You can use the

CompatibilityData

service to retrieve information about the compatibility data or to update the local compatibility data on a

vCenter Server

instance. To retrieve information about the compatibility data stored on your

vCenter Server

instance,

use the

GET https://

<vcenter_ip_address_or_fqdn>

/api/esx/hcl/compatibility-data/status

request

. To update the local compatibility data with the latest version available from the official VMware source,

use the

POST https://

<vcenter_ip_address_or_fqdn>

/api/esx/hcl/compatibility-data?action=download&vmw-task=true

request

.