Service - PersistentDisk

Class: VMware.Hv.PersistentDisk
See also: MachineId, MapEntry, PersistentDiskAttachSpec, PersistentDiskDeleteSpec, PersistentDiskDetachSpec, PersistentDiskId, PersistentDiskIncompatibleReasons, PersistentDiskInfo, PersistentDiskRecreateMachineInfo, PersistentDiskRecreateMachineSpec, PersistentDiskReplaceSpec, PersistentDiskSpec
Since: Horizon View 6.0

Service Description

Service for managing persistent disks. View Composer preserves the user information on the persistent disk when the OS data is updated, refreshed, or rebalanced. A View Composer persistent disk contains user settings and other user-generated data.

Methods

Methods defined in this Service
PersistentDisk_Attach, PersistentDisk_Create, PersistentDisk_Delete, PersistentDisk_Detach, PersistentDisk_Get, PersistentDisk_PreviewRecreateMachines, PersistentDisk_RecreateMachine, PersistentDisk_RecreateMachines, PersistentDisk_Replace, PersistentDisk_Update

PersistentDisk_Attach

Attaches the specified persistent disk to a machine.

Privileges

Privilege	Description
UDD_MANAGEMENT	Persistent disk management privilege is required to attach a persistent disk.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the PersistentDisk used to make the method call.
id	PersistentDiskId	The ID of the persistent disk to attach.
spec	PersistentDiskAttachSpec	The specification of how to attach the disk.

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
EntityNotFound	Thrown if any specified entity cannot be found.
InsufficientPermission	Thrown if the user does not have sufficient permission to perform the operation.
InvalidArgument	Thrown if any specified argument is invalid.
InvalidType	Thrown if the type of any specified argument is invalid.
UnexpectedFault	Thrown if an unexpected error occurs while performing the operation.

Events

Event	Description
VLSI_PERSISTENT_DISK_ATTACHED	If the persistent disk attachment was successfully requested.
VLSI_PERSISTENT_DISK_ATTACH_FAILED	If the persistent disk attachment failed to be requested.

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vdi="urn:vdi" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="PersistentDisk_Attach" type="vdi:PersistentDisk_AttachRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vdi="urn:vdi" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="PersistentDisk_AttachResponse">
            <complexType/>
         </element>

PersistentDisk_Create

Creates a persistent disk from a Virtual Center persistent disk.

Privileges

Privilege	Description
UDD_MANAGEMENT	Persistent disk management privilege is required to create a persistent disk.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the PersistentDisk used to make the method call.
spec	PersistentDiskSpec	The specification for creating the persistent disk.

Return Value

Type	Description
PersistentDiskId	The ID of the newly created persistent disk.

Faults

Type	Description
EntityNotFound	Thrown if any specified entity cannot be found.
InsufficientPermission	Thrown if the user does not have sufficient permission to perform the operation.
InvalidArgument	Thrown if any specified argument is invalid.
InvalidType	Thrown if the type of any specified argument is invalid.
UnexpectedFault	Thrown if an unexpected error occurs while performing the operation.

Events

Event	Description
VLSI_PERSISTENT_DISK_CREATED	If the persistent disk was successfully created.
VLSI_PERSISTENT_DISK_CREATE_FAILED	If the persistent disk could not be created.

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vdi="urn:vdi" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="PersistentDisk_Create" type="vdi:PersistentDisk_CreateRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vdi="urn:vdi" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="PersistentDisk_CreateResponse">
            <complexType>
               <sequence>
                  <element name="returnval" type="vdi:PersistentDiskId"/>
               </sequence>
            </complexType>
         </element>

PersistentDisk_Delete

Deletes the specified persistent disk.

Privileges

Privilege	Description
UDD_MANAGEMENT	Persistent disk management privilege is required to delete a persistent disk.

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

_this

ManagedObjectReference

A reference to the PersistentDisk used to make the method call.

PersistentDiskId

The ID of the persistent disk to delete.

spec

PersistentDiskDeleteSpec

The specification for deleting the persistent disk.

Optional parameter. If not specifing any value, this should be set to null.

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
EntityNotFound	Thrown if any specified entity cannot be found.
InsufficientPermission	Thrown if the user does not have sufficient permission to perform the operation.
InvalidArgument	Thrown if any specified argument is invalid.
InvalidType	Thrown if the type of any specified argument is invalid.
UnexpectedFault	Thrown if an unexpected error occurs while performing the operation.

Events

Event	Description
VLSI_PERSISTENT_DISK_DELETED	If the persistent disk was successfully deleted.
VLSI_PERSISTENT_DISK_DELETE_FAILED	If the persistent disk could not be deleted.

