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The environment consists of three main components:
Properties
Name | Type | Description |
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datastoreBrowser* P | ManagedObjectReference
to a HostDatastoreBrowser |
DatastoreBrowser to browse datastores that are available on this entity.
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Methods
Methods defined in this Managed Object |
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QueryConfigOption, QueryConfigOptionDescriptor, QueryConfigOptionEx, QueryConfigTarget, QueryTargetCapabilities |
If the EnvironmentBrowser is from a ComputeResource or ClusterComputeResource, the key or host, or both arguments can be used to return the required config options. If a key is specified, then the ConfigOption corresponding to that key value is returned. If a host is specified, then the default ConfigOption for that host is returned. If key and host both are specified, the ConfigOption corresponding to the given key for that host is returned. If neither is specified, then the default ConfigOption for this environment browser is returned. Typically, the default contains the options for the most recent virtual hardware supported.
If the EnvironmentBrowser is from a VirtualMachine neither a host nor a key should be specified.
Parameters
Name | Type | Description |
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_this | ManagedObjectReference | A reference to the EnvironmentBrowser used to make the method call. |
key* P | xsd:string |
The key found in the VirtualMachineConfigOptionDescriptor,
obtained by invoking the
QueryConfigOptionDescriptor operation.
Since 2.0 |
host* P | ManagedObjectReference
to a HostSystem |
The host whose ConfigOption is requested.
Since 2.0 |
Return Value
Type | Description |
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VirtualMachineConfigOption | Returns the ConfigOption object. If invoked on a cluster with no hosts, or if the ConfigOption with given key is not found for the given host, null is returned. |
Faults
Type | Description |
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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 | |
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None |
Parameters
Name | Type | Description |
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_this | ManagedObjectReference | A reference to the EnvironmentBrowser used to make the method call. |
Return Value
Type | Description |
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VirtualMachineConfigOptionDescriptor[] |
Faults
Type | Description |
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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 | |
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None |
If the Environment Browser belongs to a virtual machine and the spec argument is omitted, the method returns the ConfigOption object corresponding to the vmx version of the virutal machine and the guestOSDescriptor list contains only the guestId of the virutal machine.
Parameters
Name | Type | Description |
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_this | ManagedObjectReference | A reference to the EnvironmentBrowser used to make the method call. |
spec* P | EnvironmentBrowserConfigOptionQuerySpec |
Search criteria and filters to control the result.
If a key or
host (or both)
are specified, they will be used to search for a config option.
If guestId
is nonempty, the guestOSDescriptor
array of the config option is filtered to match against the guest
IDs in the spec. If there is no match, the whole list is returned.
If the spec argument is omitted, the default
VirtualMachineConfigOption for this environment browser is
returned.
Since vSphere API 6.0 |
Return Value
Type | Description |
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VirtualMachineConfigOption | Returns the VirtualMachineConfigOption object. If invoked on a cluster with no hosts, or if the VirtualMachineConfigOption with given key is not found for the given host, null is returned. |
Faults
Type | Description |
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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 | |
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None |
If the EnvironmentBrowser is from a ComputeResource or ClusterComputeResource, the host argument can be used to return the ConfigTarget provided by a particular host in the compute resource or cluster. If host is not specified and the EnvironmentBrowser is from a ComputeResource or ClusterComputeResource, then the union of all the devices is returned and the vim.vm.TargetInfo.configurationTag field indicates how widely the device is available across the compute resource or cluster.
If the EnvironmentBrowser is from a VirtualMachine a host should not be specified.
Parameters
Name | Type | Description |
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_this | ManagedObjectReference | A reference to the EnvironmentBrowser used to make the method call. |
host* P | ManagedObjectReference
to a HostSystem |
If specified, the host whose default BackingInfo is requested.
Since 2.0 |
Return Value
Type | Description |
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ConfigTarget | Returns the ConfigTarget object. If invoked on a cluster with no hosts, null is returned. |
Faults
Type | Description |
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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 | |
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None |
If the EnvironmentBrowser is from a ComputeResource or ClusterComputeResource, the host argument can be used to return the capabilities associated with a specific host in the compute resource or cluster. If the host argument is not specified and the EnvironmentBrowser is from a ComputeResource or ClusterComputeResource, then the intersection of the capabilities supported by all the hosts in the cluster is returned. If the EnvironmentBrowser is from a VirtualMachine, the compute resource associated with the virtual machine will be queried for its capabilities.
If the EnvironmentBrowser is from a VirtualMachine a host should not be specified.
Parameters
Name | Type | Description |
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_this | ManagedObjectReference | A reference to the EnvironmentBrowser used to make the method call. |
host* P | ManagedObjectReference
to a HostSystem |
If specified, the host whose capabilities are requested.
Since vSphere API 4.0 |
Return Value
Type | Description |
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HostCapability | Returns the set of capabilities supported by the ComputeResource associated with the EnvironmentBrowser. If invoked on a cluster with no hosts, null is returned. |
Faults
Type | Description |
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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 | |
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None |
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