KVM module

POST api/v2/jobs/rvc

Starts a SC//Reliant™ Virtual Controller (RVC) job for the KVM virtual machine module. This provides a way to retrieve details about the KVM virtual machines on the nodes in your environment. The API response will indicate that the RVC job is created and is scheduled to run. You can use the job ID from the response to retrieve the job status and the payload details.

In order to perform these actions, the following conditions must be met:

• Must have the Remote Job Execution feature turned on for your SC//Reliant Platform Manager tenant.
• The user making the API request must have the following SC//Reliant Platform Manager capabilities:
  • Create and Update a RVC job
  • Call KVM read-only methods
  • Call KVM state altering methods

Methods

The following are the available RVC methods in the KVM virtual machine module that can be started using the API.

• List the KVM virtual machines on a target
• Retrieve details of KVM virtual machines on a target
• Retrieve the status of KVM virtual machines on a target
• Save a screenshot of a running KVM virtual machine on a target
• Reboot a KVM virtual machine on a target
• Retrieve KVM system information for a target
• Describe a full backup archive on a target
• List the snapshots of a KVM virtual machine on a target
• Start a KVM virtual machine on a target
• Shut down a KVM virtual machine on a target
• Create a snapshot of a KVM virtual machine on a target
• Restore a KVM virtual machine to a snapshot on a target
• Consolidate the snapshots of a KVM virtual machine on a target
• Synchronize the snapshots of a KVM virtual machine on a target
• Redefine the snapshots of a KVM virtual machine on a target
• Create a full backup of a KVM virtual machine on a target
• Restore a KVM virtual machine from a full backup on a target