Virtual Infrastructure Network APIs

Virtual Infrastructure Network APIs

Represents a network accessible by either hosts or virtual machines.

This can be a physical network or a logical network, such as a VLAN.

Networks are created:

explicitly when configuring a host.
automatically when adding a host to VirtualCenter.
automatically when adding a new virtual machine to a host or to VirtualCenter.

To configure network access for hosts and virtual machines, use DistributedVirtualSwitch and DistributedVirtualPortgroup managed objects.

Operations

Network Destroy Task

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

Network Destroy Network

Removes a network.

Network Get Alarm Actions Enabled

Whether alarm actions are enabled for this entity.

Network Get Available Field

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

Network Get Config Issue

Current configuration issues that have been detected for this entity.

Network Get Config Status

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

Network Get Custom Value

Custom field values.

Network Get Declared Alarm State

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

Network Get Disabled Method

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

Network Get Effective Role

Access rights the current session has to this entity.

Network Get Host

Hosts attached to this network.

Network Get Name

Name of this entity, unique relative to its parent.

Network Get Overall Status

General health of this managed entity.

Network Get Parent

Parent of this entity.

Network Get Permission

List of permissions defined for this entity.

Network Get Recent Task

The set of recent tasks operating on this managed entity.

Network Get Summary

Properties of a network.

Network Get Tag

The set of tags associated with this managed entity.

Network Get Triggered Alarm State

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

Network Get Value

List of custom field values.

Virtual machines using this network.

Reload the entity state.

Network Rename Task

Renames this managed entity.

Network Set Custom Value

Assigns a value to a custom field.