VirtualMachineConfigOption
This configuration data object type contains information about the execution environment for a virtual machine.
This includes information about which features are supported, such as:
- Which guest operating systems are supported.
- How devices are emulated. For example, that a CD-ROM drive can be emulated with a file or that a serial port can be emulated with a pipe.
VirtualCenter can provide a broader environment than any single physical host. This is a departure from traditional virtualization approaches, which rely on the host system to define the environment for virtual machines. This data object describes environment capabilities and is used by VirtualCenter to choose hosts on which to run virtual machines.
{
"_typeName": "string",
"version": "string",
"description": "string",
"guestOSDescriptor": [
{
"_typeName": "string",
"id": "string",
"family": "string",
"fullName": "string",
"supportedMaxCPUs": 0,
"numSupportedPhysicalSockets": 0,
"numSupportedCoresPerSocket": 0,
"supportedMinMemMB": 0,
"supportedMaxMemMB": 0,
"recommendedMemMB": 0,
"recommendedColorDepth": 0,
"supportedDiskControllerList": [
"string"
],
"recommendedSCSIController": "string",
"recommendedDiskController": "string",
"supportedNumDisks": 0,
"recommendedDiskSizeMB": 0,
"recommendedCdromController": "string",
"supportedEthernetCard": [
"string"
],
"recommendedEthernetCard": "string",
"supportsSlaveDisk": false,
"cpuFeatureMask": [
{
"_typeName": "string",
"level": 0,
"vendor": "string",
"eax": "string",
"ebx": "string",
"ecx": "string",
"edx": "string"
}
],
"smcRequired": false,
"supportsWakeOnLan": false,
"supportsVMI": false,
"supportsMemoryHotAdd": false,
"supportsCpuHotAdd": false,
"supportsCpuHotRemove": false,
"supportedFirmware": [
"string"
],
"recommendedFirmware": "string",
"supportedUSBControllerList": [
"string"
],
"recommendedUSBController": "string",
"supports3D": false,
"recommended3D": false,
"smcRecommended": false,
"ich7mRecommended": false,
"usbRecommended": false,
"supportLevel": "string",
"supportedForCreate": false,
"vRAMSizeInKB": {
"_typeName": "string",
"valueIsReadonly": false,
"min": 0,
"max": 0,
"defaultValue": 0
},
"numSupportedFloppyDevices": 0,
"wakeOnLanEthernetCard": [
"string"
],
"supportsPvscsiControllerForBoot": false,
"diskUuidEnabled": false,
"supportsHotPlugPCI": false,
"supportsSecureBoot": false,
"defaultSecureBoot": false,
"persistentMemorySupported": false,
"supportedMinPersistentMemoryMB": 0,
"supportedMaxPersistentMemoryMB": 0,
"recommendedPersistentMemoryMB": 0,
"persistentMemoryHotAddSupported": false,
"persistentMemoryHotRemoveSupported": false,
"persistentMemoryColdGrowthSupported": false,
"persistentMemoryColdGrowthGranularityMB": 0,
"persistentMemoryHotGrowthSupported": false,
"persistentMemoryHotGrowthGranularityMB": 0,
"numRecommendedPhysicalSockets": 0,
"numRecommendedCoresPerSocket": 0,
"vvtdSupported": {
"_typeName": "string",
"valueIsReadonly": false,
"supported": false,
"defaultValue": false
},
"vbsSupported": {
"_typeName": "string",
"valueIsReadonly": false,
"supported": false,
"defaultValue": false
},
"vsgxSupported": {
"_typeName": "string",
"valueIsReadonly": false,
"supported": false,
"defaultValue": false
},
"vsgxRemoteAttestationSupported": false,
"supportsTPM20": false,
"recommendedTPM20": false,
"vwdtSupported": false
}
],
"guestOSDefaultIndex": 0,
"hardwareOptions": {
"_typeName": "string",
"hwVersion": 0,
"virtualDeviceOption": [
{
"_typeName": "string",
"type": "string",
"connectOption": {
"_typeName": "string",
"startConnected": {
"_typeName": "string",
"valueIsReadonly": false,
"supported": false,
"defaultValue": false
