vcenter vm guest identity: info
The
info structure contains information describing the guest operating system identification. This structure was added in vSphere API 6.7Representation:
{
"family": "WINDOWS",
"full_name": {
"args": [
"string",
"string"
],
"default_message": "string",
"id": "string"
},
"host_name": "string",
"ip_address": "string",
"name": "DOS"
}
"family": "WINDOWS",
"full_name": {
"args": [
"string",
"string"
],
"default_message": "string",
"id": "string"
},
"host_name": "string",
"ip_address": "string",
"name": "DOS"
}
Attributes:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Required | ||
| name | string | Guest operating system identifier (short name). This attribute was added in vSphere API 6.7 Defines the valid guest operating system types used for configuring a virtual machine. Value is one of: DOS: MS-DOS. WIN_31: Windows 3.1 WIN_95: Windows 95 WIN_98: Windows 98 WIN_ME: Windows Millennium Edition WIN_NT: Windows NT 4 WIN_2000_PRO: Windows 2000 Professional WIN_2000_SERV: Windows 2000 Server WIN_2000_ADV_SERV: Windows 2000 Advanced Server WIN_XP_HOME: Windows XP Home Edition WIN_XP_PRO: Windows XP Professional WIN_XP_PRO_64: Windows XP Professional Edition (64 bit) WIN_NET_WEB: Windows Server 2003, Web Edition WIN_NET_STANDARD: Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition WIN_NET_ENTERPRISE: Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition WIN_NET_DATACENTER: Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition WIN_NET_BUSINESS: Windows Small Business Server 2003 WIN_NET_STANDARD_64: Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (64 bit) WIN_NET_ENTERPRISE_64: Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (64 bit) WIN_LONGHORN: Windows Longhorn (experimental) WIN_LONGHORN_64: Windows Longhorn (64 bit) (experimental) WIN_NET_DATACENTER_64: Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition (64 bit) (experimental) WIN_VISTA: Windows Vista WIN_VISTA_64: Windows Vista (64 bit) WINDOWS_7: Windows 7 WINDOWS_7_64: Windows 7 (64 bit) WINDOWS_7_SERVER_64: Windows Server 2008 R2 (64 bit) WINDOWS_8: Windows 8 WINDOWS_8_64: Windows 8 (64 bit) WINDOWS_8_SERVER_64: Windows 8 Server (64 bit) WINDOWS_9: Windows 10 WINDOWS_9_64: Windows 10 (64 bit) WINDOWS_9_SERVER_64: Windows 10 Server (64 bit) WINDOWS_HYPERV: Windows Hyper-V FREEBSD: FreeBSD 10 or earlier FREEBSD_64: FreeBSD 10 x64 or earlier FREEBSD_11: FreeBSD 11. This constant was added in vSphere API 6.7 FREEBSD_12: FreeBSD 12 or later. This constant was added in vSphere API 6.7 FREEBSD_11_64: FreeBSD 11 x64. This constant was added in vSphere API 6.7 FREEBSD_12_64: FreeBSD 12 x64 or later. This constant was added in vSphere API 6.7 REDHAT: Red Hat Linux 2.1 RHEL_2: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2 RHEL_3: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 RHEL_3_64: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (64 bit) RHEL_4: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 RHEL_4_64: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (64 bit) RHEL_5: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 RHEL_5_64: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (64 bit) (experimental) RHEL_6: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 RHEL_6_64: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (64 bit) RHEL_7: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RHEL_7_64: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (64 bit) RHEL_8_64: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (64 bit). This constant was added in vSphere API 6.7 CENTOS: CentOS 4/5 CENTOS_64: CentOS 4/5 (64-bit) CENTOS_6: CentOS 6 CENTOS_6_64: CentOS 6 (64-bit) CENTOS_7: CentOS 7 CENTOS_7_64: CentOS 7 (64-bit) CENTOS_8_64: CentOS 8 (64-bit). This constant was added in vSphere API 6.7 ORACLE_LINUX: Oracle Linux 4/5 ORACLE_LINUX_64: Oracle Linux 4/5 (64-bit) ORACLE_LINUX_6: Oracle Linux 6 ORACLE_LINUX_6_64: Oracle Linux 6 (64-bit) ORACLE_LINUX_7: Oracle Linux 7 ORACLE_LINUX_7_64: Oracle Linux 7 (64-bit) ORACLE_LINUX_8_64: Oracle Linux 8 (64-bit). This constant was added in vSphere API 6.7 SUSE: Suse Linux SUSE_64: Suse Linux (64 bit) SLES: Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9 SLES_64: Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9 (64 bit) SLES_10: Suse linux Enterprise Server 10 SLES_10_64: Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 (64 bit) (experimental) SLES_11: Suse