Data Object Description

Properties

Name	Type	Description
capability	DatastoreCapability	Information about the datastore capabilities
datastore	DatastoreSummary	Information about the datastore
maxFileSize	xsd:long	The maximum size of a file that can reside on this datastore.
maxPhysicalRDMFileSize*	xsd:long	Maximum raw device mapping size (physical compatibility) *Since* vSphere API 6.0
maxVirtualDiskCapacity*	xsd:long	The maximum capacity of a virtual disk which can be created on this volume *Since* vSphere API 5.5
maxVirtualRDMFileSize*	xsd:long	Maximum raw device mapping size (virtual compatibility) *Since* vSphere API 6.0
mode	xsd:string	Access mode for this datastore. This is either readOnly or readWrite. A virtual disk needs to be stored on readWrite datastore. ISOs can be read from a readOnly datastore. See HostMountMode
vStorageSupport*	xsd:string	Indicate the states of vStorage hardware acceleration support for this datastore. See FileSystemMountInfoVStorageSupportStatus *Since* vSphere API 5.0
Properties inherited from VirtualMachineTargetInfo
configurationTag, name
Properties inherited from DynamicData
None

Name

Type

Description

capability

DatastoreCapability

Information about the datastore capabilities

datastore

DatastoreSummary

Information about the datastore

maxFileSize

xsd:long

The maximum size of a file that can reside on this datastore.

maxPhysicalRDMFileSize*

xsd:long

Maximum raw device mapping size (physical compatibility)

Since vSphere API 6.0

maxVirtualDiskCapacity*

xsd:long

The maximum capacity of a virtual disk which can be created on this volume

Since vSphere API 5.5

maxVirtualRDMFileSize*

xsd:long

Maximum raw device mapping size (virtual compatibility)

Since vSphere API 6.0

mode

xsd:string

Access mode for this datastore. This is either readOnly or readWrite. A virtual disk needs to be stored on readWrite datastore. ISOs can be read from a readOnly datastore.
See HostMountMode

vStorageSupport*

xsd:string

Indicate the states of vStorage hardware acceleration support for this datastore.

See FileSystemMountInfoVStorageSupportStatus

Since vSphere API 5.0

Properties inherited from VirtualMachineTargetInfo

configurationTag, name

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="VirtualMachineDatastoreInfo">
            <complexContent>
               <extension base="vim25:VirtualMachineTargetInfo">
                  <sequence>
                     <element name="datastore" type="vim25:DatastoreSummary"/>
                     <element name="capability" type="vim25:DatastoreCapability"/>
                     <element name="maxFileSize" type="xsd:long"/>
                     <element name="maxVirtualDiskCapacity" type="xsd:long" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="maxPhysicalRDMFileSize" type="xsd:long" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="maxVirtualRDMFileSize" type="xsd:long" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="mode" type="xsd:string"/>
                     <element name="vStorageSupport" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/>
                  </sequence>
               </extension>
            </complexContent>
         </complexType>

Data Object - VirtualMachineDatastoreInfo(vim.vm.DatastoreInfo)

Data Object Description