vcenter vm hardware disk: vmdk create spec

The vmdk_create_spec structure provides a specification for creating a new VMDK file to be used as a backing for a virtual disk. The virtual disk will be stored in the same directory as the virtual machine's configuration file.

Representations:

{
    "capacity"1,
    "name""string"
}
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<ns0:VmdkCreateSpec xmlns:ns0="http://vmware.com/vcenter/vm/hardware/disk" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <name>string</name>
  <capacity>1</capacity>
</ns0:VmdkCreateSpec>

Attributes:

Name Type Description
Optional
name string Base name of the VMDK file. The name should not include the '.vmdk' file extension.

Optional. If unset, a name (derived from the name of the virtual machine) will be chosen by the server.

capacity long Capacity of the virtual disk backing in bytes.

Optional. If unset, defaults to a guest-specific capacity.