Data Object - VsanDataEfficiencyConfig(vim.vsan.DataEfficiencyConfig)

Property of
VimVsanHostDiskMapInfoEx, VimVsanReconfigSpec, VsanConfigInfoEx, VsanDiskFormatConversionSpec, VsanHostConfigInfoEx, VsanPrepareVsanForVcsaSpec, VsanVcPostDeployConfigSpec
Extends
DynamicData
Since
vSphere API 6.0

Data Object Description

The data efficiency configuration of a vSAN cluster. Data efficiency configurations work together as below.
dedupEnabled compressionEnabled Details State Transition
False False
  • Disable deduplication and compression. Or
  • Disable compression only
    		•
  • Deduplication and compression -> No data efficiency
  • Compression only -> No data efficiency
    		•
    None 0
  • Disable compression only if enabled
  • Throw exception if deduplication and compression is enabled
    		•
  • Compression only -> No data efficiency
    		•
    None 1
  • Enable compression only
  • Throw exception if deduplication and compression is enabled.
    		•
  • No data efficiency -> Compression only
    		•
    0 None
  • Disable deduplication and compression
  • Throw exception if compression only is enabled
    		•
  • Deduplication and compression -> No data efficiency
    		•
    1 1
  • Enable deduplcation and compression
  • Disable compression only if already enabled
  • Get VsanClusterConfigInfo will return compressionEnabled flag as true
    		•
  • No data efficiency -> Deduplication and compression
  • Compression only -> Deduplication and compression
    		•
    1 0
  • Enable deduplication and compression
  • Disable compression only if already enabled
  • Get VsanClusterConfigInfo will return compressionEnabled flag as True
    		•
  • No data efficiency -> Deduplication and compression
  • Compression only -> Deduplication and compression
    		•
    0 1
  • Enable compression only
  • Disable deduplication and compression
    		•
  • Deduplication and compression -> Compression only
  • No data efficiency -> Compression only
    		•
    1 None
  • Enable deduplication and compression
  • Disable compression only if already enabled
  • Get VsanClusterConfigInfo will return compression only flag as True
    		•
  • No data efficiency -> deduplication and compression
  • Compression only -> deduplication and compression
    		•

    Properties

    Name Type Description
    compressionEnabled*xsd:boolean

    Enables compression on the vSAN cluster. The behaviour of this flag is described in the table above.
    dedupEnabledxsd:boolean

    Enables data deduplication and compression on the vSAN cluster. The behaviour of this flag is described in the table above.
    Properties inherited from DynamicData
    None
    *Need not be set
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