Managed Object - GuestWindowsRegistryManager(vim.vm.guest.WindowsRegistryManager)

Property of: GuestOperationsManager
See also: GuestAuthentication, GuestRegKeyNameSpec, GuestRegKeyRecordSpec, GuestRegValueNameSpec, GuestRegValueSpec, VirtualMachine
Since: vSphere API Release 6.0

Managed Object Description

WindowsRegistryManager is the managed object that provides APIs to manipulate the Registry in a Windows guest OS.

Properties

Name	Type	Description
None

Methods

Methods defined in this Managed Object
CreateRegistryKeyInGuest, DeleteRegistryKeyInGuest, DeleteRegistryValueInGuest, ListRegistryKeysInGuest, ListRegistryValuesInGuest, SetRegistryValueInGuest

CreateRegistryKeyInGuest(createRegistryKey)

Create a registry key.

Required Privileges: None

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the GuestWindowsRegistryManager used to make the method call.
vm P	ManagedObjectReference to a VirtualMachine	Virtual machine to perform the operation on. *Since* vSphere API Release 6.0
auth	GuestAuthentication	The guest authentication data. *Since* vSphere API Release 6.0
keyName	GuestRegKeyNameSpec	The path to the registry key to be created. *Since* vSphere API Release 6.0
isVolatile	xsd:boolean	If true, the key is created in memory and is not preserved across system reboot. Otherwise, it shall persist in the file system. *Since* vSphere API Release 6.0
classType*	xsd:string	User defined class type for this key. May be omitted. *Since* vSphere API Release 6.0

*Need not be set P Required privilege: VirtualMachine.GuestOperations.Modify

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
GuestComponentsOutOfDate	Thrown if the guest agent is too old to support the operation.
GuestOperationsFault	Thrown if there is an error processing a guest operation.
GuestOperationsUnavailable	Thrown if the VM agent for guest operations is not running.
GuestPermissionDenied	Thrown if the program path cannot be run because the guest authentication will not allow the operation.
GuestRegistryKeyAlreadyExists	Thrown if the registry key already exists.
GuestRegistryKeyInvalid	Thrown if the registry key is not valid. Check the HKEY Root specified.
GuestRegistryKeyParentVolatile	Thrown if trying to create a non-volatile registry subkey under a volatile registry parent key.
InvalidGuestLogin	Thrown if the the guest authentication information was not accepted.
InvalidPowerState	Thrown if the VM is not powered on.
InvalidState	Thrown if the operation cannot be performed because of the virtual machine's current state.
OperationDisabledByGuest	Thrown if the operation is not enabled due to guest agent configuration.
OperationNotSupportedByGuest	Thrown if the operation is not supported by the guest OS.
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.
TaskInProgress	Thrown if the virtual machine is busy.

Events

Type
None

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="CreateRegistryKeyInGuest" type="vim25:CreateRegistryKeyInGuestRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="CreateRegistryKeyInGuestResponse">
                  <complexType/>
               </element>

DeleteRegistryKeyInGuest(deleteRegistryKey)

Delete a registry key.

Required Privileges: None

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the GuestWindowsRegistryManager used to make the method call.
vm P	ManagedObjectReference to a VirtualMachine	Virtual machine to perform the operation on. *Since* vSphere API Release 6.0
auth	GuestAuthentication	The guest authentication data. *Since* vSphere API Release 6.0
keyName	GuestRegKeyNameSpec	The path to the registry key to be deleted. *Since* vSphere API Release 6.0
recursive	xsd:boolean	If true, the key is deleted along with any subkeys (if present). Otherwise, it shall only delete the key if it has no subkeys. *Since* vSphere API Release 6.0

P Required privilege: VirtualMachine.GuestOperations.Modify

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
GuestComponentsOutOfDate	Thrown if the guest agent is too old to support the operation.
GuestOperationsFault	Thrown if there is an error processing a guest operation.
GuestOperationsUnavailable	Thrown if the VM agent for guest operations is not running.
GuestPermissionDenied	Thrown if the program path cannot be run because the guest authentication will not allow the operation.
GuestRegistryKeyHasSubkeys	Thrown if the parameter recursive is false and the key has subkeys.
GuestRegistryKeyInvalid	Thrown if the registry key is not valid. Check the HKEY Root specified.
InvalidGuestLogin	Thrown if the the guest authentication information was not accepted.
InvalidPowerState	Thrown if the VM is not powered on.
InvalidState	Thrown if the operation cannot be performed because of the virtual machine's current state.
OperationDisabledByGuest	Thrown if the operation is not enabled due to guest agent configuration.
OperationNotSupportedByGuest	Thrown if the operation is not supported by the guest OS.
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.
TaskInProgress	Thrown if the virtual machine is busy.

