Data Object - ProfileMetadata(vim.profile.ProfileMetadata)

Returned by: QueryHostProfileMetadata
Extends: DynamicData
See also: ExtendedDescription, ProfileMetadataProfileOperationMessage, ProfileMetadataProfileSortSpec
Since: vSphere API Release 4.0

Data Object Description

This data object represents the metadata information of a Profile.

Properties

Name	Type	Description
description*	ExtendedDescription	Property which describes the profile
key	xsd:string	Type of the Profile
operationMessages*	ProfileMetadataProfileOperationMessage[]	A list of `ProfileOperationMessage` for this profile. *Since* vSphere API Release 6.7
profileCategory*	xsd:string	Identifies the profile category that this subprofile is a part of. The value of this string should correspond to the key value of a ProfileCategoryMetadata object's key in its id property. *Since* vSphere API Release 5.1
profileComponent*	xsd:string	Property indicating that the subprofile described by this `ProfileMetadata` object is declared in the profileTypeNames of the specified profile component. The value of this property should correspond to the key value of the ProfileComponentMetadata object's key in its id property. This property should not be present for subprofiles that are not directly declared in the profileTypeNames property of a ProfileComponentMetadata object. *Since* vSphere API Release 5.1
profileTypeName*	xsd:string	Type identifier for the ApplyProfile *Since* vSphere API Release 5.0
sortSpec*	ProfileMetadataProfileSortSpec[]	Property that determines a sorting order for display purposes. If the list contains more than one sort spec, then the precedence should be determined by the list order (i.e. sort first by the first spec in the list, then sort by the second spec in the list, etc). *Since* vSphere API Release 5.0
Properties inherited from DynamicData
None

*Need not be set
Show WSDL type definition

         <complexType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="ProfileMetadata">
            <complexContent>
               <extension base="vim25:DynamicData">
                  <sequence>
                     <element name="key" type="xsd:string"/>
                     <element name="profileTypeName" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="description" type="vim25:ExtendedDescription" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="sortSpec" type="vim25:ProfileMetadataProfileSortSpec" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
                     <element name="profileCategory" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="profileComponent" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="operationMessages" type="vim25:ProfileMetadataProfileOperationMessage" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
                  </sequence>
               </extension>
            </complexContent>
         </complexType>

vSphere Web Services API

Data Object - ProfileMetadata(vim.profile.ProfileMetadata)

Data Object Description