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vdi="urn:vdi" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="PersistentDisk_Delete" type="vdi:PersistentDisk_DeleteRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vdi="urn:vdi" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="PersistentDisk_DeleteResponse">
            <complexType/>
         </element>

PersistentDisk_Detach

Detaches a persistent disk from a machine. The usage of that disk must be SECONDARY.

Privileges

Privilege	Description
UDD_MANAGEMENT	Persistent disk management privilege is required to detach a persistent disk.
MACHINE_MANAGEMENT	Machine management privilege is required to detach a primary persistent disk.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the PersistentDisk used to make the method call.
id	PersistentDiskId	The ID of the persistent disk to detach.
spec	PersistentDiskDetachSpec	The specification of how to detach the disk.

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
EntityNotFound	Thrown if any specified entity cannot be found.
InsufficientPermission	Thrown if the user does not have sufficient permission to perform the operation.
InvalidArgument	Thrown if any specified argument is invalid.
InvalidType	Thrown if the type of any specified argument is invalid.
UnexpectedFault	Thrown if an unexpected error occurs while performing the operation.

Events

Event	Description
VLSI_PERSISTENT_DISK_DETACHED	If the persistent disk detachment was successfully requested.
VLSI_PERSISTENT_DISK_DETACH_FAILED	If the persistent disk detachment failed to be requested.

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vdi="urn:vdi" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="PersistentDisk_Detach" type="vdi:PersistentDisk_DetachRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vdi="urn:vdi" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="PersistentDisk_DetachResponse">
            <complexType/>
         </element>

PersistentDisk_Get

Retrieves information about a persistent disk.

Privileges

Privilege	Description
UDD_VIEW	Persistent disk view privilege is required to retrieve a persistent disk.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the PersistentDisk used to make the method call.
id	PersistentDiskId	The ID of the persistent disk to retrieve.

Return Value

Type	Description
PersistentDiskInfo	Information about the specified persistent disk.

Faults

Type	Description
EntityNotFound	Thrown if any specified entity cannot be found.
InsufficientPermission	Thrown if the user does not have sufficient permission to perform the operation.
InvalidArgument	Thrown if any specified argument is invalid.
InvalidType	Thrown if the type of any specified argument is invalid.
UnexpectedFault	Thrown if an unexpected error occurs while performing the operation.

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vdi="urn:vdi" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="PersistentDisk_Get" type="vdi:PersistentDisk_GetRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vdi="urn:vdi" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="PersistentDisk_GetResponse">
            <complexType>
               <sequence>
                  <element name="returnval" type="vdi:PersistentDiskInfo"/>
               </sequence>
            </complexType>
         </element>

PersistentDisk_PreviewRecreateMachines

Returns the incompatibility reasons for Persistent Disks

Privileges

Privilege	Description
UDD_VIEW	Persistent disk view privilege is required to retrieve a persistent disk and listing incompatible reasons for recreating machine with it.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the PersistentDisk used to make the method call.
specs	PersistentDiskRecreateMachineSpec[]	The specifications for previewing recreate a machine with persistent disk.

Return Value

Type	Description
PersistentDiskIncompatibleReasons[]	returns array of PersistentIncomaptibleReasons

Faults

Type	Description
EntityNotFound	Thrown if any specified entity cannot be found.
InsufficientPermission	Thrown if the user does not have sufficient permission to perform the operation.
InvalidArgument	Thrown if any specified argument is invalid.
InvalidType	Thrown if the type of any specified argument is invalid.
UnexpectedFault	Thrown if an unexpected error occurs while performing the operation.

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vdi="urn:vdi" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="PersistentDisk_PreviewRecreateMachines" type="vdi:PersistentDisk_PreviewRecreateMachinesRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vdi="urn:vdi" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="PersistentDisk_PreviewRecreateMachinesResponse">
            <complexType>
               <sequence>
                  <element name="returnval" type="vdi:PersistentDiskIncompatibleReasons" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
               </sequence>
            </complexType>
         </element>

PersistentDisk_RecreateMachine

Recreates a machine with the specified persistent disk.

Privileges

Privilege	Description
UDD_MANAGEMENT	Persistent disk management privilege is required to recreate a machine from a persistent disk.

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

_this

ManagedObjectReference

A reference to the PersistentDisk used to make the method call.

PersistentDiskId

The ID of the persistent disk to associate with the new machine.

spec

PersistentDiskRecreateMachineSpec

The specification of how to recreate the machine.

Optional parameter. If not specifing any value, this should be set to null.

Return Value

Type	Description
MachineId	The ID of the newly created machine.

Faults

Type	Description
EntityNotFound	Thrown if any specified entity cannot be found.
InsufficientPermission	Thrown if the user does not have sufficient permission to perform the operation.
InvalidArgument	Thrown if any specified argument is invalid.
InvalidType	Thrown if the type of any specified argument is invalid.
UnexpectedFault	Thrown if an unexpected error occurs while performing the operation.

