Managed Entity APIs

Managed Entity APIs

ManagedEntity is an abstract base type for all managed objects present in the inventory tree.

The base type provides common functionality for traversing the tree structure, as well as health monitoring and other basic functions.

Most Virtual Infrastructure managed object types extend this type.

Operations

Managed Entity Destroy Task

Destroys this object, deleting its contents and removing it from its parent folder (if any).

Managed Entity Get Alarm Actions Enabled

Whether alarm actions are enabled for this entity.

Managed Entity Get Available Field

List of custom field definitions that are valid for the object's type.

Managed Entity Get Config Issue

Current configuration issues that have been detected for this entity.

Managed Entity Get Config Status

The configStatus indicates whether or not the system has detected a configuration issue involving this entity.

Managed Entity Get Custom Value

Custom field values.

Managed Entity Get Declared Alarm State

A set of alarm states for alarms that apply to this managed entity.

Managed Entity Get Disabled Method

List of operations that are disabled, given the current runtime state of the entity.

Managed Entity Get Effective Role

Access rights the current session has to this entity.

Managed Entity Get Name

Name of this entity, unique relative to its parent.

Managed Entity Get Overall Status

General health of this managed entity.

Managed Entity Get Parent

Parent of this entity.

Managed Entity Get Permission

List of permissions defined for this entity.

Managed Entity Get Recent Task

The set of recent tasks operating on this managed entity.

Managed Entity Get Tag

The set of tags associated with this managed entity.

Managed Entity Get Triggered Alarm State

A set of alarm states for alarms triggered by this entity or by its descendants.

Managed Entity Get Value

List of custom field values.

Managed Entity Reload

Reload the entity state.

Managed Entity Rename Task

Renames this managed entity.

Managed Entity Set Custom Value

Assigns a value to a custom field.