
|
</li>
|
||
|
|
<li><strong>data</strong> (<tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">vmware.vapi.struct.VapiStruct</span></tt> or <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">None</span></tt>) – <p>Data to facilitate clients responding to the method reporting a
|
||
|
|
standard exception to indicating that it was unable to complete
|
||
|
|
successfully.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>Methods may provide data that clients can use when responding to
|
||
|
|
exceptions. Since the data that clients need may be specific to the
|
||
|
|
context of the method reporting the exception, different methods
|
||
|
|
that report the same exception may provide different data in the
|
||
|
|
exception. The documentation for each each method will describe
|
||
|
|
what, if any, data it provides for each exception it reports. The
|
||
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<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ArgumentLocations</span></tt></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">FileLocations</span></tt></a>, and
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<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">TransientIndication</span></tt></a> classes are intended as possible
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<a class="reference internal" href="com.vmware.vapi.html#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID" title="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID</span></tt></a> may also be useful as
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|
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purpose). Some classes may provide their own specific classes for
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<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error</span></tt></a></p>
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to fulfil the request because an element of a specific type cannot be a
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member of particular group.</p>
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hosts.</li>
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<li>A parameter has a value that is not of the expected type. The
|
||
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<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.InvalidArgument" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.InvalidArgument"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">InvalidArgument</span></tt></a> exception would be used instead.</li>
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<p class="first admonition-title">Tip</p>
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<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first last simple">
|
||
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<li><strong>messages</strong> (<tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">list</span></tt> of <a class="reference internal" href="com.vmware.vapi.html#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage" title="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage</span></tt></a>) – <p>Stack of one or more localizable messages for human exception
|
||
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consumers.</p>
|
||
|
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<p>The message at the top of the stack (first in the list) describes
|
||
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the exception from the perspective of the method the client
|
||
|
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invoked. Each subsequent message in the stack describes the “cause”
|
||
|
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of the prior message.</p>
|
||
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</li>
|
||
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<li><strong>data</strong> (<tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">vmware.vapi.struct.VapiStruct</span></tt> or <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">None</span></tt>) – <p>Data to facilitate clients responding to the method reporting a
|
||
|
|
standard exception to indicating that it was unable to complete
|
||
|
|
successfully.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>Methods may provide data that clients can use when responding to
|
||
|
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exceptions. Since the data that clients need may be specific to the
|
||
|
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context of the method reporting the exception, different methods
|
||
|
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that report the same exception may provide different data in the
|
||
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exception. The documentation for each each method will describe
|
||
|
|
what, if any, data it provides for each exception it reports. The
|
||
|
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<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ArgumentLocations</span></tt></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">FileLocations</span></tt></a>, and
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">TransientIndication</span></tt></a> classes are intended as possible
|
||
|
|
values for this attribute.
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="com.vmware.vapi.html#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID" title="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID</span></tt></a> may also be useful as
|
||
|
|
a value for this attribute (although that is not its primary
|
||
|
|
purpose). Some classes may provide their own specific classes for
|
||
|
|
use as the value of this attribute when reporting exceptions from
|
||
|
|
their methods.
|
||
|
|
Some methods will not set this attribute when reporting exceptions.</p>
|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
|
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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<dl class="exception">
|
||
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<dt id="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.InvalidRequest">
|
||
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<em class="property">exception </em><tt class="descclassname">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.</tt><tt class="descname">InvalidRequest</tt><big>(</big><em>messages=None</em>, <em>data=None</em><big>)</big><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/com/vmware/vapi/std/errors_client.html#InvalidRequest"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.InvalidRequest" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error</span></tt></a></p>
|
||
|
|
<p>The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">InvalidRequest</span></tt> exception indicates that the request is malformed in
|
||
|
|
such a way that the server is unable to process it.</p>
|
||
|
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<blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<div>Examples:</div></blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<ul class="simple">
|
||
|
|
<li>The XML in a SOAP request is not well-formed so the server cannot parse
|
||
|
|
the request.</li>
|
||
|
|
<li>The XML in a SOAP request is well-formed but does not match the structure
|
||
|
|
required by the SOAP specification.</li>
|
||
|
|
<li>A JSON-RPC request is not valid JSON.</li>
|
||
|
|
<li>The JSON sent in a JSON-RPC request is not a valid JSON-RPC Request
|
||
|
|
object.</li>
|
||
|
|
<li>The Request object from a JSON-RPC request does not match the structure
|
||
|
|
required by the API infrastructure.</li>
|
||
|
|
</ul>
|
||
|
|
<blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<div>Counterexamples:</div></blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<ul class="simple">
|
||
|
|
<li>The parameter has a value that is not with the required range. The
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.InvalidArgument" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.InvalidArgument"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">InvalidArgument</span></tt></a> exception would be used instead.</li>
|
||
|
|
<li>The name of the method specified in the request doesn’t not match any
|
||
|
|
known method. The <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.NotFound" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.NotFound"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">NotFound</span></tt></a> exception would be used instead.</li>
|
||
|
|
</ul>
|
||
|
|
<p>Some transport protocols (for example JSON-RPC) include their own mechanism
|
||
|
|
for reporting these kinds of errors, and the API infrastructure for a
|
||
|
|
programming language may expose the errors using a language specific
|
||
|
|
mechanism, so this exception might not be used.</p>
|
||
|
|
<div class="admonition tip">
|
||
|
|
<p class="first admonition-title">Tip</p>
|
||
|
|
<p class="last">The arguments are used to initialize data attributes with the same
|
||
|
|
names.</p>
|
||
|
|
</div>
|
||
|
|
<table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none">
|
||
|
|
<col class="field-name" />
|
||
|
|
<col class="field-body" />
|
||
|
|
<tbody valign="top">
|
||
|
|
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first last simple">
|
||
|
|
<li><strong>messages</strong> (<tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">list</span></tt> of <a class="reference internal" href="com.vmware.vapi.html#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage" title="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage</span></tt></a>) – <p>Stack of one or more localizable messages for human exception
|
||
|
|
consumers.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>The message at the top of the stack (first in the list) describes
|
||
|
|
the exception from the perspective of the method the client
|
||
|
|
invoked. Each subsequent message in the stack describes the “cause”
|
||
|
|
of the prior message.</p>
|
||
|
|
</li>
|
||
|
|
<li><strong>data</strong> (<tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">vmware.vapi.struct.VapiStruct</span></tt> or <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">None</span></tt>) – <p>Data to facilitate clients responding to the method reporting a
|
||
|
|
standard exception to indicating that it was unable to complete
|
||
|
|
successfully.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>Methods may provide data that clients can use when responding to
|
||
|
|
exceptions. Since the data that clients need may be specific to the
|
||
|
|
context of the method reporting the exception, different methods
|
||
|
|
that report the same exception may provide different data in the
|
||
|
|
exception. The documentation for each each method will describe
|
||
|
|
what, if any, data it provides for each exception it reports. The
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ArgumentLocations</span></tt></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">FileLocations</span></tt></a>, and
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">TransientIndication</span></tt></a> classes are intended as possible
|
||
|
|
values for this attribute.
