Data Object Description

Properties

Name	Type	Description
contact*	DVSContactInfo	The human operator contact information.
description*	xsd:string	A description string of the switch.
host*	ManagedObjectReference[] to a HostSystem[]	The hosts with Virtual NICs that connect to the switch.
hostMember*	ManagedObjectReference[] to a HostSystem[]	The names of the hosts that join the switch.
name	xsd:string	The name of the switch.
numHosts*	xsd:int	The number of hosts in the switch. The value of this property is not affected by the privileges granted to the current user. *Since* vSphere API 5.5
numPorts	xsd:int	Current number of ports, not including conflict ports.
portgroupName*	xsd:string[]	The names of the portgroups that are defined on the switch.
productInfo*	DistributedVirtualSwitchProductSpec	The product information for the implementation of the switch.
uuid	xsd:string	The generated UUID of the switch.
vm*	ManagedObjectReference[] to a VirtualMachine[]	The Virtual Machines with Virtual NICs that connect to the switch. 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.
Properties inherited from DynamicData
None

Name

Type

Description

contact*

DVSContactInfo

The human operator contact information.

description*

xsd:string

A description string of the switch.

host*

ManagedObjectReference[]
to a HostSystem[]

The hosts with Virtual NICs that connect to the switch.

hostMember*

ManagedObjectReference[]
to a HostSystem[]

The names of the hosts that join the switch.

name

xsd:string

The name of the switch.

numHosts*

xsd:int

The number of hosts in the switch. The value of this property is not affected by the privileges granted to the current user.

Since vSphere API 5.5

numPorts

xsd:int

Current number of ports, not including conflict ports.

portgroupName*

xsd:string[]

The names of the portgroups that are defined on the switch.

productInfo*

DistributedVirtualSwitchProductSpec

The product information for the implementation of the switch.

uuid

xsd:string

The generated UUID of the switch.

vm*

ManagedObjectReference[]
to a VirtualMachine[]

The Virtual Machines with Virtual NICs that connect to the switch. 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.

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="DVSSummary">
            <complexContent>
               <extension base="vim25:DynamicData">
                  <sequence>
                     <element name="name" type="xsd:string"/>
                     <element name="uuid" type="xsd:string"/>
                     <element name="numPorts" type="xsd:int"/>
                     <element name="productInfo" type="vim25:DistributedVirtualSwitchProductSpec" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="hostMember" type="vim25:ManagedObjectReference" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
                     <element name="vm" type="vim25:ManagedObjectReference" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
                     <element name="host" type="vim25:ManagedObjectReference" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
                     <element name="portgroupName" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
                     <element name="description" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="contact" type="vim25:DVSContactInfo" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="numHosts" type="xsd:int" minOccurs="0"/>
                  </sequence>
               </extension>
            </complexContent>
         </complexType>

Data Object - DVSSummary(vim.DistributedVirtualSwitch.Summary)

Data Object Description