Data Object - VirtualMachineConfigOptionDescriptor(vim.vm.ConfigOptionDescriptor)

Returned by: QueryConfigOptionDescriptor, queryDatacenterConfigOptionDescriptor
Extends: DynamicData
See also: HostSystem
Since: 2.0

Data Object Description

Contains the definition of a unique key that can be used to retrieve a configOption object.

Properties

Name	Type	Description
createSupported	xsd:boolean	Indicates whether the associated set of configuration options can be used for virtual machine creation on a given host or cluster. *Since* VI API 2.5 U2
defaultConfigOption	xsd:boolean	Indicates whether the associated set of virtual machine configuration options is the default one for a given host or cluster. Latest version is marked as default unless other version is specified via defaultHardwareVersionKey or defaultHardwareVersionKey. If this setting is TRUE, virtual machine creates will use the associated set of configuration options, unless a config version is explicitly specified in the ConfigSpec. *Since* VI API 2.5 U2
description*	xsd:string	A description of the configOption object.
host*	ManagedObjectReference[] to a HostSystem[]	List of hosts to which this descriptor applies. List of hosts is not set when descriptor is returned from queryDatacenterConfigOptionDescriptor.
key	xsd:string	A unique key used to identify a configOption object in this EnvironmentBrowser.
runSupported	xsd:boolean	Indicates whether the associated set of configuration options can be used to power on a virtual machine on a given host or cluster. *Since* vSphere API Release 5.1
upgradeSupported	xsd:boolean	Indicates whether the associated set of configuration options can be used as a virtual hardware upgrade target. *Since* vSphere API Release 5.1
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="VirtualMachineConfigOptionDescriptor">
            <complexContent>
               <extension base="vim25:DynamicData">
                  <sequence>
                     <element name="key" type="xsd:string"/>
                     <element name="description" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="host" type="vim25:ManagedObjectReference" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
                     <element name="createSupported" type="xsd:boolean" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="defaultConfigOption" type="xsd:boolean" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="runSupported" type="xsd:boolean" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="upgradeSupported" type="xsd:boolean" minOccurs="0"/>
                  </sequence>
               </extension>
            </complexContent>
         </complexType>

vSphere Web Services API

Data Object - VirtualMachineConfigOptionDescriptor(vim.vm.ConfigOptionDescriptor)

Data Object Description