Moving On To Additional Use Cases - VMware VCLOUD API 1.0 - API Programming Manual

Moving on to Additional Use Cases

This "Hello" exercise, while simplified, demonstrates a pattern common to many vCloud API use cases:
browsing to discover a template, instantiating the template, then deploying and operating the vApp described
in the template. The remainder of this guide provides expanded examples of these and other use cases,
including:

Creating vApp templates by uploading OVF packages or capturing vApps ("Provisioning" on page 41)
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Non‐default instantiation using detailed instantiation parameters ("Instantiate a vApp Template" on
page 61)
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Creating a copy of a vApp by cloning, or composing a vApp from multiple vApps or templates

Reconfiguration of a vApp to add or remove virtual hardware, modify network connections, and change
other vApp properties ("Reconfiguring vApps and Virtual Machines" on page 69)
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Administrative operations to create vDCs and Catalogs, and to administer users, groups, and roles
("Administrative Operations" on page 91).
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Operations that a system administrator can use to access the vSphere platform that supports a vCloud
roles ("VMware vSphere Platform Operations" on page 117).
This guide also includes complete reference information on XML elements defined by the vCloud API (see
Chapter 9, "User API Reference," on page
and those defined by the vSphere platform extensions (see Chapter 12, "vSphere Platform Extensions
Reference," on page
page 203, which concentrates on those aspects of OVF that might be of interest to advanced vCloud API
programmers.
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