Create (POST) a VMCheckPoint [SPFSDK][VMMREF]

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08/24/2015

Applies To: Windows Azure Pack

Creates a VMCheckPoint [SPFSDK][VMMREF] entity by using the HTTP POST operation.

Here is a list of examples related to this collection operation.

Example: Create a checkpoint for a virtual machine

Request

Method	Request URI	HTTP Version
POST	https://{server-name}:{auth-port}/{subscription-id}/services/systemcenter/vmm/VMCheckPoints	HTTP/1.1

Request URI Parameters

This operation does not have any request URI parameters.

Request Headers

This operation does not use any non-standard request headers.

For more information about the common request headers used by this operation, see Common HTTP request information

Request Body

The request body should contain a single (depending on the request headers) XML or JSON encoded VMCheckPoint [SPFSDK][VMMREF] entity that you want to create. Here is the request body of a single entity.

{
  "odata.type": "VMM.VMCheckPoint",
  "Accessibility": null,
  "AddedTime": null,
  "CheckpointID": null,
  "Confirm": null,
  "Description": null,
  "Enabled": null,
  "ID": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
  "ModifiedTime": null,
  "Name": "Checkpoint 1",
  "ParentCheckpointID": null,
  "RunAsynchronously": null,
  "StampId": "d70c1a9b-c241-48f5-880a-b6c36071e653",
  "VMCheckPointAction": null,
  "VMId": "f11b61fa-b5c7-4807-93b4-f9b371896c6f"
}

Response

Response Codes

This operation does not return any non-standard OData response codes. If successful, it will return code 201 Created.

Response Headers

This operation does not use any non-standard response headers.

For more information about the common response headers used by this operation, see Common HTTP response information

Response Body

The response body will contain a single (depending on the request headers) XML or JSON encoded VMCheckPoint [SPFSDK][VMMREF] entity as it exists on the server.

{
  "odata.metadata": "https://spf.contoso.com:30005/ae122d5f-3aab-4d75-ad48-d6593246a49e/services/systemcenter/vmm/$metadata#VMCheckPoints/@Element",
  "Accessibility": "Public",
  "CheckpointID": null,
  "Description": "",
  "Enabled": true,
  "ID": "831e819f-f852-47a8-b4b0-c61ba062df73",
  "Name": "Checkpoint 1",
  "ParentCheckpointID": null,
  "VMId": "f11b61fa-b5c7-4807-93b4-f9b371896c6f",
  "AddedTime": "2014-08-28T14:19:48.8838623-07:00",
  "ModifiedTime": "2014-08-28T14:19:49.0145961-07:00",
  "StampId": "d70c1a9b-c241-48f5-880a-b6c36071e653",
  "VMCheckPointAction": null,
  "Confirm": null,
  "RunAsynchronously": null
}

Example: Create a checkpoint for a virtual machine

For more information about how to get started with using the code examples provided in this programming guide, see Program in Visual Studio with the Windows Azure Pack IaaS Resource Provider [SPFSDK].

Guid vmId = new Guid("f11b61fa-b5c7-4807-93b4-f9b371896c6f");
Guid stampId = new Guid("d70c1a9b-c241-48f5-880a-b6c36071e653");

SpfVMM.VMCheckPoint checkpoint = new SpfVMM.VMCheckPoint();
checkpoint.VMId = vmId;
checkpoint.StampId = stampId;
checkpoint.Name = "Checkpoint 1";

vmmService.AddToVMCheckPoints(checkpoint);
vmmService.SaveChanges();

HTTP Request

POST https://spf.contoso.com:30005/ae122d5f-3aab-4d75-ad48-d6593246a49e/services/systemcenter/vmm/VMCheckPoints HTTP/1.1
DataServiceVersion: 3.0;NetFx
MaxDataServiceVersion: 3.0;NetFx
Content-Type: application/json;odata=minimalmetadata
Accept: application/json;odata=minimalmetadata
Accept-Charset: UTF-8
DataServiceUrlConventions: KeyAsSegment
User-Agent: Microsoft ADO.NET Data Services
Authorization: Bearer {ENCODED AUTHENTICATION TOKEN}
x-ms-principal-id: tenant@fabrikam.com
Host: spf.contoso.com:30005
Content-Length: 398
Expect: 100-continue

{"odata.type":"VMM.VMCheckPoint","Accessibility":null,"AddedTime":null,"CheckpointID":null,"Confirm":null,"Description":null,"Enabled":null,"ID":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","ModifiedTime":null,"Name":"Checkpoint 1","ParentCheckpointID":null,"RunAsynchronously":null,"StampId":"d70c1a9b-c241-48f5-880a-b6c36071e653","VMCheckPointAction":null,"VMId":"f11b61fa-b5c7-4807-93b4-f9b371896c6f"}

HTTP Response

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Cache-Control: no-cache
Content-Length: 577
Content-Type: application/json; odata=minimalmetadata; streaming=true; charset=utf-8
Location: https://spf.contoso.com:30005/ae122d5f-3aab-4d75-ad48-d6593246a49e/services/systemcenter/vmm/VMCheckPoints(ID=guid'831e819f-f852-47a8-b4b0-c61ba062df73',StampId=guid'd70c1a9b-c241-48f5-880a-b6c36071e653')
Server: Microsoft-IIS/8.5
x-ms-request-id: f7e383f4-ee43-4d68-a41f-1d55ff5afc4c
X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
request-id: d3df681c-b278-0000-5f7c-e1d378b2cf01
DataServiceVersion: 3.0;
Server: Microsoft-IIS/8.5
X-AspNet-Version: 4.0.30319
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Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 21:19:50 GMT

{"odata.metadata":"https://spf.contoso.com:30005/ae122d5f-3aab-4d75-ad48-d6593246a49e/services/systemcenter/vmm/$metadata#VMCheckPoints/@Element","Accessibility":"Public","CheckpointID":null,"Description":"","Enabled":true,"ID":"831e819f-f852-47a8-b4b0-c61ba062df73","Name":"Checkpoint 1","ParentCheckpointID":null,"VMId":"f11b61fa-b5c7-4807-93b4-f9b371896c6f","AddedTime":"2014-08-28T14:19:48.8838623-07:00","ModifiedTime":"2014-08-28T14:19:49.0145961-07:00","StampId":"d70c1a9b-c241-48f5-880a-b6c36071e653","VMCheckPointAction":null,"Confirm":null,"RunAsynchronously":null}

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