get_inventory_path

Returns the inventory path for the specified managed entity, for example, Folder, Datacenter, HostSystem, VirtualMachine, ComputeResource, ClusterComputeResource, or ResourcePool. The resulting inventory path can later be passed to the SOAP operation FindByInventory path to retrieve the ManagedObjectReference for a managed entity (from which a view can be created).

Parameters

Parameter	Description
view	Managed entity view.
vim_instance	Managed object.

Returns

Returns a string that identifies the inventory path of the managed entity.