Allows you to stop running tasks. Some tasks cannot be completed immediately. In this case, the 202 (Accepted) code is returned and the task state changes to Stopping.
Method:
POST /api/2.0/virtualization/tasks/{ID}/cancel
where:
{ID} – task identifier (required parameter).
Return codes:
200 (OK) – request completed successfully (the task was canceled).202 (Accepted) – request is accepted for execution (the task state changes to Stopping).403 (Forbidden) – access to the resource is denied.404 (Not Found) – task with the specified identifier is not found.405 (Method Not Allowed) – for child tasks: you can cancel a child task only if you cancel the parent task.409 (Conflict) – the task is already in one of the following states: Cancelled, Failed, Stopped.