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VMware NSX Cookbook
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VMware NSX Cookbook

by Bayu Wibowo, Tony Sangha
March 2018
Beginner
584 pages
14h 51m
English
Packt Publishing
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vCenter-Managed Object Reference ID (MoRef ID)

The REST API, and other API methods in VMware, use the vCenter MoRef ID in the parameters, such as in URI or query parameters. MoRef ID is a unique ID inside vCenter for every object.

The MoRef ID naming starts with a prefix stating the object type followed by a hyphen and a number, for example, vm-197, host-29, domain-c26. Every object has its own MoRef address: https://<VCENTER>/mob/?moid=<OBJECTID>.

There are various ways to get the MoRef ID, such as through the Managed Object browser, PowerCLI, or NSX Central CLI, as shown here:

For more information on MoRef and how to retrieve the MoRef ID, ...

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