linux Enterprise Server 11 SLES_11_64: Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 (64 bit) SLES_12: Suse linux Enterprise Server 12 SLES_12_64: Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 (64 bit) SLES_15_64: Suse Linux Enterprise Server 15 (64 bit). This constant was added in vSphere API 6.7 NLD_9: Novell Linux Desktop 9 OES: Open Enterprise Server SJDS: Sun Java Desktop System MANDRAKE: Mandrake Linux MANDRIVA: Mandriva Linux MANDRIVA_64: Mandriva Linux (64 bit) TURBO_LINUX: Turbolinux TURBO_LINUX_64: Turbolinux (64 bit) UBUNTU: Ubuntu Linux UBUNTU_64: Ubuntu Linux (64 bit) DEBIAN_4: Debian GNU/Linux 4 DEBIAN_4_64: Debian GNU/Linux 4 (64 bit) DEBIAN_5: Debian GNU/Linux 5 DEBIAN_5_64: Debian GNU/Linux 5 (64 bit) DEBIAN_6: Debian GNU/Linux 6 DEBIAN_6_64: Debian GNU/Linux 6 (64 bit) DEBIAN_7: Debian GNU/Linux 7 DEBIAN_7_64: Debian GNU/Linux 7 (64 bit) DEBIAN_8: Debian GNU/Linux 8 DEBIAN_8_64: Debian GNU/Linux 8 (64 bit) DEBIAN_9: Debian GNU/Linux 9 DEBIAN_9_64: Debian GNU/Linux 9 (64 bit) DEBIAN_10: Debian GNU/Linux 10 DEBIAN_10_64: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (64 bit) ASIANUX_3: Asianux Server 3 ASIANUX_3_64: Asianux Server 3 (64 bit) ASIANUX_4: Asianux Server 4 ASIANUX_4_64: Asianux Server 4 (64 bit) ASIANUX_5_64: Asianux Server 5 (64 bit) ASIANUX_7_64: Asianux Server 7 (64 bit) ASIANUX_8_64: Asianux Server 8 (64 bit). This constant was added in vSphere API 6.7 OPENSUSE: OpenSUSE Linux OPENSUSE_64: OpenSUSE Linux (64 bit) FEDORA: Fedora Linux FEDORA_64: Fedora Linux (64 bit) COREOS_64: CoreOS Linux (64 bit) VMWARE_PHOTON_64: VMware Photon (64 bit) OTHER_24X_LINUX: Linux 2.4x Kernel OTHER_24X_LINUX_64: Linux 2.4x Kernel (64 bit) (experimental) OTHER_26X_LINUX: Linux 2.6x Kernel OTHER_26X_LINUX_64: Linux 2.6x Kernel (64 bit) (experimental) OTHER_3X_LINUX: Linux 3.x Kernel OTHER_3X_LINUX_64: Linux 3.x Kernel (64 bit) OTHER_4X_LINUX: Linux 4.x Kernel. This constant was added in vSphere API 6.7 OTHER_4X_LINUX_64: Linux 4.x Kernel (64 bit). This constant was added in vSphere API 6.7 OTHER_LINUX: Linux 2.2x Kernel GENERIC_LINUX: Other Linux OTHER_LINUX_64: Linux (64 bit) (experimental) SOLARIS_6: Solaris 6 SOLARIS_7: Solaris 7 SOLARIS_8: Solaris 8 SOLARIS_9: Solaris 9 SOLARIS_10: Solaris 10 (32 bit) (experimental) SOLARIS_10_64: Solaris 10 (64 bit) (experimental) SOLARIS_11_64: Solaris 11 (64 bit) OS2: OS/2 ECOMSTATION: eComStation 1.x ECOMSTATION_2: eComStation 2.0 NETWARE_4: Novell NetWare 4 NETWARE_5: Novell NetWare 5.1 NETWARE_6: Novell NetWare 6.x OPENSERVER_5: SCO OpenServer 5 OPENSERVER_6: SCO OpenServer 6 UNIXWARE_7: SCO UnixWare 7 DARWIN: Mac OS 10.5 DARWIN_64: Mac OS 10.5 (64 bit) DARWIN_10: Mac OS 10.6 DARWIN_10_64: Mac OS 10.6 (64 bit) DARWIN_11: Mac OS 10.7 DARWIN_11_64: Mac OS 10.7 (64 bit) DARWIN_12_64: Mac OS 10.8 (64 bit) DARWIN_13_64: Mac OS 10.9 (64 bit) DARWIN_14_64: Mac OS 10.10 (64 bit) DARWIN_15_64: Mac OS 10.11 (64 bit) DARWIN_16_64: Mac OS 10.12 (64 bit) DARWIN_17_64: Mac OS 10.13 (64 bit). This constant was added in vSphere API 6.7 DARWIN_18_64: Mac OS 10.14 (64 bit). This constant was added in vSphere API 6.7 VMKERNEL: VMware ESX 4 VMKERNEL_5: VMware ESX 5 VMKERNEL_6: VMware ESX 6 VMKERNEL_65: VMware ESX 6.5 OTHER: Other Operating System OTHER_64: Other Operating System (64 bit) (experimental) |
| family | string | Guest operating system family. This attribute was added in vSphere API 6.7 Defines the valid guest operating system family types reported by a virtual machine. This enumeration was added in vSphere API 6.7 Value is one of: WINDOWS: Windows operating system. This constant was added in vSphere API 6.7 LINUX: Linux operating system. This constant was added in vSphere API 6.7 NETWARE: Novell Netware. This constant was added in vSphere API 6.7 SOLARIS: Solaris operating system. This constant was added in vSphere API 6.7 DARWIN: Mac OS operating system. This constant was added in vSphere API 6.7 OTHER: Other operating systems. This constant was added in vSphere API 6.7 |
| full_name | localizable_message | Guest operating system full name. This attribute was added in vSphere API 6.7 |
| host_name | string | Hostname of the guest operating system. This attribute was added in vSphere API 6.7 |
| Optional | ||
| ip_address | string | IP address assigned by the guest operating system. This attribute was added in vSphere API 6.7 Optional. If unset the guest does not have an IP address. |