Managed Object - Profile(vim.profile.Profile)

Property of: ComplianceResult, HostProfileManagerCompositionResultResultElement, HostProfileManagerCompositionValidationResultResultElement, InvalidProfileReferenceHost, ProfileEventArgument, ProfileManager
Parameter to: CheckCompliance_Task, ClearComplianceStatus, CompositeHostProfile_Task, CompositeHostProfile_Task, CreateDefaultProfile, QueryComplianceStatus, QueryExpressionMetadata, QueryHostProfileMetadata, QueryPolicyMetadata, QueryProfileStructure, ValidateHostProfileComposition_Task, ValidateHostProfileComposition_Task
Returned by: CreateProfile, FindAssociatedProfile
Extended by: ClusterProfile, HostProfile
See also: ComplianceResult, ManagedEntity, ProfileConfigInfo, ProfileDescription
Since: vSphere API 4.0

Managed Object Description

The Profile managed object is the base class for host and cluster profiles.

Properties

Name	Type	Description
complianceStatus	xsd:string	Overall compliance of entities associated with this profile. If one of the entities is out of compliance, the profile is `nonCompliant`. If all entities are in compliance, the profile is `compliant`. If the compliance status of one of the entities is not known, compliance status of the profile is `unknown`. See ComplianceResultStatus.
config P	ProfileConfigInfo	Configuration data for the profile.
createdTime	xsd:dateTime	Time at which the profile was created.
description*	ProfileDescription	Deprecated. As of vSphere API 5.0. use RetrieveDescription instead. Localizable description of the profile
entity*	ManagedObjectReference[] to a ManagedEntity[]	List of managed entities associated with the profile.
modifiedTime	xsd:dateTime	Time at which the profile was last modified.
name	xsd:string	Name of the profile.

*May not be presentP Required privilege: Profile.Edit

Methods

Methods defined in this Managed Object
AssociateProfile, CheckProfileCompliance_Task, DestroyProfile, DissociateProfile, ExportProfile, RetrieveDescription

AssociateProfile(associateEntities)

Associate a profile with a managed entity. You can check the compliance of entities associated with a profile by calling the CheckProfileCompliance_Task method.

Required Privileges: Profile.Edit

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

_this

ManagedObjectReference

A reference to the Profile used to make the method call.

entity P

ManagedObjectReference[]
to a ManagedEntity[]

The entity(s) to associate with the profile. If an entity is already associated with the profile, the association is maintained and the vCenter Server does not perform any action.

Since vSphere API 4.0

P Required privilege: entity

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.

Events

Type
None

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="AssociateProfile" type="vim25:AssociateProfileRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="AssociateProfileResponse">
                  <complexType/>
               </element>

CheckProfileCompliance_Task(checkCompliance)

Check compliance of an entity against a Profile.

Required Privileges: System.View

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

_this

ManagedObjectReference

A reference to the Profile used to make the method call.

entity* P

ManagedObjectReference[]
to a ManagedEntity[]

If specified, the compliance check is performed on this entity. If the entity is not specified, the vCenter Server runs a compliance check on all the entities associated with the profile. The entity does not have to be associated with the profile.

Since vSphere API 4.0

*Need not be set P Required privilege: entity

Return Value

Type	Description
ManagedObjectReference to a Task	This method returns a Task object with which to monitor the operation.

Faults

Type	Description
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.

Events

Type
None

DestroyProfile(destroy)

Destroy the profile.

Required Privileges: Profile.Delete

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the Profile used to make the method call.

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.

Events

Type
None

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="DestroyProfile" type="vim25:DestroyProfileRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="DestroyProfileResponse">
                  <complexType/>
               </element>

DissociateProfile(dissociateEntities)

Remove the association between a profile and a managed entity.

Required Privileges: Profile.Edit

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

_this

ManagedObjectReference

A reference to the Profile used to make the method call.

entity* P

ManagedObjectReference[]
to a ManagedEntity[]

List of entities. The vCenter Server will remove the associations that the profile has with the entities in the list. If unset, the Server removes all the associations that the profile has with any managed entities in the inventory. If the specified entity is not associated with the profile, the Server does not perform any action.

Since vSphere API 4.0

*Need not be set P Required privilege: entity

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.

Events

Type
None

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="DissociateProfile" type="vim25:DissociateProfileRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="DissociateProfileResponse">
                  <complexType/>
               </element>

ExportProfile(exportProfile)

Export the profile in a serialized form. To use the serialized string to create a profile, specify a ProfileSerializedCreateSpec when you call the HostProfileManager.CreateProfile method.

Required Privileges: Profile.Export

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the Profile used to make the method call.

Return Value

Type	Description
xsd:string	Serialized form of the profile.

Faults

Type	Description
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.

Events

Type
None

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="ExportProfile" type="vim25:ExportProfileRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="ExportProfileResponse">
                  <complexType>
                     <sequence>
                        <element name="returnval" type="xsd:string"/>
                     </sequence>
                  </complexType>
               </element>

RetrieveDescription(retrieveDescription)

Returns the localizable description for the profile.

Required Privileges: System.View
Since: vSphere API 5.0

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the Profile used to make the method call.

Return Value

Type	Description
ProfileDescription	Profile divided into sections containing element descriptions and messages.

Faults

Type	Description
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.

Events

Type
None

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="RetrieveDescription" type="vim25:RetrieveDescriptionRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="RetrieveDescriptionResponse">
                  <complexType>
                     <sequence>
                        <element name="returnval" type="vim25:ProfileDescription" minOccurs="0"/>
                     </sequence>
                  </complexType>
               </element>