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="com.vmware.vapi.html#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID" title="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID</span></tt></a> may also be useful as
|
||
|
|
a value for this attribute (although that is not its primary
|
||
|
|
purpose). Some classes may provide their own specific classes for
|
||
|
|
use as the value of this attribute when reporting exceptions from
|
||
|
|
their methods.
|
||
|
|
Some methods will not set this attribute when reporting exceptions.</p>
|
||
|
|
</li>
|
||
|
|
</ul>
|
||
|
|
</td>
|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
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|
||
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|
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|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<dl class="exception">
|
||
|
|
<dt id="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.NotAllowedInCurrentState">
|
||
|
|
<em class="property">exception </em><tt class="descclassname">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.</tt><tt class="descname">NotAllowedInCurrentState</tt><big>(</big><em>messages=None</em>, <em>data=None</em><big>)</big><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/com/vmware/vapi/std/errors_client.html#NotAllowedInCurrentState"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.NotAllowedInCurrentState" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error</span></tt></a></p>
|
||
|
|
<p>The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">NotAllowedInCurrentState</span></tt> exception indicates that the requested
|
||
|
|
method is not allowed with a resource or service in its current state. This
|
||
|
|
could be because the method is performing a configuration change that is
|
||
|
|
not allowed in the current state or because method itself is not allowed in
|
||
|
|
the current state.</p>
|
||
|
|
<blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<div>Examples:</div></blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<ul class="simple">
|
||
|
|
<li>Trying to add a virtual device that cannot be hot plugged to a running
|
||
|
|
virtual machine.</li>
|
||
|
|
<li>Trying to upgrade the virtual hardware version for a suspended virtual
|
||
|
|
machine.</li>
|
||
|
|
<li>Trying to power off, reset, or suspend a virtual machine that is not
|
||
|
|
powered on.</li>
|
||
|
|
</ul>
|
||
|
|
<blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<div>Counterexamples:</div></blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<ul class="simple">
|
||
|
|
<li>Trying to power off a virtual machine that is in the process of being
|
||
|
|
powered on. The <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ResourceBusy" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ResourceBusy"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ResourceBusy</span></tt></a> exception would be used instead.</li>
|
||
|
|
</ul>
|
||
|
|
<div class="admonition tip">
|
||
|
|
<p class="first admonition-title">Tip</p>
|
||
|
|
<p class="last">The arguments are used to initialize data attributes with the same
|
||
|
|
names.</p>
|
||
|
|
</div>
|
||
|
|
<table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none">
|
||
|
|
<col class="field-name" />
|
||
|
|
<col class="field-body" />
|
||
|
|
<tbody valign="top">
|
||
|
|
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first last simple">
|
||
|
|
<li><strong>messages</strong> (<tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">list</span></tt> of <a class="reference internal" href="com.vmware.vapi.html#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage" title="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage</span></tt></a>) – <p>Stack of one or more localizable messages for human exception
|
||
|
|
consumers.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>The message at the top of the stack (first in the list) describes
|
||
|
|
the exception from the perspective of the method the client
|
||
|
|
invoked. Each subsequent message in the stack describes the “cause”
|
||
|
|
of the prior message.</p>
|
||
|
|
</li>
|
||
|
|
<li><strong>data</strong> (<tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">vmware.vapi.struct.VapiStruct</span></tt> or <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">None</span></tt>) – <p>Data to facilitate clients responding to the method reporting a
|
||
|
|
standard exception to indicating that it was unable to complete
|
||
|
|
successfully.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>Methods may provide data that clients can use when responding to
|
||
|
|
exceptions. Since the data that clients need may be specific to the
|
||
|
|
context of the method reporting the exception, different methods
|
||
|
|
that report the same exception may provide different data in the
|
||
|
|
exception. The documentation for each each method will describe
|
||
|
|
what, if any, data it provides for each exception it reports. The
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ArgumentLocations</span></tt></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">FileLocations</span></tt></a>, and
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">TransientIndication</span></tt></a> classes are intended as possible
|
||
|
|
values for this attribute.
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="com.vmware.vapi.html#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID" title="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID</span></tt></a> may also be useful as
|
||
|
|
a value for this attribute (although that is not its primary
|
||
|
|
purpose). Some classes may provide their own specific classes for
|
||
|
|
use as the value of this attribute when reporting exceptions from
|
||
|
|
their methods.