},
"allowGuestControl": {
"_typeName": "string",
"valueIsReadonly": false,
"supported": false,
"defaultValue": false
}
},
"busSlotOption": {
"_typeName": "string",
"type": "string"
},
"controllerType": "string",
"autoAssignController": {
"_typeName": "string",
"valueIsReadonly": false,
"supported": false,
"defaultValue": false
},
"backingOption": [
{
"_typeName": "string",
"type": "string"
}
],
"defaultBackingOptionIndex": 0,
"licensingLimit": [
"string"
],
"deprecated": false,
"plugAndPlay": false,
"hotRemoveSupported": false,
"numaSupported": false
}
],
"deviceListReadonly": false,
"numCPU": [
0
],
"numCoresPerSocket": {
"_typeName": "string",
"valueIsReadonly": false,
"min": 0,
"max": 0,
"defaultValue": 0
},
"autoCoresPerSocket": {
"_typeName": "string",
"valueIsReadonly": false,
"supported": false,
"defaultValue": false
},
"numCpuReadonly": false,
"memoryMB": {
"_typeName": "string",
"valueIsReadonly": false,
"min": 0,
"max": 0,
"defaultValue": 0
},
"numPCIControllers": {
"_typeName": "string",
"valueIsReadonly": false,
"min": 0,
"max": 0,
"defaultValue": 0
},
"numIDEControllers": {
"_typeName": "string",
"valueIsReadonly": false,
"min": 0,
"max": 0,
"defaultValue": 0
},
"numUSBControllers": {
"_typeName": "string",
"valueIsReadonly": false,
"min": 0,
"max": 0,
"defaultValue": 0
},
"numUSBXHCIControllers": {
"_typeName": "string",
"valueIsReadonly": false,
"min": 0,
"max": 0,
"defaultValue": 0
},
"numSIOControllers": {
"_typeName": "string",
"valueIsReadonly": false,
"min": 0,
"max": 0,
"defaultValue": 0
},
"numPS2Controllers": {
"_typeName": "string",
"valueIsReadonly": false,
"min": 0,
"max": 0,
"defaultValue": 0
},
"licensingLimit": [
"string"
],
"numSupportedWwnPorts": {
"_typeName": "string",
"valueIsReadonly": false,
"min": 0,
"max": 0,
"defaultValue": 0
},
"numSupportedWwnNodes": {
"_typeName": "string",
"valueIsReadonly": false,
"min": 0,
"max": 0,
"defaultValue": 0
},
"resourceConfigOption": {
"_typeName": "string",
"cpuAllocationOption": {
"_typeName": "string",
"sharesOption": {
"_typeName": "string",
"sharesOption": {
"_typeName": "string",
"valueIsReadonly": false,
"min": 0,
"max": 0,
"defaultValue": 0
},
"defaultLevel": "string"
}
},
"memoryAllocationOption": {
"_typeName": "string",
"sharesOption": {
"_typeName": "string",
"sharesOption": {
"_typeName": "string",
"valueIsReadonly": false,
"min": 0,
"max": 0,
"defaultValue": 0
},
"defaultLevel": "string"
}
}
},
"numNVDIMMControllers": {
"_typeName": "string",
"valueIsReadonly": false,
"min": 0,
"max": 0,
"defaultValue": 0
},
"numTPMDevices": {
"_typeName": "string",
"valueIsReadonly": false,
"min": 0,
"max": 0,
"defaultValue": 0
},
"numWDTDevices": {
"_typeName": "string",
"valueIsReadonly": false,
"min": 0,
"max": 0,
"defaultValue": 0
},
"numPrecisionClockDevices": {
"_typeName": "string",
"valueIsReadonly": false,
"min": 0,
"max": 0,
"defaultValue": 0
},
"epcMemoryMB": {
"_typeName": "string",
"valueIsReadonly": false,
"min": 0,
"max": 0,
"defaultValue": 0
},
"acpiHostBridgesFirmware": [
"string"
],
"numCpuSimultaneousThreads": {
"_typeName": "string",
"valueIsReadonly": false,
"min": 0,
"max": 0,
"defaultValue": 0
},
"numNumaNodes": {
"_typeName": "string",
"valueIsReadonly": false,
"min": 0,
"max": 0,
"defaultValue": 0
},
"numDeviceGroups": {
"_typeName": "string",
"valueIsReadonly": false,
"min": 0,
"max": 0,
"defaultValue": 0
},
"deviceGroupTypes": [
"string"
]
},
"capabilities": {
"_typeName": "string",
"snapshotOperationsSupported": false,
"multipleSnapshotsSupported": false,
"snapshotConfigSupported": false,
"poweredOffSnapshotsSupported": false,
"memorySnapshotsSupported": false,
"revertToSnapshotSupported": false,
