1. Operations
2. vcenter
3. resource pool

## vcenter resource pool: get

Retrieves information about the resource pool indicated by `resource_pool`.

### Request:

#### HTTP request

GET https://{server}/rest/vcenter/resource-pool/{resource_pool}

#### Path Parameters

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
Required
resource_pool | string | Identifier of the resource pool for which information should be retrieved.

### Response:

#### HTTP Status Code: 200

#### Representations:

- JSON
- XML

{
"value": {
"name": "string",
"resource_pools": [
"obj-103",
"obj-103"
]
}
}
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<ns0:Get-Result xmlns:ns0="http://vmware.com/vcenter/resource_pool" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<value>
<resource_pools-array>
<array-item>obj-103</array-item>
<array-item>obj-103</array-item>
</resource_pools-array>
<name>string</name>
</value>
</ns0:Get-Result>

#### Response Type:

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
bold = required
value | info | information about the resource pool.
value.name | string | Name of the vCenter Server resource pool.
value.resource_pools | string[] | Identifiers of the child resource pools contained in this resource pool. When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must contain identifiers for the resource type: `ResourcePool`. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will contain identifiers for the resource type: `ResourcePool`.

#### Errors:

HTTP Status Code | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
404 | not_found | if the resource pool indicated by `resource_pool` does not exist.
503 | service_unavailable | if the system is unable to communicate with a service to complete the request.
401 | unauthenticated | if the user can not be authenticated.
403 | unauthorized | if the user doesn't have the required privileges.