VirtualDiskSparseVer2BackingOption

VirtualDiskSparseVer2BackingOption

This data object type contains the options available when backing a virtual disk using a host file with the sparse file format from VMware Server.

AllOf

This class requires all of the following:

VirtualDeviceFileBackingOption

JSON Example

{
    "_typeName": "string",
    "type": "string",
    "fileNameExtensions": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "valueIsReadonly": false,
        "choiceInfo": [
            {
                "_typeName": "string",
                "label": "string",
                "summary": "string",
                "key": "string"
            }
        ],
        "defaultIndex": 0
    },
    "diskMode": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "valueIsReadonly": false,
        "choiceInfo": [
            {
                "_typeName": "string",
                "label": "string",
                "summary": "string",
                "key": "string"
            }
        ],
        "defaultIndex": 0
    },
    "split": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "valueIsReadonly": false,
        "supported": false,
        "defaultValue": false
    },
    "writeThrough": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "valueIsReadonly": false,
        "supported": false,
        "defaultValue": false
    },
    "growable": false,
    "hotGrowable": false,
    "uuid": false,
    "virtualDiskFormat": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "valueIsReadonly": false,
        "choiceInfo": [
            {
                "_typeName": "string",
                "label": "string",
                "summary": "string",
                "key": "string"
            }
        ],
        "defaultIndex": 0
    }
}

diskMode

Required

The disk mode.

Valid disk modes are:

• persistent
• nonpersistent
• undoable
• independent_persistent
• independent_nonpersistent
• append

See also VirtualDiskModeEnum.

split

Required

Flag to indicate whether or not the host supports allowing the client to select whether or not a sparse disk should be split.

writeThrough

Required

Flag to indicate whether or not the host supports allowing the client to select "writethrough" as a mode for virtual disks.

Typically, this is available only for VMware Server Linux hosts.

boolean

growable

Required

Indicates whether or not this disk backing can be extended to larger sizes through a reconfigure operation.

If set to true, reconfiguring this virtual disk with a capacityInKB value greater than its current value will grow the disk to the newly specified size.

boolean

hotGrowable

Required

Indicates whether or not this disk backing can be extended to larger sizes through a reconfigure operation while the virtual machine is powered on.

If set to true, reconfiguring this virtual disk with a capacityInKB value greater than its current value will grow the disk to the newly specified size while the virtual machine is powered on.

boolean

uuid

Required

Flag to indicate whether this backing supports disk UUID property.

virtualDiskFormat

Optional

Virtual disk format.

See DatastoreSectorFormatEnum for the list of supported types.

Since: vSphere API Release 9.0.0.0

Property Of

ArrayOfVirtualDiskSparseVer2BackingOption