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  4. identity

vcenter vm identity: info

The info structure contains information about the identity of a virtual machine. This structure was added in vSphere API 6.7.1.

Representation:

{
    "name" : "string",
    "instance_uuid" : "string",
    "bios_uuid" : "string"
}

Attributes:

Name Type Description
Required
name string Virtual machine name. This attribute was added in vSphere API 6.7.1.
bios_uuid string 128-bit SMBIOS UUID of a virtual machine represented as a hexadecimal string in "12345678-abcd-1234-cdef-123456789abc" format. This attribute was added in vSphere API 6.7.1.
instance_uuid string VirtualCenter-specific 128-bit UUID of a virtual machine, represented as a hexademical string. This identifier is used by VirtualCenter to uniquely identify all virtual machine instances, including those that may share the same SMBIOS UUID. This attribute was added in vSphere API 6.7.1.