vSAN Management API


Data Object - VsanObjectIdentity(vim.cluster.VsanObjectIdentity)

Property of
VsanObjectIdentityAndHealth
Extends
DynamicData
See also
KeyValue, VirtualMachine
Since
vSphere API Release 5.5

Data Object Description

Contains various information about the identity of a single vSAN object, including which type it is and any related objects, e.g. a VM.

Properties

Name Type Description
description*xsd:string

Description
metadatas*KeyValue[]

Metadata for the object identity to describe the additional attributes

Since 7.1
spbmProfileName*xsd:string

Name of SPBM profile used for the policy of the object when it was applied to vSAN Object. Not set if the object doesn't use an SPBM managed policy.

Since 8.0.0.2
spbmProfileUuid*xsd:string

UUID of SPBM profile used for the policy of the object when it was applied to vSAN Object. Not set if the object doesn't use an SPBM managed policy.

Since 7.1
typexsd:string

Can be one of: 'vmswap', 'vdisk', 'namespace', 'vmem', 'stats', 'other', 'iscsiHome', 'iscsiLun', 'iscsiTarget' and 'fileShare'.
typeExtId*xsd:string

The vSAN extension object type id. The extension object type will be created by any of persistency service building on top of vSAN

Since 7.1
uuidxsd:string

The unique identifier for the object. It's vSAN UUID for the vSAN object or the CNS volume ID if it's CNS object deploying in vSAN direct storage.
vm*ManagedObjectReference
to a VirtualMachine

Reference to VM this object belongs to. If the API was executed against a host (even if proxied through vCenter) the VM reference will use the MoRef of the host, not that of vCenter. The vmInstanceUuid should be used instead to match to the vCenter MoRef in such cases.
vmInstanceUuid*xsd:string

Instance UUID of the VM this object belongs to
vmNsObjectUuid*xsd:string

Name space object UUID of the VM this object belongs to
Properties inherited from DynamicData
None
*Need not be set
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