"quiescedSnapshotsSupported": false,
"disableSnapshotsSupported": false,
"lockSnapshotsSupported": false,
"consolePreferencesSupported": false,
"cpuFeatureMaskSupported": false,
"s1AcpiManagementSupported": false,
"settingScreenResolutionSupported": false,
"toolsAutoUpdateSupported": false,
"vmNpivWwnSupported": false,
"npivWwnOnNonRdmVmSupported": false,
"vmNpivWwnDisableSupported": false,
"vmNpivWwnUpdateSupported": false,
"swapPlacementSupported": false,
"toolsSyncTimeSupported": false,
"virtualMmuUsageSupported": false,
"diskSharesSupported": false,
"bootOptionsSupported": false,
"bootRetryOptionsSupported": false,
"settingVideoRamSizeSupported": false,
"settingDisplayTopologySupported": false,
"recordReplaySupported": false,
"changeTrackingSupported": false,
"multipleCoresPerSocketSupported": false,
"hostBasedReplicationSupported": false,
"guestAutoLockSupported": false,
"memoryReservationLockSupported": false,
"featureRequirementSupported": false,
"poweredOnMonitorTypeChangeSupported": false,
"seSparseDiskSupported": false,
"nestedHVSupported": false,
"vPMCSupported": false,
"secureBootSupported": false,
"perVmEvcSupported": false,
"virtualMmuUsageIgnored": false,
"virtualExecUsageIgnored": false,
"diskOnlySnapshotOnSuspendedVMSupported": false,
"suspendToMemorySupported": false,
"toolsSyncTimeAllowSupported": false,
"sevSupported": false,
"pmemFailoverSupported": false,
"requireSgxAttestationSupported": false,
"changeModeDisksSupported": false,
"vendorDeviceGroupSupported": false
},
"datastore": {
"_typeName": "string",
"unsupportedVolumes": [
{
"_typeName": "string",
"fileSystemType": "string",
"majorVersion": 0
}
]
},
"defaultDevice": [
{
"_typeName": "string",
"key": 0,
"deviceInfo": {
"_typeName": "string",
"label": "string",
"summary": "string"
},
"backing": {
"_typeName": "string"
},
"connectable": {
"_typeName": "string",
"migrateConnect": "string",
"startConnected": false,
"allowGuestControl": false,
"connected": false,
"status": "string"
},
"slotInfo": {
"_typeName": "string"
},
"controllerKey": 0,
"unitNumber": 0,
"numaNode": 0,
"deviceGroupInfo": {
"_typeName": "string",
"groupInstanceKey": 0,
"sequenceId": 0
}
}
],
"supportedMonitorType": [
"string"
],
"supportedOvfEnvironmentTransport": [
"string"
],
"supportedOvfInstallTransport": [
"string"
],
"propertyRelations": [
{
"_typeName": "string",
"key": {
"_typeName": "string",
"name": "string",
"val": {
"_typeName": "string"
}
},
"relations": [
{
"_typeName": "string",
"name": "string",
"val": {
"_typeName": "string"
}
}
]
}
]
}
The version corresponding to this configOption.
A description string for this configOption.
List of supported guest operating systems.
The choice of guest operating system may limit the set of valid devices. For example, you cannot select Vmxnet with all guest operating systems.
Index into guestOsDescriptor array denoting the default guest operating system.
The VirtualHardwareOption data object contains the options available for all virtual devices.
This data object type contains information about the operation/capabilities of a virtual machine
The DatastoreOption data object describes datastore options for a virtual machine.
The list of virtual devices that are created on a virtual machine by default.
Clients should not create these devices.
The monitor types supported by a host.
The acceptable monitor types are enumerated by VirtualMachineFlagInfoMonitorTypeEnum.
Specifies the supported property transports that are available for the OVF environment
Specifies the supported transports for the OVF installation phase.
The relations between the properties of the virtual machine config spec.