Data Object Description

NotSupported

Support for some features is indicated by the presence or absence of the manager object from the service instance. For example, the AlarmManager manager object indicates collecting alarms is supported. Other features indicate whether or not a given operation on an object throws a NotSupported fault.

Some capabilities depend on the host or virtual machine version. These are specified by using the vim.host.Capability and vim.vm.Capability objects.

Properties

Name	Type	Description
multiHostSupported	xsd:boolean	Indicates whether or not the service instance supports multiple hosts.
networkBackupAndRestoreSupported*	xsd:boolean	Indicates whether network backup and restore feature is supported. *Since* vSphere API 5.1
provisioningSupported	xsd:boolean	Indicates whether or not the service instance supports provisioning. For example, the CloneVM operation.
supportedEVCMode*	EVCMode[]	All supported Enhanced VMotion Compatibility modes. *Since* vSphere API 4.0
userShellAccessSupported	xsd:boolean	Flag indicating whether host user accounts should have the option to be granted shell access *Since* VI API 2.5
Properties inherited from DynamicData
None

Name

Type

Description

multiHostSupported

xsd:boolean

Indicates whether or not the service instance supports multiple hosts.

networkBackupAndRestoreSupported*

xsd:boolean

Indicates whether network backup and restore feature is supported.

Since vSphere API 5.1

provisioningSupported

xsd:boolean

Indicates whether or not the service instance supports provisioning. For example, the CloneVM operation.

supportedEVCMode*

EVCMode[]

All supported Enhanced VMotion Compatibility modes.

Since vSphere API 4.0

userShellAccessSupported

xsd:boolean

Flag indicating whether host user accounts should have the option to be granted shell access

Since VI API 2.5

Properties inherited from DynamicData

None

Need not be set

Show WSDL type definition

         <complexType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="Capability">
            <complexContent>
               <extension base="vim25:DynamicData">
                  <sequence>
                     <element name="provisioningSupported" type="xsd:boolean"/>
                     <element name="multiHostSupported" type="xsd:boolean"/>
                     <element name="userShellAccessSupported" type="xsd:boolean"/>
                     <element name="supportedEVCMode" type="vim25:EVCMode" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
                     <element name="networkBackupAndRestoreSupported" type="xsd:boolean" minOccurs="0"/>
                  </sequence>
               </extension>
            </complexContent>
         </complexType>

Data Object - Capability(vim.Capability)

Data Object Description