Folder_Summary

Folder_Summary

The Folder.Summary structure contains commonly used information about a folder.

JSON Example

{
    "folder": "string",
    "name": "string",
    "type": "string"
}

string

folder

Required

Identifier of the folder. When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: Folder. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: Folder.

string

name

Required

Name of the vCenter Server folder.

Folder_Type

type

Required

The Folder.Type enumerated type defines the type of a vCenter Server folder. The type of a folder determines what what kinds of children can be contained in the folder.
DATACENTER : A folder that can contain datacenters.
DATASTORE : A folder that can contain datastores.
HOST : A folder that can contain compute resources (hosts and clusters).
NETWORK : A folder that can contain networkds.
VIRTUAL_MACHINE : A folder that can contain virtual machines.