|
||
|
|
Some methods will not set this attribute when reporting exceptions.</p>
|
||
|
|
</li>
|
||
|
|
</ul>
|
||
|
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</td>
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
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|
||
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||
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<dl class="exception">
|
||
|
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<dt id="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.NotFound">
|
||
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<em class="property">exception </em><tt class="descclassname">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.</tt><tt class="descname">NotFound</tt><big>(</big><em>messages=None</em>, <em>data=None</em><big>)</big><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/com/vmware/vapi/std/errors_client.html#NotFound"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.NotFound" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error</span></tt></a></p>
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<p>The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">NotFound</span></tt> exception indicates that a specified element could not be
|
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found.</p>
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<div>Examples:</div></blockquote>
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<li>Invoke the method to retrieve information about a virtual machine,
|
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passing an id that does not identify an existing virtual machine.</li>
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<li>Invoke the method to modify the configuration of a virtual nic, passing
|
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an id that does not identify an existing virtual nic in the specified
|
||
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virtual machine.</li>
|
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<li>Invoke the method to remove a vswitch, passing an id that does not
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identify an existing vswitch.</li>
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|
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<p class="first admonition-title">Tip</p>
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<p class="last">The arguments are used to initialize data attributes with the same
|
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names.</p>
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|
||
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<li><strong>messages</strong> (<tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">list</span></tt> of <a class="reference internal" href="com.vmware.vapi.html#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage" title="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage</span></tt></a>) – <p>Stack of one or more localizable messages for human exception
|
||
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consumers.</p>
|
||
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<p>The message at the top of the stack (first in the list) describes
|
||
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the exception from the perspective of the method the client
|
||
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invoked. Each subsequent message in the stack describes the “cause”
|
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of the prior message.</p>
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</li>
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<li><strong>data</strong> (<tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">vmware.vapi.struct.VapiStruct</span></tt> or <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">None</span></tt>) – <p>Data to facilitate clients responding to the method reporting a
|
||
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standard exception to indicating that it was unable to complete
|
||
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successfully.</p>
|
||
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<p>Methods may provide data that clients can use when responding to
|
||
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exceptions. Since the data that clients need may be specific to the
|
||
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context of the method reporting the exception, different methods
|
||
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that report the same exception may provide different data in the
|
||
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exception. The documentation for each each method will describe
|
||
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what, if any, data it provides for each exception it reports. The
|
||
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<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ArgumentLocations</span></tt></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">FileLocations</span></tt></a>, and
|
||
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<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">TransientIndication</span></tt></a> classes are intended as possible
|
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values for this attribute.
|
||
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<a class="reference internal" href="com.vmware.vapi.html#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID" title="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID</span></tt></a> may also be useful as
|
||
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a value for this attribute (although that is not its primary
|
||
|
|
purpose). Some classes may provide their own specific classes for
|
||
|
|
use as the value of this attribute when reporting exceptions from
|
||
|
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their methods.
|
||
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Some methods will not set this attribute when reporting exceptions.</p>
|
||
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</li>
|
||
|
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</ul>
|
||
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||
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|
||
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||
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|
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|
||
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<dl class="exception">
|
||
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|
<dt id="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.OperationNotFound">
|
||
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<em class="property">exception </em><tt class="descclassname">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.</tt><tt class="descname">OperationNotFound</tt><big>(</big><em>messages=None</em>, <em>data=None</em><big>)</big><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/com/vmware/vapi/std/errors_client.html#OperationNotFound"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.OperationNotFound" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
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<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error</span></tt></a></p>
|
||
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<p>The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">OperationNotFound</span></tt> exception indicates that the method specified in
|
||
|
|
the request could not be found.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>Every API request specifies a service identifier and an operation
|
||
|
|
identifier along with the parameters. If the API infrastructure is unable
|
||
|
|
to find the requested class or method it reports this exception.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>This exception can be reported by the API infrastructure for any method,
|
||
|
|
but it is specific to the API infrastructure, and should never be reported
|
||
|
|
by the implementation of any method.</p>
|
||
|
|
<blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<div>Examples:</div></blockquote>
|
||
|
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<ul class="simple">
|
||
|
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<li>A client provides an invalid service or operation identifier when
|
||
|
|
invoking the method using a dynamic interface (for example REST).</li>
|
||
|
|
<li>A client invokes the method from a class, but that class has not been
|
||
|
|
installed.</li>
|
||
|
|
</ul>
|
||
|
|
<blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<div>Counterexamples:</div></blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<ul class="simple">
|
||
|
|
<li>A client invokes a task scheduling method, but provides an invalid
|
||
|
|
service identifier or operation identifier. The <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.NotFound" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.NotFound"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">NotFound</span></tt></a> exception
|
||
|
|
would be used instead.</li>
|
||
|
|
</ul>
|
||
|
|
<div class="admonition tip">
|
||
|
|
<p class="first admonition-title">Tip</p>
|
||
|
|
<p class="last">The arguments are used to initialize data attributes with the same
|
||
|
|
names.</p>
|
||
|
|
</div>
|
||
|
|
<table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none">
|
||
|
|
<col class="field-name" />
|
||
|
|
<col class="field-body" />
|
||
|
|
<tbody valign="top">
|
||
|
|
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first last simple">
|
||
|
|
<li><strong>messages</strong> (<tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">list</span></tt> of <a class="reference internal" href="com.vmware.vapi.html#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage" title="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage</span></tt></a>) – <p>Stack of one or more localizable messages for human exception
|
||
|
|
consumers.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>The message at the top of the stack (first in the list) describes
|
||
|
|
the exception from the perspective of the method the client
|
||
|
|
invoked. Each subsequent message in the stack describes the “cause”
|
||
|
|
of the prior message.</p>
|
||
|
|
</li>
|
||
|
|
<li><strong>data</strong> (<tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">vmware.vapi.struct.VapiStruct</span></tt> or <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">None</span></tt>) – <p>Data to facilitate clients responding to the method reporting a
|
||
|
|
standard exception to indicating that it was unable to complete
|
||
|
|
successfully.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>Methods may provide data that clients can use when responding to
|
||
|
|
exceptions. Since the data that clients need may be specific to the
|
||
|
|
context of the method reporting the exception, different methods
|
||
|
|
that report the same exception may provide different data in the
|
||
|
|
exception. The documentation for each each method will describe
|
||
|
|
what, if any, data it provides for each exception it reports. The
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ArgumentLocations</span></tt></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">FileLocations</span></tt></a>, and
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">TransientIndication</span></tt></a> classes are intended as possible
|
||
|
|
values for this attribute.
