VMware Cloud Director API - VmSpecSection

VmSpecSectionType

Element:

VmSpecSection

Type:

VmSpecSectionType

Namespace:

http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5

Description:

Container for the specification of this virtual machine. This is an alternate to using ovf:VirtualHardwareSection + ovf:OperatingSystemSection

Since:

32.0

Schema:

vApp.xsd

Media type(s):

None

Extends:

Section_Type

XML Representation:

<VmSpecSection xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5" xmlns:ovf="http://schemas.dmtf.org/ovf/envelope/1" Modified="xs:boolean">
    <OsType> xs:string </OsType>
    <NumCpus> xs:int </NumCpus>
    <NumCoresPerSocket> xs:int </NumCoresPerSocket>
    <CpuResourceMhz>
        <Configured> xs:long </Configured>
        <Reservation> xs:long </Reservation>
        <Limit> xs:long </Limit>
        <SharesLevel> ResourceSharesLevelType </SharesLevel>
        <Shares> xs:int </Shares>
    </CpuResourceMhz>
    <MemoryResourceMb>
        <Configured> xs:long </Configured>
        <Reservation> xs:long </Reservation>
        <Limit> xs:long </Limit>
        <SharesLevel> ResourceSharesLevelType </SharesLevel>
        <Shares> xs:int </Shares>
    </MemoryResourceMb>
    <MediaSection>
        <MediaSettings>
            <DeviceId> xs:string </DeviceId>
            <MediaImage href="xs:anyURI" id="xs:string" type="xs:string" name="xs:string"/>
            <MediaType> MediaTypeType </MediaType>
            <MediaState> MediaStateType </MediaState>
            <UnitNumber> xs:int </UnitNumber>
            <BusNumber> xs:int </BusNumber>
            <AdapterType> xs:string </AdapterType>
        </MediaSettings>
    </MediaSection>
    <DiskSection>
        <DiskSettings>
            <DiskId> xs:string </DiskId>
            <SizeMb> xs:long </SizeMb>
            <UnitNumber> xs:int </UnitNumber>
            <BusNumber> xs:int </BusNumber>
            <AdapterType> xs:string </AdapterType>
            <ThinProvisioned> xs:boolean </ThinProvisioned>
            <Disk href="xs:anyURI" id="xs:string" type="xs:string" name="xs:string"/>
            <StorageProfile href="xs:anyURI" id="xs:string" type="xs:string" name="xs:string"/>
            <overrideVmDefault> xs:boolean </overrideVmDefault>
            <iops> xs:long </iops>
            <VirtualQuantityUnit> xs:string </VirtualQuantityUnit>
            <VirtualQuantity> xs:long </VirtualQuantity>
            <resizable> xs:boolean </resizable>
            <encrypted> xs:boolean </encrypted>
            <shareable> xs:boolean </shareable>
            <sharingType> xs:string </sharingType>
        </DiskSettings>
    </DiskSection>
    <HardwareVersion href="xs:anyURI" type="xs:string"/>
    <VmToolsVersion> xs:string </VmToolsVersion>
    <ToolsGuestOsId> xs:string </ToolsGuestOsId>
    <VirtualCpuType> VirtualCpuTypeType </VirtualCpuType>
    <TimeSyncWithHost> xs:boolean </TimeSyncWithHost>
</VmSpecSection>

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Required	Modifiable	Since	Deprecated	Description
Modified	boolean	No	always	32.0		True indicates that this section overrides any possible VirtualHardware and OperatingSystem sections during a PUT or POST action.

Elements

Element	Type	Required	Modifiable	Since	Description
CpuResourceMhz	ComputeResourceType	No	always	32.0	CPU compute resources. This parameter may be omitted when using the VmSpec to update the contents of an existing VM.
DiskSection	DiskSectionType	No	always	32.0	virtual disks of this VM.
HardwareVersion	HardwareVersionType	Yes	always	32.0	vSphere name of Virtual Hardware Version of this VM. Example: vmx-13 This parameter may be omitted when using the VmSpec to update the contents of an existing VM.
MediaSection	MediaSectionType	No	always	32.0	The media devices of this VM.
MemoryResourceMb	ComputeResourceType	Yes	always	32.0	Memory compute resources. This parameter may be omitted when using the VmSpec to update the contents of an existing VM.
NumCoresPerSocket	int	No	always	32.0	Number of cores among which to distribute CPUs in this virtual machine.. This parameter may be omitted when using the VmSpec to update the contents of an existing VM.
NumCpus	int	No	always	32.0	Number of CPUs. This parameter may be omitted when using the VmSpec to update the contents of an existing VM.
OsType	string	No	always	32.0	The type of the OS. This parameter may be omitted when using the VmSpec to update the contents of an existing VM.
TimeSyncWithHost	boolean	No	always	32.0	Synchronize the VM's time with the host.
ToolsGuestOsId	string	No	none	32.0	The tools guest os identifier of a VM when VM is powered on and has VM Tools installed on it.
VirtualCpuType	VirtualCpuTypeType	No	always	32.0	The capabilities settings for this VM. This parameter may be omitted when using the VmSpec to update the contents of an existing VM.
VmToolsVersion	string	No	none	32.0	VMware tools version of this VM.