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VirtualCenter can retrieve this information very efficiently, even for large sets of virtual machines.
Properties
Name | Type | Description |
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config | VirtualMachineConfigSummary |
Basic configuration information about the virtual machine. This information
is not available when the virtual machine is unavailable, for instance, when
it is being created or deleted.
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customValue* | CustomFieldValue[] |
Custom field values.
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guest* | VirtualMachineGuestSummary |
Guest operating system and VMware Tools information. See Guest for more information.
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overallStatus | ManagedEntityStatus |
Overall alarm status on this node.
In releases after vSphere API 5.0, vSphere Servers might not
generate property collector update notifications for this property.
To obtain the latest value of the property, you can use
PropertyCollector methods RetrievePropertiesEx or WaitForUpdatesEx.
If you use the PropertyCollector.WaitForUpdatesEx method, specify
an empty string for the version parameter.
Since this property is on a DataObject, an update returned by WaitForUpdatesEx may
contain values for this property when some other property on the DataObject changes.
If this update is a result of a call to WaitForUpdatesEx with a non-empty
version parameter, the value for this property may not be current.
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quickStats | VirtualMachineQuickStats |
A set of statistics that are typically updated with near real-time regularity.
This data object type does not support notification, for scalability reasons.
Therefore, changes in QuickStats do not generate property collector updates. To
monitor statistics values, use the statistics and alarms modules instead.
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runtime | VirtualMachineRuntimeInfo |
Runtime and state information of a running virtual machine.
Most of this information is also available when a virtual machine is powered off.
In that case, it contains information from the last run, if available.
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storage* | VirtualMachineStorageSummary |
Storage information of the virtual machine. It can be explicitly refreshed
with the RefreshStorageInfo operation.
In releases after vSphere API 5.0, vSphere Servers might not
generate property collector update notifications for this property.
To obtain the latest value of the property, you can use
PropertyCollector methods RetrievePropertiesEx or WaitForUpdatesEx.
If you use the PropertyCollector.WaitForUpdatesEx method, specify
an empty string for the version parameter.
Since this property is on a DataObject, an update returned by WaitForUpdatesEx may
contain values for this property when some other property on the DataObject changes.
If this update is a result of a call to WaitForUpdatesEx with a non-empty
version parameter, the value for this property may not be current.
Since vSphere API 4.0 |
vm* | ManagedObjectReference
to a VirtualMachine |
Reference to the virtual machine managed object.
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Properties inherited from DynamicData | ||
None |
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