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="com.vmware.vapi.html#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID" title="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID</span></tt></a> may also be useful as
|
||
|
|
a value for this attribute (although that is not its primary
|
||
|
|
purpose). Some classes may provide their own specific classes for
|
||
|
|
use as the value of this attribute when reporting exceptions from
|
||
|
|
their methods.
|
||
|
|
Some methods will not set this attribute when reporting exceptions.</p>
|
||
|
|
</li>
|
||
|
|
</ul>
|
||
|
|
</td>
|
||
|
|
</tr>
|
||
|
|
</tbody>
|
||
|
|
</table>
|
||
|
|
</dd></dl>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<dl class="exception">
|
||
|
|
<dt id="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ResourceBusy">
|
||
|
|
<em class="property">exception </em><tt class="descclassname">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.</tt><tt class="descname">ResourceBusy</tt><big>(</big><em>messages=None</em>, <em>data=None</em><big>)</big><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/com/vmware/vapi/std/errors_client.html#ResourceBusy"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ResourceBusy" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error</span></tt></a></p>
|
||
|
|
<p>The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ResourceBusy</span></tt> exception indicates that the method could not be
|
||
|
|
completed because a resource it needs is busy.</p>
|
||
|
|
<blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<div>Examples:</div></blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<ul class="simple">
|
||
|
|
<li>Trying to power off a virtual machine that is in the process of being
|
||
|
|
powered on.</li>
|
||
|
|
</ul>
|
||
|
|
<blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<div>Counterexamples:</div></blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<ul class="simple">
|
||
|
|
<li>Trying to remove a VMFS datastore when there is a virtual machine
|
||
|
|
registered on any host attached to the datastore. The
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ResourceInUse" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ResourceInUse"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ResourceInUse</span></tt></a> exception would be used instead.</li>
|
||
|
|
</ul>
|
||
|
|
<div class="admonition tip">
|
||
|
|
<p class="first admonition-title">Tip</p>
|
||
|
|
<p class="last">The arguments are used to initialize data attributes with the same
|
||
|
|
names.</p>
|
||
|
|
</div>
|
||
|
|
<table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none">
|
||
|
|
<col class="field-name" />
|
||
|
|
<col class="field-body" />
|
||
|
|
<tbody valign="top">
|
||
|
|
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first last simple">
|
||
|
|
<li><strong>messages</strong> (<tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">list</span></tt> of <a class="reference internal" href="com.vmware.vapi.html#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage" title="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage</span></tt></a>) – <p>Stack of one or more localizable messages for human exception
|
||
|
|
consumers.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>The message at the top of the stack (first in the list) describes
|
||
|
|
the exception from the perspective of the method the client
|
||
|
|
invoked. Each subsequent message in the stack describes the “cause”
|
||
|
|
of the prior message.</p>
|
||
|
|
</li>
|
||
|
|
<li><strong>data</strong> (<tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">vmware.vapi.struct.VapiStruct</span></tt> or <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">None</span></tt>) – <p>Data to facilitate clients responding to the method reporting a
|
||
|
|
standard exception to indicating that it was unable to complete
|
||
|
|
successfully.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>Methods may provide data that clients can use when responding to
|
||
|
|
exceptions. Since the data that clients need may be specific to the
|
||
|
|
context of the method reporting the exception, different methods
|
||
|
|
that report the same exception may provide different data in the
|
||
|
|
exception. The documentation for each each method will describe
|
||
|
|
what, if any, data it provides for each exception it reports. The
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ArgumentLocations</span></tt></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">FileLocations</span></tt></a>, and
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">TransientIndication</span></tt></a> classes are intended as possible
|
||
|
|
values for this attribute.
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="com.vmware.vapi.html#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID" title="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID</span></tt></a> may also be useful as
|
||
|
|
a value for this attribute (although that is not its primary
|
||
|
|
purpose). Some classes may provide their own specific classes for
|
||
|
|
use as the value of this attribute when reporting exceptions from
|
||
|
|
their methods.
|
||
|
|
Some methods will not set this attribute when reporting exceptions.</p>
|
||
|
|
</li>
|
||
|
|
</ul>
|
||
|
|
</td>
|
||
|
|
</tr>
|
||
|
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|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
</dd></dl>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<dl class="exception">
|
||
|
|
<dt id="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ResourceInUse">
|
||
|
|
<em class="property">exception </em><tt class="descclassname">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.</tt><tt class="descname">ResourceInUse</tt><big>(</big><em>messages=None</em>, <em>data=None</em><big>)</big><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/com/vmware/vapi/std/errors_client.html#ResourceInUse"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ResourceInUse" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error</span></tt></a></p>
|
||
|
|
<p>The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ResourceInUse</span></tt> exception indicates that the method could not be
|
||
|
|
completed because a resource is in use.</p>
|
||
|
|
<blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<div>Examples:</div></blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<ul class="simple">
|
||
|
|
<li>Trying to remove a VMFS datastore when the is a virtual machine
|
||
|
|
registered on any host attached to the datastore.</li>
|
||
|
|
<li>Trying to add a virtual switch if the physical network adapter being
|
||
|
|
bridged is already in use.</li>
|
||
|
|
</ul>
|
||
|
|
<blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<div>Counterexamples:</div></blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<ul class="simple">
|
||
|
|
<li>Trying to power off a virtual machine that is in the process of being
|
||
|
|
powered on. The <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ResourceBusy" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ResourceBusy"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ResourceBusy</span></tt></a> exception would be used instead.</li>
|
||
|
|
</ul>
|
||
|
|
<div class="admonition tip">
|
||
|
|
<p class="first admonition-title">Tip</p>
|
||
|
|
<p class="last">The arguments are used to initialize data attributes with the same
|
||
|
|
names.</p>
|
||
|
|
</div>
|
||
|
|
<table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none">
|
||
|
|
<col class="field-name" />
|
||
|
|
<col class="field-body" />
|
||
|
|
<tbody valign="top">
|
||
|
|
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first last simple">
|
||
|
|
<li><strong>messages</strong> (<tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">list</span></tt> of <a class="reference internal" href="com.vmware.vapi.html#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage" title="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage</span></tt></a>) – <p>Stack of one or more localizable messages for human exception
|
||
|
|
consumers.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>The message at the top of the stack (first in the list) describes
|
||
|
|
the exception from the perspective of the method the client
|
||
|
|
invoked. Each subsequent message in the stack describes the “cause”
|
||
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standard exception to indicating that it was unable to complete
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successfully.</p>
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exceptions. Since the data that clients need may be specific to the
|
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context of the method reporting the exception, different methods
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that report the same exception may provide different data in the
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exception. The documentation for each each method will describe
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what, if any, data it provides for each exception it reports. The
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<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ArgumentLocations</span></tt></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">FileLocations</span></tt></a>, and
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<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">TransientIndication</span></tt></a> classes are intended as possible
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values for this attribute.