Events

Type
None

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="DeleteRegistryKeyInGuest" type="vim25:DeleteRegistryKeyInGuestRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="DeleteRegistryKeyInGuestResponse">
                  <complexType/>
               </element>

DeleteRegistryValueInGuest(deleteRegistryValue)

Delete a registry value.

Required Privileges: None

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the GuestWindowsRegistryManager used to make the method call.
vm P	ManagedObjectReference to a VirtualMachine	Virtual machine to perform the operation on. *Since* vSphere API Release 6.0
auth	GuestAuthentication	The guest authentication data. *Since* vSphere API Release 6.0
valueName	GuestRegValueNameSpec	The registry value name to be deleted. The Value "name" (specified in GuestRegValueNameSpec) can be empty. If "name" is empty, it deletes the value for the unnamed or default value of the given key. *Since* vSphere API Release 6.0

P Required privilege: VirtualMachine.GuestOperations.Modify

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
GuestComponentsOutOfDate	Thrown if the guest agent is too old to support the operation.
GuestOperationsFault	Thrown if there is an error processing a guest operation.
GuestOperationsUnavailable	Thrown if the VM agent for guest operations is not running.
GuestPermissionDenied	Thrown if the program path cannot be run because the guest authentication will not allow the operation.
GuestRegistryKeyInvalid	Thrown if the registry key is not valid. Check the HKEY Root specified.
GuestRegistryValueNotFound	Thrown if the registry value was not found.
InvalidGuestLogin	Thrown if the the guest authentication information was not accepted.
InvalidPowerState	Thrown if the VM is not powered on.
InvalidState	Thrown if the operation cannot be performed because of the virtual machine's current state.
OperationDisabledByGuest	Thrown if the operation is not enabled due to guest agent configuration.
OperationNotSupportedByGuest	Thrown if the operation is not supported by the guest OS.
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.
TaskInProgress	Thrown if the virtual machine is busy.

Events

Type
None

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="DeleteRegistryValueInGuest" type="vim25:DeleteRegistryValueInGuestRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="DeleteRegistryValueInGuestResponse">
                  <complexType/>
               </element>

ListRegistryKeysInGuest(listRegistryKeys)

List all registry subkeys for a given registry key.

Required Privileges: None

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the GuestWindowsRegistryManager used to make the method call.
vm P	ManagedObjectReference to a VirtualMachine	Virtual machine to perform the operation on. *Since* vSphere API Release 6.0
auth	GuestAuthentication	The guest authentication data. *Since* vSphere API Release 6.0
keyName	GuestRegKeyNameSpec	The path to the registry key for which all subkeys are to be listed. *Since* vSphere API Release 6.0
recursive	xsd:boolean	If true, all subkeys are listed recursively. *Since* vSphere API Release 6.0
matchPattern*	xsd:string	A filter for the key names returned, specified using perl-compatible regular expressions. If matchPattern is unset, then the pattern '.' is used, which returns all key names found, otherwise only those key names that match the input pattern shall be returned. Since* vSphere API Release 6.0

*Need not be set P Required privilege: VirtualMachine.GuestOperations.Query

Return Value

Type	Description
GuestRegKeyRecordSpec[]	The list of subkeys is returned in an array of GuestRegKeySpec structures.

Faults

Type	Description
GuestComponentsOutOfDate	Thrown if the guest agent is too old to support the operation.
GuestOperationsFault	Thrown if there is an error processing a guest operation.
GuestOperationsUnavailable	Thrown if the VM agent for guest operations is not running.
GuestPermissionDenied	Thrown if the program path cannot be run because the guest authentication will not allow the operation.
GuestRegistryKeyInvalid	Thrown if the registry key is not valid. Check the HKEY Root specified.
InvalidGuestLogin	Thrown if the the guest authentication information was not accepted.
InvalidPowerState	Thrown if the VM is not powered on.
InvalidState	Thrown if the operation cannot be performed because of the virtual machine's current state.
OperationDisabledByGuest	Thrown if the operation is not enabled due to guest agent configuration.
OperationNotSupportedByGuest	Thrown if the operation is not supported by the guest OS.
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.
TaskInProgress	Thrown if the virtual machine is busy.

Events

Type
None

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="ListRegistryKeysInGuest" type="vim25:ListRegistryKeysInGuestRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="ListRegistryKeysInGuestResponse">
                  <complexType>
                     <sequence>
                        <element name="returnval" type="vim25:GuestRegKeyRecordSpec" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
                     </sequence>
                  </complexType>
               </element>

ListRegistryValuesInGuest(listRegistryValues)

List all registry values for a given registry key.

