VMware vSphere API Reference
API Versions Reference
The tables on this page identify the vSphere versions that support the API elements. (X = supported; D = deprecated)
Managed Objects
Managed Object | Methods | Properties | 6.0 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 6.7.1 | 6.7.2 | 6.7.3 | 6.8.7 | 6.9.1 | 7.0 | 7.0.0.2 | 7.0.1.0 | 7.0.1.1 | 7.0.2.0 | 7.0.2.1 | 7.0.3.0 | version |
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Alarm | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
AlarmManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
AuthorizationManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
CertificateManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
ClusterComputeResource | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
ClusterEVCManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
ClusterProfile | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
ClusterProfileManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
ComputeResource | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
ContainerView | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
CryptoManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
CryptoManagerHost | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
CryptoManagerHostKMS | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
CryptoManagerKmip | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
CustomFieldsManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
CustomizationSpecManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Datacenter | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Datastore | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
DatastoreNamespaceManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
DiagnosticManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
DistributedVirtualPortgroup | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
DistributedVirtualSwitch | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
DistributedVirtualSwitchManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
EnvironmentBrowser | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
EventHistoryCollector | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
EventManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
ExtensibleManagedObject | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
ExtensionManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
FailoverClusterConfigurator | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
FailoverClusterManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
FileManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Folder | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
GuestAliasManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
GuestAuthManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
GuestFileManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
GuestOperationsManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
GuestProcessManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
GuestWindowsRegistryManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
HealthUpdateManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
HistoryCollector | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
HostAccessManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
HostActiveDirectoryAuthentication | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
HostAssignableHardwareManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||
HostAuthenticationManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
HostAuthenticationStore | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
HostAutoStartManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
HostBootDeviceSystem | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
HostCacheConfigurationManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
HostCertificateManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
HostCpuSchedulerSystem | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
HostDatastoreBrowser | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
HostDatastoreSystem | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
HostDateTimeSystem | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
HostDiagnosticSystem | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
HostDirectoryStore | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
HostEsxAgentHostManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
HostFirewallSystem | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
HostFirmwareSystem | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
HostGraphicsManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
HostHealthStatusSystem | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
HostImageConfigManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
HostKernelModuleSystem | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
HostLocalAccountManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
HostLocalAuthentication | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
HostMemorySystem | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
HostNetworkSystem | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
HostNvdimmSystem | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
HostPatchManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
HostPciPassthruSystem | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
HostPowerSystem | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
HostProfile | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
HostProfileManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
HostServiceSystem | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
HostSnmpSystem | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
HostSpecificationManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
HostStorageSystem | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
HostSystem | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
HostVFlashManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
HostVMotionSystem | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
HostVStorageObjectManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
HostVirtualNicManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
HostVsanInternalSystem | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
HostVsanSystem | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
HttpNfcLease | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
InventoryView | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
IoFilterManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
IpPoolManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
IscsiManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
LicenseAssignmentManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
LicenseManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
ListView | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
LocalizationManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
ManagedEntity | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
ManagedObjectView | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
MessageBusProxy | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Network | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
OpaqueNetwork | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
OptionManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
OverheadMemoryManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
OvfManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
PerformanceManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Profile | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
ProfileComplianceManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
ProfileManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
PropertyCollector | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
PropertyFilter | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
ResourcePlanningManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
ResourcePool | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
ScheduledTask | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
ScheduledTaskManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
SearchIndex | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
ServiceInstance | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
ServiceManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
SessionManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
SimpleCommand | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
SiteInfoManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||
StoragePod | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
StorageQueryManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||
StorageResourceManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Task | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
TaskHistoryCollector | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
TaskManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
TenantTenantManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||
UserDirectory | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
VStorageObjectManagerBase | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
VcenterVStorageObjectManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
View | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
ViewManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
VirtualApp | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
VirtualDiskManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
VirtualMachine | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
VirtualMachineCompatibilityChecker | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
VirtualMachineGuestCustomizationManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||
VirtualMachineProvisioningChecker | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
VirtualMachineSnapshot | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
VirtualizationManager | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
VmwareDistributedVirtualSwitch | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
VsanUpgradeSystem | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |