Managed Objects for Working with Storage

The Web Services API provides several managed objects that are designed to work with ESXi storage devices.

Managed Object Task See
HostStorageSystem Low-level operations associated with individual hosts, such as resizing or updating disk partitions. Configuring Disk Partitions
HostStorageSystem Multipath management. Multipath Management
HostStorageSystem iSCSI Storage setup and configuration. Configuring iSCSI Storage
HostDatastoreSystem Creating and managing VMFS datastores and remote datastores. Creating and Managing Datastores
HostDatastoreSystem
HostStorageSystem
Managing VMFS volume copies (resignature or force mount). Managing VMFS Volume Copies (Resignaturing)
HostDiagnosticSystem
Creating and managing diagnostic partitions. Managing Diagnostic Partitions