Data Object Description

Properties

Name	Type	Description
controllerType*	xsd:string[]	Deprecated. As of vSphere API 5.0, this property is no longer relevant and should not be used. With the current state of emulation, we don't care about the adapter type a disk is connected to, as disks may be shuffled around. For example, a disk may be unplugged from a buslogic controller and plugged into an lsilogic controller. If this optional property is set, only virtual disk files that have a controller type that matches one of the controller types specified are returned. If no controller types are specified, this search criteria is ignored. The specified controller type is one of the controller types for a virtual disk. See VirtualIDEController See VirtualSCSIController *Since* VI API 2.5
diskType*	xsd:string[]	If this optional property is set, only the virtual disk primary files that match one of the specified disk types are selected. If no disk types are specified, this search criteria is ignored. The specified disk type is one of the backing information types for a virtual disk. See VirtualDisk
encrypted*	xsd:boolean	This optional property can be used to filter disks based on whether they are encrypted or not. *Since* vSphere API 6.5
matchHardwareVersion*	xsd:int[]	If this optional property is set, only virtual disk primary files that match one of the specified hardware versions are selected. If no versions are specified, this search criteria is ignored.
thin*	xsd:boolean	This optional property can be used to filter disks based on whether they are thin-provsioned or not: if set to true, only thin-provisioned disks are returned, and vice-versa. *Since* vSphere API 4.0
Properties inherited from DynamicData
None

Name

Type

Description

controllerType*

xsd:string[]

Deprecated. As of vSphere API 5.0, this property is no longer relevant and should not be used. With the current state of emulation, we don't care about the adapter type a disk is connected to, as disks may be shuffled around. For example, a disk may be unplugged from a buslogic controller and plugged into an lsilogic controller.

If this optional property is set, only virtual disk files that have a controller type that matches one of the controller types specified are returned. If no controller types are specified, this search criteria is ignored.

The specified controller type is one of the controller types for a virtual disk.
See VirtualIDEController
See VirtualSCSIController

Since VI API 2.5

diskType*

xsd:string[]

If this optional property is set, only the virtual disk primary files that match one of the specified disk types are selected. If no disk types are specified, this search criteria is ignored.

The specified disk type is one of the backing information types for a virtual disk.
See VirtualDisk

encrypted*

xsd:boolean

This optional property can be used to filter disks based on whether they are encrypted or not.

Since vSphere API 6.5

matchHardwareVersion*

xsd:int[]

If this optional property is set, only virtual disk primary files that match one of the specified hardware versions are selected. If no versions are specified, this search criteria is ignored.

thin*

xsd:boolean

This optional property can be used to filter disks based on whether they are thin-provsioned or not: if set to true, only thin-provisioned disks are returned, and vice-versa.

Since vSphere API 4.0

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="VmDiskFileQueryFilter">
            <complexContent>
               <extension base="vim25:DynamicData">
                  <sequence>
                     <element name="diskType" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
                     <element name="matchHardwareVersion" type="xsd:int" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
                     <element name="controllerType" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
                     <element name="thin" type="xsd:boolean" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="encrypted" type="xsd:boolean" minOccurs="0"/>
                  </sequence>
               </extension>
            </complexContent>
         </complexType>

Data Object - VmDiskFileQueryFilter(vim.host.DatastoreBrowser.VmDiskQuery.Filter)

Data Object Description