vcenter VM: placement spec

The placement_spec structure contains information used to place a virtual machine onto resources within the vCenter inventory.

Representations:

{
    "cluster""obj-103",
    "datastore""obj-103",
    "folder""obj-103",
    "host""obj-103",
    "resource_pool""obj-103"
}
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<ns0:PlacementSpec xmlns:ns0="http://vmware.com/vcenter/VM" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <folder>obj-103</folder>
  <host>obj-103</host>
  <resource_pool>obj-103</resource_pool>
  <cluster>obj-103</cluster>
  <datastore>obj-103</datastore>
</ns0:PlacementSpec>

Attributes:

Name Type Description
Optional
folder string Virtual machine folder into which the virtual machine should be placed.

Optional. This field is currently required. In the future, if this field is unset, the system will attempt to choose a suitable folder for the virtual machine; if a folder cannot be chosen, the virtual machine creation operation will fail.When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: Folder. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: Folder.

resource_pool string Resource pool into which the virtual machine should be placed.

Optional. This field is currently required if both host and cluster are unset. In the future, if this field is unset, the system will attempt to choose a suitable resource pool for the virtual machine; if a resource pool cannot be chosen, the virtual machine creation operation will fail.When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: ResourcePool. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: ResourcePool.

host string Host onto which the virtual machine should be placed.

If host and resource_pool are both specified, resource_pool must belong to host.

If host and cluster are both specified, host must be a member of cluster.

Optional. This field may be unset if resource_pool or cluster is specified. If unset, the system will attempt to choose a suitable host for the virtual machine; if a host cannot be chosen, the virtual machine creation operation will fail.When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: HostSystem. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: HostSystem.

cluster string Cluster onto which the virtual machine should be placed.

If cluster and resource_pool are both specified, resource_pool must belong to cluster.

If cluster and host are both specified, host must be a member of cluster.

Optional. If resource_pool or host is specified, it is recommended that this field be unset.When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: ClusterComputeResource. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: ClusterComputeResource.

datastore string Datastore on which the virtual machine's configuration state should be stored. This datastore will also be used for any virtual disks that are created as part of the virtual machine creation operation.

Optional. This field is currently required. In the future, if this field is unset, the system will attempt to choose suitable storage for the virtual machine; if storage cannot be chosen, the virtual machine creation operation will fail.When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: Datastore. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: Datastore.