Changing A Name Or Description; Change The Name Or Description Of A Vapptemplate; Change The Name Or Description Of A Vapp - VMware VCLOUD API 1.0 - API Programming Manual

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Response:
201 Created
Content-Type: application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.vApp+xml
<VApp name="New Linux Server" status="0" href="http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/vApp/vapp-999"
<Description>Cloned from Ubuntu FTP Server</Description>
...
<Tasks>
<Task ... operation="Busy Virtual Application New Linux Server Copy (201)" ...>
...
</Task>
</Tasks>
</VApp>

Changing a Name or Description

Every vAppTemplate, vApp, and Media element includes an edit link that a client can use if to change the 
value of the object's name attribute or Description element. In each case, the request must include all the 
required elements of the object's representation, even the ones that you are not changing.

Change the Name or Description of a vAppTemplate

Example 4‐20 changes the description of the vApp template shown in Example 3‐6 on page
Example 4-20. Change the Name and Description of a vAppTemplate
Request:
PUT http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/vAppTemplate/vappTemplate-111
Content-Type: application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.vAppTemplate+xml
...
<VAppTemplate xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1 name="Ubuntu 9.10"
<Description>Ubuntu 9.10 Server Edition, with vsftpd</Description>
</VAppTemplate>
Response:
202 Accepted
Content-Type: application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.task+xml
...
<Task ...>
...
</Task>

Change the Name or Description of a vApp

You can change the name or description of a vApp using a procedure similar to the one shown in 
Example
4‐20.
VMware, Inc.
...>
type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.vAppTemplate+xml"
href="http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/vAppTemplate/vappTemplate-111">
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