BackupGateway / Client / get_virtual_machine

get_virtual_machine

BackupGateway.Client.get_virtual_machine(**kwargs)

By providing the ARN (Amazon Resource Name), this API returns the virtual machine.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.get_virtual_machine(
    ResourceArn='string'
)

Parameters:

ResourceArn (string) –

[REQUIRED]

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the virtual machine.

Return type:

dict

Returns:

Response Syntax

{
    'VirtualMachine': {
        'HostName': 'string',
        'HypervisorId': 'string',
        'LastBackupDate': datetime(2015, 1, 1),
        'Name': 'string',
        'Path': 'string',
        'ResourceArn': 'string',
        'VmwareTags': [
            {
                'VmwareCategory': 'string',
                'VmwareTagDescription': 'string',
                'VmwareTagName': 'string'
            },
        ]
    }
}

Response Structure

• (dict) –

  • VirtualMachine (dict) –

    This object contains the basic attributes of VirtualMachine contained by the output of GetVirtualMachine

    • HostName (string) –

      The host name of the virtual machine.

    • HypervisorId (string) –

      The ID of the virtual machine’s hypervisor.

    • LastBackupDate (datetime) –

      The most recent date a virtual machine was backed up, in Unix format and UTC time.

    • Name (string) –

      The name of the virtual machine.

    • Path (string) –

      The path of the virtual machine.

    • ResourceArn (string) –

      The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the virtual machine. For example, arn:aws:backup-gateway:us-west-1:0000000000000:vm/vm-0000ABCDEFGIJKL.

    • VmwareTags (list) –

      These are the details of the VMware tags associated with the specified virtual machine.

      • (dict) –

        A VMware tag is a tag attached to a specific virtual machine. A tag is a key-value pair you can use to manage, filter, and search for your resources.

        The content of VMware tags can be matched to Amazon Web Services tags.

        • VmwareCategory (string) –

          The is the category of VMware.

        • VmwareTagDescription (string) –

          This is a user-defined description of a VMware tag.

        • VmwareTagName (string) –

          This is the user-defined name of a VMware tag.

Exceptions

• BackupGateway.Client.exceptions.ValidationException

• BackupGateway.Client.exceptions.InternalServerException

• BackupGateway.Client.exceptions.ResourceNotFoundException

• BackupGateway.Client.exceptions.ThrottlingException