Data Object Description

Most of this information is collected by VMware Tools. In general, be sure you have VMware Tools installed and that the virtual machine is running when you access this information.

Properties

Name	Type	Description
appHeartbeatStatus*	xsd:string	Application heartbeat status. Please see VirtualMachineAppHeartbeatStatusType *Since* vSphere API 4.1
appState*	xsd:string	Application state. If vSphere HA is enabled and the vm is configured for Application Monitoring and this field's value is "appStateNeedReset" then HA will attempt immediately reset the vm. There are some system conditions which may delay the immediate reset. The immediate reset will be performed as soon as allowed by vSphere HA and ESX. If during these conditions the value is changed to appStateOk the reset will be cancelled. See GuestInfoAppStateType *Since* vSphere API 5.5
disk*	GuestDiskInfo[]	Guest information about disks. You can obtain Linux guest disk information for the following file system types: Ext2, Ext3, Ext4, ReiserFS, XFS, Btrfs, NTFS, VFAT, UFS, PCFS, HFS, and MS-DOS. NOTE: Installing a more recent version of VMware Tools in the guest may help obtain disk information for more file system types. Please refer the VMware Tools User Guide for up-to-date supported file system types.
generationInfo* P	GuestInfoNamespaceGenerationInfo[]	A list of namespaces and their corresponding generation numbers. Only namespaces with non-zero maxSizeEventsFromGuest are guaranteed to be present here. Use ListNamespaces to retrieve list of namespaces. *Since* vSphere API 5.1
guestFamily*	xsd:string	Guest operating system family, if known.
guestFullName*	xsd:string	Guest operating system full name, if known.
guestId*	xsd:string	Guest operating system identifier (short name), if known.
guestKernelCrashed*	xsd:boolean	Guest operating system's kernel crash state. If true, the guest operating system's kernel has crashed. *Since* vSphere API 6.0
guestOperationsReady*	xsd:boolean	Guest Operations availability. If true, the virtual machine is ready to process guest operations. *Since* vSphere API 5.0
guestState	xsd:string	Operation mode of guest operating system. One of: "running" - Guest is running normally. "shuttingdown" - Guest has a pending shutdown command. "resetting" - Guest has a pending reset command. "standby" - Guest has a pending standby command. "notrunning" - Guest is not running. "unknown" - Guest information is not available.
guestStateChangeSupported*	xsd:boolean	State change support. If true, the vitrual machine is ready to process soft power operations. *Since* vSphere API 6.0
hostName*	xsd:string	Hostname of the guest operating system, if known.
interactiveGuestOperationsReady*	xsd:boolean	Interactive Guest Operations availability. If true, the virtual machine is ready to process guest operations as the user interacting with the guest desktop. *Since* vSphere API 5.0
ipAddress*	xsd:string	Primary IP address assigned to the guest operating system, if known.
ipStack*	GuestStackInfo[]	Guest information about IP networking stack, if known. *Since* vSphere API 4.1
net*	GuestNicInfo[]	Guest information about network adapters, if known.
screen*	GuestScreenInfo	Guest screen resolution info, if known.
toolsInstallType*	xsd:string	Current installation type of VMware Tools in the guest operating system. The set of possible values is described in VirtualMachineToolsInstallType *Since* vSphere API 6.5
toolsRunningStatus*	xsd:string	Current running status of VMware Tools in the guest operating system, if known. The set of possible values is described in VirtualMachineToolsRunningStatus *Since* vSphere API 4.0
toolsStatus*	VirtualMachineToolsStatus	Deprecated. As of vSphere API 4.0 use toolsVersionStatus and toolsRunningStatus. Current status of VMware Tools in the guest operating system, if known.
toolsVersion*	xsd:string	Current version of VMware Tools, if known.
toolsVersionStatus*	xsd:string	Deprecated. as of vSphere API 5.1 use toolsVersionStatus2. Current version status of VMware Tools in the guest operating system, if known. The set of possible values is described in VirtualMachineToolsVersionStatus for vSphere API 5.0. *Since* vSphere API 4.0
toolsVersionStatus2*	xsd:string	Current version status of VMware Tools in the guest operating system, if known. The set of possible values is described in VirtualMachineToolsVersionStatus *Since* vSphere API 5.0
Properties inherited from DynamicData
None

Name

Type

Description

appHeartbeatStatus*

xsd:string

Application heartbeat status. Please see VirtualMachineAppHeartbeatStatusType

Since vSphere API 4.1

appState*

xsd:string

Application state. If vSphere HA is enabled and the vm is configured for Application Monitoring and this field's value is "appStateNeedReset" then HA will attempt immediately reset the vm. There are some system conditions which may delay the immediate reset. The immediate reset will be performed as soon as allowed by vSphere HA and ESX. If during these conditions the value is changed to appStateOk the reset will be cancelled.
See GuestInfoAppStateType

Since vSphere API 5.5

disk*

GuestDiskInfo[]

Guest information about disks.

