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 9.0.0.0 APIs.
"QueryVirtualDiskGeometryRequestType Object"
The name of the disk, either a datastore path or a URL referring to the virtual disk from which to get geometry information.
If name
is a datastore path, the datacenter for
that datastore path. Not needed when invoked directly on ESX.
If not specified on a call to VirtualCenter,
name
must be a URL.
The geometry information for this virtual disk.
"HostDiskDimensionsChs Object"
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.
"VimFault Object"
curl -X POST -H 'Authorization: <value>' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '[{}]' https://{api_host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/VirtualDiskManager/{moId}/QueryVirtualDiskGeometry