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<a class="reference internal" href="com.vmware.vapi.html#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID" title="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID</span></tt></a> may also be useful as
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|
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purpose). Some classes may provide their own specific classes for
|
||
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use as the value of this attribute when reporting exceptions from
|
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their methods.
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Some methods will not set this attribute when reporting exceptions.</p>
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<em class="property">exception </em><tt class="descclassname">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.</tt><tt class="descname">ResourceInaccessible</tt><big>(</big><em>messages=None</em>, <em>data=None</em><big>)</big><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/com/vmware/vapi/std/errors_client.html#ResourceInaccessible"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ResourceInaccessible" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error</span></tt></a></p>
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<p>The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ResourceInaccessible</span></tt> exception indicates that the method could not
|
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<li>Attempt to invoke some method on a virtual machine when the virtual
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|
||
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storage APD condition).</li>
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<div>Counterexamples:</div></blockquote>
|
||
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<ul class="simple">
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<li>Attempt to invoke some method when the server is too busy. The
|
||
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<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ServiceUnavailable" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ServiceUnavailable"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ServiceUnavailable</span></tt></a> exception would be used instead.</li>
|
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<li>Attempt to invoke some method when the server is undergoing maintenance.
|
||
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The <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ServiceUnavailable" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ServiceUnavailable"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ServiceUnavailable</span></tt></a> exception would be used instead.</li>
|
||
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<li>Some method fails to contact VMware Tools running inside the virtual
|
||
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machine. The <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ServiceUnavailable" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ServiceUnavailable"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ServiceUnavailable</span></tt></a> exception would be used instead.</li>
|
||
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|
||
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<div class="admonition tip">
|
||
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<p class="first admonition-title">Tip</p>
|
||
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<p class="last">The arguments are used to initialize data attributes with the same
|
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names.</p>
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first last simple">
|
||
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<li><strong>messages</strong> (<tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">list</span></tt> of <a class="reference internal" href="com.vmware.vapi.html#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage" title="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage</span></tt></a>) – <p>Stack of one or more localizable messages for human exception
|
||
|
|
consumers.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>The message at the top of the stack (first in the list) describes
|
||
|
|
the exception from the perspective of the method the client
|
||
|
|
invoked. Each subsequent message in the stack describes the “cause”
|
||
|
|
of the prior message.</p>
|
||
|
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</li>
|
||
|
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<li><strong>data</strong> (<tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">vmware.vapi.struct.VapiStruct</span></tt> or <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">None</span></tt>) – <p>Data to facilitate clients responding to the method reporting a
|
||
|
|
standard exception to indicating that it was unable to complete
|
||
|
|
successfully.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>Methods may provide data that clients can use when responding to
|
||
|
|
exceptions. Since the data that clients need may be specific to the
|
||
|
|
context of the method reporting the exception, different methods
|
||
|
|
that report the same exception may provide different data in the
|
||
|
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exception. The documentation for each each method will describe
|
||
|
|
what, if any, data it provides for each exception it reports. The
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ArgumentLocations</span></tt></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">FileLocations</span></tt></a>, and
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">TransientIndication</span></tt></a> classes are intended as possible
|
||
|
|
values for this attribute.
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="com.vmware.vapi.html#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID" title="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID</span></tt></a> may also be useful as
|
||
|
|
a value for this attribute (although that is not its primary
|
||
|
|
purpose). Some classes may provide their own specific classes for
|
||
|
|
use as the value of this attribute when reporting exceptions from
|
||
|
|
their methods.
|
||
|
|
Some methods will not set this attribute when reporting exceptions.</p>
|
||
|
|
</li>
|
||
|
|
</ul>
|
||
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|
||
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||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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||
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<dl class="exception">
|
||
|
|
<dt id="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ServiceUnavailable">
|
||
|
|
<em class="property">exception </em><tt class="descclassname">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.</tt><tt class="descname">ServiceUnavailable</tt><big>(</big><em>messages=None</em>, <em>data=None</em><big>)</big><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/com/vmware/vapi/std/errors_client.html#ServiceUnavailable"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ServiceUnavailable" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error</span></tt></a></p>
|
||
|
|
<p>The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ServiceUnavailable</span></tt> exception indicates that the class is
|
||
|
|
unavailable.</p>
|
||
|
|
<blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<div>Examples:</div></blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<ul class="simple">
|
||
|
|
<li>Attempt to invoke a method when the server is too busy.</li>
|
||
|
|
<li>Attempt to invoke a method when the server is undergoing maintenance.</li>
|
||
|
|
<li>An method fails to contact VMware Tools running inside the virtual
|
||
|
|
machine.</li>
|
||
|
|
</ul>
|
||
|
|
<blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<div>Counterexamples:</div></blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<ul class="simple">
|
||
|
|
<li>A client provides an invalid service or operation identifier when
|
||
|
|
invoking the method using a dynamic interface (for example REST). The
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.OperationNotFound" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.OperationNotFound"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">OperationNotFound</span></tt></a> exception would be used instead.</li>
|
||
|
|
<li>A client invokes the method from the class, but that class has not been
|
||
|
|
installed. The <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.OperationNotFound" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.OperationNotFound"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">OperationNotFound</span></tt></a> exception would be used instead.</li>
|
||
|
|
</ul>
|
||
|
|
<div class="admonition tip">
|
||
|
|
<p class="first admonition-title">Tip</p>
|
||
|
|
<p class="last">The arguments are used to initialize data attributes with the same
|
||
|
|
names.</p>
|
||
|
|
</div>
|
||
|
|
<table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none">
|
||
|
|
<col class="field-name" />
|
||
|
|
<col class="field-body" />
|
||
|
|
<tbody valign="top">
|
||
|
|
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first last simple">
|
||
|
|
<li><strong>messages</strong> (<tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">list</span></tt> of <a class="reference internal" href="com.vmware.vapi.html#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage" title="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage</span></tt></a>) – <p>Stack of one or more localizable messages for human exception
|
||
|
|
consumers.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>The message at the top of the stack (first in the list) describes
|
||
|
|
the exception from the perspective of the method the client
|
||
|
|
invoked. Each subsequent message in the stack describes the “cause”
|
||
|
|
of the prior message.</p>
|
||
|
|
</li>
|
||
|
|
<li><strong>data</strong> (<tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">vmware.vapi.struct.VapiStruct</span></tt> or <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">None</span></tt>) – <p>Data to facilitate clients responding to the method reporting a
|
||
|
|
standard exception to indicating that it was unable to complete
|
||
|
|
successfully.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>Methods may provide data that clients can use when responding to
|
||
|
|
exceptions. Since the data that clients need may be specific to the
|
||
|
|
context of the method reporting the exception, different methods
|
||
|
|
that report the same exception may provide different data in the
|
||
|
|
exception. The documentation for each each method will describe
|
||
|
|
what, if any, data it provides for each exception it reports. The
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ArgumentLocations</span></tt></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">FileLocations</span></tt></a>, and
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">TransientIndication</span></tt></a> classes are intended as possible
|
||
|
|
values for this attribute.
