Enum Description

Enum Constants

Name	Description
disabled	For a virtual machine that is the primary in a fault tolerant group, this state indicates that the virtual machine has at least one registered secondary, but no secondary is enabled. For a virtual machine that is the secondary in a fault tolerant group, this state indicates that the secondary is disabled.
enabled	For a virtual machine that is the primary in a fault tolerant group, this state indicates that the virtual machine is not currently powered on, but has at least one enabled secondary For a virtual machine that is the secondary in a fault tolerant group, this state indicates that the secondary is enabled, but is not currently powered on.
needSecondary	For a virtual machine that is the primary in a fault tolerant group, this state indicates that the virtual machine is powered on and has at least one enabled secondary, but no secondary is currently active. This state is not valid for a virtual machine that is a secondary in a fault tolerant group.
notConfigured	This state indicates that the virtual machine has not been configured for fault tolerance.
running	This state indicates that the virtual machine is running with fault tolerance protection.
starting	For a virtual machine that is the primary in a fault tolerant group, this state indicates that the virtual machine is powered on and has at least one secondary that is synchronizing its state with the primary. For a virtual machine that is the secondary in a fault tolerant group, this state indicates that the secondary is powered on and is synchronizing its state with the primary virtual machine.

Name

Description

disabled

For a virtual machine that is the primary in a fault tolerant group, this state indicates that the virtual machine has at least one registered secondary, but no secondary is enabled. For a virtual machine that is the secondary in a fault tolerant group, this state indicates that the secondary is disabled.

enabled

For a virtual machine that is the primary in a fault tolerant group, this state indicates that the virtual machine is not currently powered on, but has at least one enabled secondary For a virtual machine that is the secondary in a fault tolerant group, this state indicates that the secondary is enabled, but is not currently powered on.

needSecondary

For a virtual machine that is the primary in a fault tolerant group, this state indicates that the virtual machine is powered on and has at least one enabled secondary, but no secondary is currently active. This state is not valid for a virtual machine that is a secondary in a fault tolerant group.

notConfigured

This state indicates that the virtual machine has not been configured for fault tolerance.

running

This state indicates that the virtual machine is running with fault tolerance protection.

starting

For a virtual machine that is the primary in a fault tolerant group, this state indicates that the virtual machine is powered on and has at least one secondary that is synchronizing its state with the primary. For a virtual machine that is the secondary in a fault tolerant group, this state indicates that the secondary is powered on and is synchronizing its state with the primary virtual machine.

Show WSDL type definition

         <simpleType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="VirtualMachineFaultToleranceState">
            <restriction base="xsd:string">
               <enumeration value="notConfigured"/>
               <enumeration value="disabled"/>
               <enumeration value="enabled"/>
               <enumeration value="needSecondary"/>
               <enumeration value="starting"/>
               <enumeration value="running"/>
            </restriction>
         </simpleType>

Enum - VirtualMachineFaultToleranceState(vim.VirtualMachine.FaultToleranceState)

Enum Description