Service - AuthenticationManager

Class: VMware.Hv.AuthenticationManager
See also: SecureString

Service Description

AuthenticationManager provides administrative login capability.

Methods

Methods defined in this Service
AuthenticationManager_Login, AuthenticationManager_Logout

AuthenticationManager_Login

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the AuthenticationManager used to make the method call.
username	xsd:string	the username
password	SecureString	the password
domain	xsd:string	the domain

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.

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vdi="urn:vdi" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="AuthenticationManager_Login" type="vdi:AuthenticationManager_LoginRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vdi="urn:vdi" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="AuthenticationManager_LoginResponse">
            <complexType/>
         </element>

AuthenticationManager_Logout

Logout session.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the AuthenticationManager used to make the method call.

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.

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vdi="urn:vdi" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="AuthenticationManager_Logout" type="vdi:AuthenticationManager_LogoutRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vdi="urn:vdi" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="AuthenticationManager_LogoutResponse">
            <complexType/>
         </element>