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="com.vmware.vapi.html#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID" title="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID</span></tt></a> may also be useful as
|
||
|
|
a value for this attribute (although that is not its primary
|
||
|
|
purpose). Some classes may provide their own specific classes for
|
||
|
|
use as the value of this attribute when reporting exceptions from
|
||
|
|
their methods.
|
||
|
|
Some methods will not set this attribute when reporting exceptions.</p>
|
||
|
|
</li>
|
||
|
|
</ul>
|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
|
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|
||
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|
||
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|
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|
||
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|
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|
||
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||
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<dl class="exception">
|
||
|
|
<dt id="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TimedOut">
|
||
|
|
<em class="property">exception </em><tt class="descclassname">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.</tt><tt class="descname">TimedOut</tt><big>(</big><em>messages=None</em>, <em>data=None</em><big>)</big><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/com/vmware/vapi/std/errors_client.html#TimedOut"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TimedOut" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error</span></tt></a></p>
|
||
|
|
<p>The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">TimedOut</span></tt> exception indicates that the method did not complete
|
||
|
|
within the allowed amount of time. The allowed amount of time might be:</p>
|
||
|
|
<ul class="simple">
|
||
|
|
<li>provided by the client as an input parameter.</li>
|
||
|
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<li>a fixed limit of the class implementation that is a documented part of
|
||
|
|
the contract of the class.</li>
|
||
|
|
<li>a configurable limit used by the implementation of the class.</li>
|
||
|
|
<li>a dynamic limit computed by the implementation of the class.</li>
|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
|
<p>The method may or may not complete after the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">TimedOut</span></tt> exception was
|
||
|
|
reported.</p>
|
||
|
|
<blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<div>Examples:</div></blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<ul class="simple">
|
||
|
|
<li>The method was unable to complete within the timeout duration specified
|
||
|
|
by a parameter of the method.</li>
|
||
|
|
</ul>
|
||
|
|
<blockquote>
|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
|
<li>A server implementation that puts requests into a queue before
|
||
|
|
dispatching them might delete a request from the queue if it doesn’t get
|
||
|
|
dispatched within <em>n</em> minutes. The <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ServiceUnavailable" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ServiceUnavailable"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ServiceUnavailable</span></tt></a> exception
|
||
|
|
would be used instead.</li>
|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
|
<div class="admonition tip">
|
||
|
|
<p class="first admonition-title">Tip</p>
|
||
|
|
<p class="last">The arguments are used to initialize data attributes with the same
|
||
|
|
names.</p>
|
||
|
|
</div>
|
||
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<table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none">
|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
|
<col class="field-body" />
|
||
|
|
<tbody valign="top">
|
||
|
|
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first last simple">
|
||
|
|
<li><strong>messages</strong> (<tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">list</span></tt> of <a class="reference internal" href="com.vmware.vapi.html#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage" title="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage</span></tt></a>) – <p>Stack of one or more localizable messages for human exception
|
||
|
|
consumers.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>The message at the top of the stack (first in the list) describes
|
||
|
|
the exception from the perspective of the method the client
|
||
|
|
invoked. Each subsequent message in the stack describes the “cause”
|
||
|
|
of the prior message.</p>
|
||
|
|
</li>
|
||
|
|
<li><strong>data</strong> (<tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">vmware.vapi.struct.VapiStruct</span></tt> or <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">None</span></tt>) – <p>Data to facilitate clients responding to the method reporting a
|
||
|
|
standard exception to indicating that it was unable to complete
|
||
|
|
successfully.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>Methods may provide data that clients can use when responding to
|
||
|
|
exceptions. Since the data that clients need may be specific to the
|
||
|
|
context of the method reporting the exception, different methods
|
||
|
|
that report the same exception may provide different data in the
|
||
|
|
exception. The documentation for each each method will describe
|
||
|
|
what, if any, data it provides for each exception it reports. The
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ArgumentLocations</span></tt></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">FileLocations</span></tt></a>, and
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">TransientIndication</span></tt></a> classes are intended as possible
|
||
|
|
values for this attribute.