Events

Event	Description
VLSI_PERSISTENT_DISK_RECREATE_MACHINE	If the machine recreation was successfully requested.
VLSI_PERSISTENT_DISK_RECREATE_MACHINE_FAILED	If the machine recreation failed to be requested.

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vdi="urn:vdi" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="PersistentDisk_RecreateMachine" type="vdi:PersistentDisk_RecreateMachineRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vdi="urn:vdi" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="PersistentDisk_RecreateMachineResponse">
            <complexType>
               <sequence>
                  <element name="returnval" type="vdi:MachineId"/>
               </sequence>
            </complexType>
         </element>

PersistentDisk_RecreateMachines

Recreates machines with the specified persistent disks.

Privileges

Privilege	Description
UDD_MANAGEMENT	Persistent disk management privilege is required to recreate a machine from a persistent disk.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the PersistentDisk used to make the method call.
specs	PersistentDiskRecreateMachineSpec[]

Return Value

Type	Description
PersistentDiskRecreateMachineInfo[]	returns array of PersistentDiskRecreateMachineInfo

Faults

Type	Description
EntityNotFound	Thrown if any specified entity cannot be found.
InsufficientPermission	Thrown if the user does not have sufficient permission to perform the operation.
InvalidArgument	Thrown if any specified argument is invalid.
InvalidType	Thrown if the type of any specified argument is invalid.
UnexpectedFault	Thrown if an unexpected error occurs while performing the operation.

Events

Event	Description
VLSI_PERSISTENT_DISK_RECREATE_MACHINE	If the machine recreation was successfully requested.
VLSI_PERSISTENT_DISK_RECREATE_MACHINE_FAILED	If the machine recreation failed to be requested.

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vdi="urn:vdi" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="PersistentDisk_RecreateMachines" type="vdi:PersistentDisk_RecreateMachinesRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vdi="urn:vdi" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="PersistentDisk_RecreateMachinesResponse">
            <complexType>
               <sequence>
                  <element name="returnval" type="vdi:PersistentDiskRecreateMachineInfo" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
               </sequence>
            </complexType>
         </element>

PersistentDisk_Replace

Replaces the primary persistent disk on a machine.

Privileges

Privilege	Description
UDD_MANAGEMENT	Persistent disk management privilege is required to replace a persistent disk.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the PersistentDisk used to make the method call.
id	PersistentDiskId	The ID of the persistent disk to replace.
spec	PersistentDiskReplaceSpec	The specification of how to replace the existing disk.

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
EntityNotFound	Thrown if any specified entity cannot be found.
InsufficientPermission	Thrown if the user does not have sufficient permission to perform the operation.
InvalidArgument	Thrown if any specified argument is invalid.
InvalidType	Thrown if the type of any specified argument is invalid.
UnexpectedFault	Thrown if an unexpected error occurs while performing the operation.

Events

Event	Description
VLSI_PERSISTENT_DISK_REPLACED	If the persistent disk replacement was successfully requested.
VLSI_PERSISTENT_DISK_REPLACE_FAILED	If the persistent disk replacement failed to be requested.

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vdi="urn:vdi" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="PersistentDisk_Replace" type="vdi:PersistentDisk_ReplaceRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vdi="urn:vdi" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="PersistentDisk_ReplaceResponse">
            <complexType/>
         </element>

PersistentDisk_Update

Updates a persistent disk. A persistent disk can only be updated if it is unattached.

Privileges

Privilege	Description
UDD_MANAGEMENT	Persistent disk management privilege is required to update a persistent disk.

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

_this

ManagedObjectReference

A reference to the PersistentDisk used to make the method call.

PersistentDiskId

The ID of the persistent disk to update.

updates

MapEntry[]

Key value pairs describing attributes to be updated.

This parameter is an update map based on PersistentDiskInfo.

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
EntityNotFound	Thrown if any specified entity cannot be found.
InsufficientPermission	Thrown if the user does not have sufficient permission to perform the operation.
InvalidArgument	Thrown if any specified argument is invalid.
InvalidState	Thrown if the persistent disk is in a state other than unattached.
InvalidType	Thrown if the type of any specified argument is invalid.
UnexpectedFault	Thrown if an unexpected error occurs while performing the operation.

Events

Event	Description
VLSI_PERSISTENT_DISK_UPDATED	If the persistent disk was successfully updated.
VLSI_PERSISTENT_DISK_UPDATE_FAILED	If the persistent disk could not be updated.

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vdi="urn:vdi" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="PersistentDisk_Update" type="vdi:PersistentDisk_UpdateRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vdi="urn:vdi" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="PersistentDisk_UpdateResponse">
            <complexType/>
         </element>