Data Object - HostFileSystemVolume

Property of
HostFileSystemMountInfo
Extended by
HostLocalFileSystemVolume, HostNasVolume, HostVmfsVolume
Extends
DynamicData

Data Object Description

Detailed information about a file system. This is a base type for derived types that have more specific details about specific filesystem types.

Typically a FileSystem is exposed as a datatore
See DatastoreInfo
See HostVmfsVolume
See HostNasVolume
See HostVffsVolume
See HostLocalFileSystemVolume
See HostVfatVolume

Properties

Name Type Description
capacityxsd:long

The capacity of the file system volume, in bytes.
namexsd:string

Name of the file system volume.
typexsd:string

Type of file system volume.

The following values are defined:

VMFS
VMware File System (ESX Server only). If this is set, the type of the file system volume is VMFS.
NFS
Network file system v3 and below (Linux and ESX Server only). If this is set, the type of the file system volume is NetworkFileSystem.
NFSV41
Network file system version v4.1 or later (Linux only and ESX Server only). If this is set, the type of the file system volume is NetworkFileSystem41.
CIFS
Common Internet file system (Windows only). If this is set, the type of the file system volume is CIFS.
VFAT
Virtual FAT (ESX Server only). If this is set, the type of the file system volume is VFAT.
vsan
VSAN (ESX Server only). If this is set, the type of the file system volume is VSAN.
VFFS
vFlash File System (ESX Server only). If this is set, the type of the file system volume is VFFS.

Properties inherited from DynamicData
dynamicProperty, dynamicType