|
||
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<em class="property">class </em><tt class="descclassname">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.</tt><tt class="descname">TransientIndication</tt><big>(</big><em>is_transient=None</em><big>)</big><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/com/vmware/vapi/std/errors_client.html#TransientIndication"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference internal" href="vmware.vapi.bindings.html#vmware.vapi.bindings.struct.VapiStruct" title="vmware.vapi.bindings.struct.VapiStruct"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">vmware.vapi.bindings.struct.VapiStruct</span></tt></a></p>
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<p>The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">TransientIndication</span></tt> class indicates whether or not the exception is
|
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transient.</p>
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<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><strong>is_transient</strong> (<tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">bool</span></tt>) – Indicates that the exception this class is attached to is
|
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<dt id="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.UnableToAllocateResource">
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<em class="property">exception </em><tt class="descclassname">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.</tt><tt class="descname">UnableToAllocateResource</tt><big>(</big><em>messages=None</em>, <em>data=None</em><big>)</big><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/com/vmware/vapi/std/errors_client.html#UnableToAllocateResource"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.UnableToAllocateResource" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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||
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<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error</span></tt></a></p>
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<p>The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">UnableToAllocateResource</span></tt> exception indicates that the method failed
|
||
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because it was unable to allocate or acquire a required resource.</p>
|
||
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|
||
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<div>Examples:</div></blockquote>
|
||
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<ul class="simple">
|
||
|
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<li>Trying to power on a virtual machine when there are not enough licenses
|
||
|
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to do so.</li>
|
||
|
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<li>Trying to power on a virtual machine that would violate a resource usage
|
||
|
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policy.</li>
|
||
|
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|
||
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<blockquote>
|
||
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<div>Counterexamples:</div></blockquote>
|
||
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<ul class="simple">
|
||
|
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<li>Trying to power off a virtual machine that is in the process of being
|
||
|
|
powered on. A <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ResourceBusy" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ResourceBusy"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ResourceBusy</span></tt></a> exception would be used instead.</li>
|
||
|
|
<li>Trying to remove a VMFS datastore when the is a virtual machine
|
||
|
|
registered on any host attached to the datastore. The
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ResourceInUse" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ResourceInUse"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ResourceInUse</span></tt></a> exception would be used instead.</li>
|
||
|
|
<li>Trying to add a virtual switch if the physical network adapter being
|
||
|
|
bridged is already in use. The <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ResourceInUse" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ResourceInUse"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ResourceInUse</span></tt></a> exception would be
|
||
|
|
used instead.</li>
|
||
|
|
<li>Attempt to invoke some method on a virtual machine when the virtual
|
||
|
|
machine’s configuration file is not accessible (for example due to a
|
||
|
|
storage APD condition). The <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ResourceInaccessible" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ResourceInaccessible"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ResourceInaccessible</span></tt></a> exception would
|
||
|
|
be used instead.</li>
|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
|
<div class="admonition tip">
|
||
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|
<p class="first admonition-title">Tip</p>
|
||
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<p class="last">The arguments are used to initialize data attributes with the same
|
||
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names.</p>
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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<tbody valign="top">
|
||
|
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<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first last simple">
|
||
|
|
<li><strong>messages</strong> (<tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">list</span></tt> of <a class="reference internal" href="com.vmware.vapi.html#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage" title="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage</span></tt></a>) – <p>Stack of one or more localizable messages for human exception
|
||
|
|
consumers.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>The message at the top of the stack (first in the list) describes
|
||
|
|
the exception from the perspective of the method the client
|
||
|
|
invoked. Each subsequent message in the stack describes the “cause”
|
||
|
|
of the prior message.</p>
|
||
|
|
</li>
|
||
|
|
<li><strong>data</strong> (<tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">vmware.vapi.struct.VapiStruct</span></tt> or <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">None</span></tt>) – <p>Data to facilitate clients responding to the method reporting a
|
||
|
|
standard exception to indicating that it was unable to complete
|
||
|
|
successfully.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>Methods may provide data that clients can use when responding to
|
||
|
|
exceptions. Since the data that clients need may be specific to the
|
||
|
|
context of the method reporting the exception, different methods
|
||
|
|
that report the same exception may provide different data in the
|
||
|
|
exception. The documentation for each each method will describe
|
||
|
|
what, if any, data it provides for each exception it reports. The
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ArgumentLocations</span></tt></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">FileLocations</span></tt></a>, and
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">TransientIndication</span></tt></a> classes are intended as possible
|
||
|
|
values for this attribute.
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="com.vmware.vapi.html#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID" title="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID</span></tt></a> may also be useful as
|
||
|
|
a value for this attribute (although that is not its primary
|
||
|
|
purpose). Some classes may provide their own specific classes for
|
||
|
|
use as the value of this attribute when reporting exceptions from
|
||
|
|
their methods.
|
||
|
|
Some methods will not set this attribute when reporting exceptions.</p>
|
||
|
|
</li>
|
||
|
|
</ul>
|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
|
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|
||
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|
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|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<dl class="exception">
|
||
|
|
<dt id="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Unauthenticated">
|
||
|
|
<em class="property">exception </em><tt class="descclassname">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.</tt><tt class="descname">Unauthenticated</tt><big>(</big><em>messages=None</em>, <em>data=None</em><big>)</big><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/com/vmware/vapi/std/errors_client.html#Unauthenticated"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Unauthenticated" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error</span></tt></a></p>
|
||
|
|
<p>The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Unauthenticated</span></tt> exception indicates that the method requires
|
||
|
|
authentication and the user is not authenticated.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>API requests may include a security context containing user credentials.