Required Privileges: None

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the GuestWindowsRegistryManager used to make the method call.
vm P	ManagedObjectReference to a VirtualMachine	Virtual machine to perform the operation on. *Since* vSphere API Release 6.0
auth	GuestAuthentication	The guest authentication data. *Since* vSphere API Release 6.0
keyName	GuestRegKeyNameSpec	The path to the registry key for which all values are to be listed. *Since* vSphere API Release 6.0
expandStrings	xsd:boolean	If true, all values that have expandable data such as environment variable names, shall get expanded in the result. *Since* vSphere API Release 6.0
matchPattern*	xsd:string	A filter for the value names returned, specified using perl-compatible regular expressions. If matchPattern is unset, then the pattern '.' is used, which returns all value names found, otherwise only those value names that match the input pattern shall be returned. Since* vSphere API Release 6.0

*Need not be set P Required privilege: VirtualMachine.GuestOperations.Query

Return Value

Type	Description
GuestRegValueSpec[]	The list of values is returned in an array of GuestRegValueSpec structures.

Faults

Type	Description
GuestComponentsOutOfDate	Thrown if the guest agent is too old to support the operation.
GuestOperationsFault	Thrown if there is an error processing a guest operation.
GuestOperationsUnavailable	Thrown if the VM agent for guest operations is not running.
GuestPermissionDenied	Thrown if the program path cannot be run because the guest authentication will not allow the operation.
GuestRegistryKeyInvalid	Thrown if the registry key is not valid. Check the HKEY Root specified.
InvalidGuestLogin	Thrown if the the guest authentication information was not accepted.
InvalidPowerState	Thrown if the VM is not powered on.
InvalidState	Thrown if the operation cannot be performed because of the virtual machine's current state.
OperationDisabledByGuest	Thrown if the operation is not enabled due to guest agent configuration.
OperationNotSupportedByGuest	Thrown if the operation is not supported by the guest OS.
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.
TaskInProgress	Thrown if the virtual machine is busy.

Events

Type
None

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="ListRegistryValuesInGuest" type="vim25:ListRegistryValuesInGuestRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="ListRegistryValuesInGuestResponse">
                  <complexType>
                     <sequence>
                        <element name="returnval" type="vim25:GuestRegValueSpec" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
                     </sequence>
                  </complexType>
               </element>

SetRegistryValueInGuest(setRegistryValue)

Set/Create a registry value.

Required Privileges: None

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the GuestWindowsRegistryManager used to make the method call.
vm P	ManagedObjectReference to a VirtualMachine	Virtual machine to perform the operation on. *Since* vSphere API Release 6.0
auth	GuestAuthentication	The guest authentication data. *Since* vSphere API Release 6.0
value	GuestRegValueSpec	The information for the registry value to be set/created. The Value "name" (specified in GuestRegValueNameSpec) and the Value "data" (specified in GuestRegValueSpec) can both be empty. If "name" is empty, it sets the value for the unnamed or default value of the given key. *Since* vSphere API Release 6.0

P Required privilege: VirtualMachine.GuestOperations.Modify

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
GuestComponentsOutOfDate	Thrown if the guest agent is too old to support the operation.
GuestOperationsFault	Thrown if there is an error processing a guest operation.
GuestOperationsUnavailable	Thrown if the VM agent for guest operations is not running.
GuestPermissionDenied	Thrown if the program path cannot be run because the guest authentication will not allow the operation.
GuestRegistryKeyInvalid	Thrown if the registry key is not valid. Check the HKEY Root specified.
InvalidGuestLogin	Thrown if the the guest authentication information was not accepted.
InvalidPowerState	Thrown if the VM is not powered on.
InvalidState	Thrown if the operation cannot be performed because of the virtual machine's current state.
OperationDisabledByGuest	Thrown if the operation is not enabled due to guest agent configuration.
OperationNotSupportedByGuest	Thrown if the operation is not supported by the guest OS.
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.
TaskInProgress	Thrown if the virtual machine is busy.

Events

Type
None

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="SetRegistryValueInGuest" type="vim25:SetRegistryValueInGuestRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="SetRegistryValueInGuestResponse">
                  <complexType/>
               </element>

vSphere Web Services API

Managed Object - GuestWindowsRegistryManager(vim.vm.guest.WindowsRegistryManager)

Managed Object Description

CreateRegistryKeyInGuest(createRegistryKey)

DeleteRegistryKeyInGuest(deleteRegistryKey)

DeleteRegistryValueInGuest(deleteRegistryValue)

ListRegistryKeysInGuest(listRegistryKeys)

ListRegistryValuesInGuest(listRegistryValues)

SetRegistryValueInGuest(setRegistryValue)