Datastore_Info

Datastore_Info

The Datastore.Info structure contains information about a datastore.

JSON Example

{
    "name": "string",
    "type": "string",
    "accessible": false,
    "free_space": 0,
    "multiple_host_access": false,
    "thin_provisioning_supported": false
}

string

name

Required

Name of the datastore.

Datastore_Type

type

Required

The Datastore.Type enumerated type defines the supported types of vCenter datastores.
VMFS : VMware File System (ESX Server only).
NFS : Network file system v3 (linux & esx servers only).
NFS41 : Network file system v4.1 (linux & esx servers only).
CIFS : Common Internet File System.
VSAN : Virtual SAN (ESX Server only).
VFFS : Flash Read Cache (ESX Server only).
VVOL : vSphere Virtual Volume (ESX Server only).

boolean

accessible

Required

Whether or not this datastore is accessible.

integer As int64

free_space

Optional

Available space of this datastore, in bytes. The server periodically updates this value.

This field will be unset if the available space of this datastore is not known.

boolean

multiple_host_access

Required

Whether or not more than one host in the datacenter has been configured with access to the datastore.

boolean

thin_provisioning_supported

Required

Whether or not the datastore supports thin provisioning on a per file basis. When thin provisioning is used, backing storage is lazily allocated.