|
||
|
|
For example, the user credentials could be a SAML token, a user name and
|
||
|
|
password, or the session identifier for a previously established session.</p>
|
||
|
|
<blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<div>Examples:</div></blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<ul class="simple">
|
||
|
|
<li>The SAML token in the request’s security context has expired.</li>
|
||
|
|
<li>The user name and password in the request’s security context are invalid.</li>
|
||
|
|
<li>The session identifier in the request’s security context identifies a
|
||
|
|
session that has expired.</li>
|
||
|
|
</ul>
|
||
|
|
<blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<div>Counterexamples:</div></blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<ul class="simple">
|
||
|
|
<li>The user is authenticated but isn’t authorized to perform the requested
|
||
|
|
method. The <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Unauthorized" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Unauthorized"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Unauthorized</span></tt></a> exception would be used instead.</li>
|
||
|
|
</ul>
|
||
|
|
<p>For security reasons, the <tt class="xref py py-attr docutils literal"><span class="pre">Error.data</span></tt> attribute in this exception is
|
||
|
|
None, and the <tt class="xref py py-attr docutils literal"><span class="pre">Error.messages</span></tt> attribute in this exception does not
|
||
|
|
disclose which part of the security context is correct or incorrect. For
|
||
|
|
example the messages would not disclose whether a username or a password is
|
||
|
|
valid or invalid, but only that a combination of username and password is
|
||
|
|
invalid.</p>
|
||
|
|
<div class="admonition tip">
|
||
|
|
<p class="first admonition-title">Tip</p>
|
||
|
|
<p class="last">The arguments are used to initialize data attributes with the same
|
||
|
|
names.</p>
|
||
|
|
</div>
|
||
|
|
<table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none">
|
||
|
|
<col class="field-name" />
|
||
|
|
<col class="field-body" />
|
||
|
|
<tbody valign="top">
|
||
|
|
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first last simple">
|
||
|
|
<li><strong>messages</strong> (<tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">list</span></tt> of <a class="reference internal" href="com.vmware.vapi.html#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage" title="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.LocalizableMessage</span></tt></a>) – <p>Stack of one or more localizable messages for human exception
|
||
|
|
consumers.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>The message at the top of the stack (first in the list) describes
|
||
|
|
the exception from the perspective of the method the client
|
||
|
|
invoked. Each subsequent message in the stack describes the “cause”
|
||
|
|
of the prior message.</p>
|
||
|
|
</li>
|
||
|
|
<li><strong>data</strong> (<tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">vmware.vapi.struct.VapiStruct</span></tt> or <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">None</span></tt>) – <p>Data to facilitate clients responding to the method reporting a
|
||
|
|
standard exception to indicating that it was unable to complete
|
||
|
|
successfully.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>Methods may provide data that clients can use when responding to
|
||
|
|
exceptions. Since the data that clients need may be specific to the
|
||
|
|
context of the method reporting the exception, different methods
|
||
|
|
that report the same exception may provide different data in the
|
||
|
|
exception. The documentation for each each method will describe
|
||
|
|
what, if any, data it provides for each exception it reports. The
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ArgumentLocations</span></tt></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">FileLocations</span></tt></a>, and
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">TransientIndication</span></tt></a> classes are intended as possible
|
||
|
|
values for this attribute.
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="com.vmware.vapi.html#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID" title="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID</span></tt></a> may also be useful as
|
||
|
|
a value for this attribute (although that is not its primary
|
||
|
|
purpose). Some classes may provide their own specific classes for
|
||
|
|
use as the value of this attribute when reporting exceptions from
|
||
|
|
their methods.
|
||
|
|
Some methods will not set this attribute when reporting exceptions.</p>
|
||
|
|
</li>
|
||
|
|
</ul>
|
||
|
|
</td>
|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
|
</dd></dl>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<dl class="exception">
|
||
|
|
<dt id="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Unauthorized">
|
||
|
|
<em class="property">exception </em><tt class="descclassname">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.</tt><tt class="descname">Unauthorized</tt><big>(</big><em>messages=None</em>, <em>data=None</em><big>)</big><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/com/vmware/vapi/std/errors_client.html#Unauthorized"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Unauthorized" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error</span></tt></a></p>
|
||
|
|
<p>The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Unauthorized</span></tt> exception indicates that the user is not authorized to
|
||
|
|
perform the method.</p>
|
||
|
|
<p>API requests may include a security context containing user credentials.
|
||
|
|
For example, the user credentials could be a SAML token, a user name and
|
||
|
|
password, or the session identifier for a previously established session.
|
||
|
|
Invoking the method may require that the user identified by those
|
||
|
|
credentials has particular privileges on the method or on one or more
|
||
|
|
resource identifiers passed to the method.</p>
|
||
|
|
<blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<div>Examples:</div></blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<ul class="simple">
|
||
|
|
<li>The method requires that the user have one or more privileges on the
|
||
|
|
method, but the user identified by the credentials in the security context
|
||
|
|
does not have the required privileges.</li>
|
||
|
|
<li>The method requires that the user have one or more privileges on a
|
||
|
|
resource identifier passed to the method, but the user identified by the
|
||
|
|
credentials in the security context does not have the required privileges.</li>
|
||
|
|
</ul>
|
||
|
|
<blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<div>Counterexamples:</div></blockquote>
|
||
|
|
<ul class="simple">
|
||
|
|
<li>The SAML token in the request’s security context has expired. A
|
||
|
|
<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Unauthenticated" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Unauthenticated"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Unauthenticated</span></tt></a> exception would be used instead.</li>
|
||
|
|
<li>The user name and password in the request’s security context are invalid.
|
||
|
|
The <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Unauthenticated" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Unauthenticated"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Unauthenticated</span></tt></a> exception would be used instead.</li>
|
||
|
|
<li>The session identifier in the request’s security context identifies a
|
||
|
|
session that has expired. The <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Unauthenticated" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Unauthenticated"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Unauthenticated</span></tt></a> exception would be
|
||
|
|
used instead.</li>
|
||
|
|
</ul>
|
||
|
|
<p>For security reasons, the <tt class="xref py py-attr docutils literal"><span class="pre">Error.data</span></tt> attribute in this exception is
|
||
|
|
None, and the <tt class="xref py py-attr docutils literal"><span class="pre">Error.messages</span></tt> attribute in this exception does not
|
||
|
|
disclose why the user is not authorized to perform the method. For example
|
||
|
|
the messages would not disclose which privilege the user did not have or
|
||
|
|
which resource identifier the user did not have the required privilege to
|
||
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<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error</span></tt></a></p>
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|
||
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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exceptions. Since the data that clients need may be specific to the
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|
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<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ArgumentLocations</span></tt></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">FileLocations</span></tt></a>, and
|
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<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">TransientIndication</span></tt></a> classes are intended as possible
|
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values for this attribute.
|
||
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<a class="reference internal" href="com.vmware.vapi.html#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID" title="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID</span></tt></a> may also be useful as
|
||
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|
||
|
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purpose). Some classes may provide their own specific classes for
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
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<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.Error</span></tt></a></p>
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.ArgumentLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ArgumentLocations</span></tt></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.FileLocations"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">FileLocations</span></tt></a>, and
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<a class="reference internal" href="#com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication" title="com.vmware.vapi.std.errors_client.TransientIndication"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">TransientIndication</span></tt></a> classes are intended as possible
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<a class="reference internal" href="com.vmware.vapi.html#com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID" title="com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">com.vmware.vapi.std_client.DynamicID</span></tt></a> may also be useful as
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