Data Object - VirtualMachineDatastoreInfo(vim.vm.DatastoreInfo)

Property of
ConfigTarget
Extends
VirtualMachineTargetInfo
See also
DatastoreCapability, DatastoreSummary
Since
2.0

Data Object Description

DatastoreInfo describes a datastore that a virtual disk can be stored on.

Properties

Name Type Description
capabilityDatastoreCapability

Information about the datastore capabilities
datastoreDatastoreSummary

Information about the datastore
maxFileSizexsd:long

The maximum size of a file that can reside on this datastore.
maxPhysicalRDMFileSize*xsd:long

Maximum raw device mapping size (physical compatibility)

Since vSphere API 6.0
maxVirtualDiskCapacity*xsd:long

The maximum capacity of a virtual disk which can be created on this volume

Since vSphere API 5.5
maxVirtualRDMFileSize*xsd:long

Maximum raw device mapping size (virtual compatibility)

Since vSphere API 6.0
modexsd:string

Access mode for this datastore. This is either readOnly or readWrite. A virtual disk needs to be stored on readWrite datastore. ISOs can be read from a readOnly datastore.
See HostMountMode
vStorageSupport*xsd:string

Indicate the states of vStorage hardware acceleration support for this datastore.

In the case of a cluster compute resource, this property is aggregated from the values reported by individual hosts as follows:

  • If at least one host reports vStorageSupported, then it is set to vStorageSupported.
  • Else if at least one host reports vStorageUnknown, it is set to vStorageUnknown.
  • Else if at least one host reports vStorageUnsupported, it is set to vStorageUnsupported.
  • Else it is unset.

See FileSystemMountInfoVStorageSupportStatus

Since vSphere API 5.0
Properties inherited from VirtualMachineTargetInfo
configurationTag, name
Properties inherited from DynamicData
None
*Need not be set
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