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12.6. Export Storage Domains

12.6.1. Export Storage Domains
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Storage domains with type set to export contain vms and templates sub-collections, which list the import candidate VMs and templates stored on that particular storage domain.

Example 12.6. Listing the virtual machines sub-collection of an export storage domain

GET /api/storagedomains/fabe0451-701f-4235-8f7e-e20e458819ed/vms
Accept: application/xml

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/xml

<vms>
    <vm id="082c794b-771f-452f-83c9-b2b5a19c0399"
      href="/api/storagedomains/fabe0451-701f-4235-8f7e-e20e458819ed/
      vms/082c794b-771f-452f-83c9-b2b5a19c0399">
        <name>vm1</name>
        ...
        <storage_domain id="fabe0451-701f-4235-8f7e-e20e458819ed"
          href="/api/storagedomains/fabe0451-701f-4235-8f7e-e20e458819ed"/>
        <actions>
            <link rel="import" href="/api/storagedomains/
              fabe0451-701f-4235-8f7e-e20e458819ed/vms/
              082c794b-771f-452f-83c9-b2b5a19c0399/import"/>
        </actions>
    </vm>
</vms>
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VMs and templates in these collections have a similar representation to their counterparts in the top-level VMs and templates collection, except they also contain a storage_domain reference and an import action.
The import action imports a virtual machine or a template from an export storage domain. The destination cluster and storage domain is specified with cluster and storage_domain references.
Include an optional name element to give the virtual machine or template a specific name.

Example 12.7. Action to import a virtual machine from an export storage domain

POST /api/storagedomains/fabe0451-701f-4235-8f7e-e20e458819ed/vms/
082c794b-771f-452f-83c9-b2b5a19c0399/import HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/xml
Content-type: application/xml

<action>
    <storage_domain>
        <name>images0</name>
    </storage_domain>
    <cluster>
        <name>Default</name>
    </cluster>
</action>
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Example 12.8. Action to import a template from an export storage domain

POST /api/storagedomains/fabe0451-701f-4235-8f7e-e20e458819ed/templates/
082c794b-771f-452f-83c9-b2b5a19c0399/import HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/xml
Content-type: application/xml

<action>
    <storage_domain>
        <name>images0</name>
    </storage_domain>
    <cluster>
        <name>Default</name>
    </cluster>
</action>
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Include an optional clone Boolean element to import the virtual machine as a new entity.

Example 12.9. Action to import a virtual machine as a new entity

POST /api/storagedomains/fabe0451-701f-4235-8f7e-e20e458819ed/vms/
082c794b-771f-452f-83c9-b2b5a19c0399/import HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/xml
Content-type: application/xml

<action>
    <storage_domain>
        <name>images0</name>
    </storage_domain>
    <cluster>
        <name>Default</name>
    </cluster>
    <clone>true</clone>
    <vm>
        <name>MyVM</name>
    </vm>
    ...
</action>
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Include an optional disks element to choose which disks to import using individual disk id elements.

Example 12.10. Selecting disks for an import action

POST /api/storagedomains/fabe0451-701f-4235-8f7e-e20e458819ed/vms/
082c794b-771f-452f-83c9-b2b5a19c0399/import HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/xml
Content-type: application/xml

<action>
    <cluster>
        <name>Default</name>
    </cluster>
    <vm>
        <name>MyVM</name>
    </vm>
    ...
    <disks>
        <disk id="4825ffda-a997-4e96-ae27-5503f1851d1b"/>
    </disks>
</action>
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Delete a virtual machine or template from an export storage domain with a DELETE request.

Example 12.11. Delete virtual machine from an export storage domain

DELETE /api/storagedomains/fabe0451-701f-4235-8f7e-e20e458819ed/vms/
082c794b-771f-452f-83c9-b2b5a19c0399 HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/xml

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
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