Virtual Disk Manager Query Virtual Disk Geometry
Get the disk geometry information for the virtual disk.
The datacenter parameter may be omitted if a URL is used to name the disk.
Requires Datastore.FileManagement privilege on the datastore where the virtual disk resides.
Required privileges: System.View
The unique identifier for the managed object to which the method attaches; the serialized managed object reference for a request has the form moType/moId, in this case VirtualDiskManager/{moId}.
The vSphere release schema. The current specification covers vSphere 8.0.3.0 APIs.
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{
"name": "string"
}{
"name": "string",
"datacenter": {
"_typeName": "string",
"type": "string",
"value": "string"
}
}The name of the disk, either a datastore path or a URL referring to the virtual disk from which to get geometry information.
The geometry information for this virtual disk.
{
"_typeName": "string",
"cylinder": 0,
"head": 0,
"sector": 0
}The number of cylinders.
The number of heads per cylinders.
The number of sectors per head.
FileFault: if an error occurs reading the virtual disk.
InvalidDatastore: if the operation cannot be performed on the datastore.
{
"_typeName": "string",
"faultCause": "MethodFault Object",
"faultMessage": [
{
"_typeName": "string",
"key": "string",
"arg": [
{
"_typeName": "string",
"key": "string",
"value": {
"_typeName": "string"
}
}
],
"message": "string"
}
]
}