You can obtain Linux guest disk information for the following file system types: Ext2, Ext3, Ext4, ReiserFS, XFS, Btrfs, NTFS, VFAT, UFS, PCFS, HFS, and MS-DOS.

NOTE: Installing a more recent version of VMware Tools in the guest may help obtain disk information for more file system types. Please refer the VMware Tools User Guide for up-to-date supported file system types.

generationInfo* P

GuestInfoNamespaceGenerationInfo[]

A list of namespaces and their corresponding generation numbers. Only namespaces with non-zero maxSizeEventsFromGuest are guaranteed to be present here. Use ListNamespaces to retrieve list of namespaces.

Since vSphere API 5.1

guestFamily*

xsd:string

Guest operating system family, if known.

guestFullName*

xsd:string

Guest operating system full name, if known.

guestId*

xsd:string

Guest operating system identifier (short name), if known.

guestKernelCrashed*

xsd:boolean

Guest operating system's kernel crash state. If true, the guest operating system's kernel has crashed.

Since vSphere API 6.0

guestOperationsReady*

xsd:boolean

Guest Operations availability. If true, the virtual machine is ready to process guest operations.

Since vSphere API 5.0

guestState

xsd:string

Operation mode of guest operating system. One of:

"running" - Guest is running normally.
"shuttingdown" - Guest has a pending shutdown command.
"resetting" - Guest has a pending reset command.
"standby" - Guest has a pending standby command.
"notrunning" - Guest is not running.
"unknown" - Guest information is not available.

guestStateChangeSupported*

xsd:boolean

State change support. If true, the vitrual machine is ready to process soft power operations.

Since vSphere API 6.0

hostName*

xsd:string

Hostname of the guest operating system, if known.

interactiveGuestOperationsReady*

xsd:boolean

Interactive Guest Operations availability. If true, the virtual machine is ready to process guest operations as the user interacting with the guest desktop.

Since vSphere API 5.0

ipAddress*

xsd:string

Primary IP address assigned to the guest operating system, if known.

ipStack*

GuestStackInfo[]

Guest information about IP networking stack, if known.

Since vSphere API 4.1

net*

GuestNicInfo[]

Guest information about network adapters, if known.

screen*

GuestScreenInfo

Guest screen resolution info, if known.

toolsInstallType*

xsd:string

Current installation type of VMware Tools in the guest operating system. The set of possible values is described in VirtualMachineToolsInstallType

Since vSphere API 6.5

toolsRunningStatus*

xsd:string

Current running status of VMware Tools in the guest operating system, if known. The set of possible values is described in VirtualMachineToolsRunningStatus

Since vSphere API 4.0

toolsStatus*

VirtualMachineToolsStatus

Deprecated. As of vSphere API 4.0 use toolsVersionStatus and toolsRunningStatus.

Current status of VMware Tools in the guest operating system, if known.

toolsVersion*

xsd:string

Current version of VMware Tools, if known.

toolsVersionStatus*

xsd:string

Deprecated. as of vSphere API 5.1 use toolsVersionStatus2.

Current version status of VMware Tools in the guest operating system, if known. The set of possible values is described in VirtualMachineToolsVersionStatus for vSphere API 5.0.

Since vSphere API 4.0

toolsVersionStatus2*

xsd:string

Current version status of VMware Tools in the guest operating system, if known. The set of possible values is described in VirtualMachineToolsVersionStatus

Since vSphere API 5.0

Properties inherited from DynamicData

None

Need not be set

Required privilege: VirtualMachine.Namespace.EventNotify

Show WSDL type definition

         <complexType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="GuestInfo">
            <complexContent>
               <extension base="vim25:DynamicData">
                  <sequence>
                     <element name="toolsStatus" type="vim25:VirtualMachineToolsStatus" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="toolsVersionStatus" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="toolsVersionStatus2" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="toolsRunningStatus" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="toolsVersion" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="toolsInstallType" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="guestId" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="guestFamily" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="guestFullName" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="hostName" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="ipAddress" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="net" type="vim25:GuestNicInfo" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
                     <element name="ipStack" type="vim25:GuestStackInfo" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
                     <element name="disk" type="vim25:GuestDiskInfo" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
                     <element name="screen" type="vim25:GuestScreenInfo" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="guestState" type="xsd:string"/>
                     <element name="appHeartbeatStatus" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="guestKernelCrashed" type="xsd:boolean" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="appState" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="guestOperationsReady" type="xsd:boolean" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="interactiveGuestOperationsReady" type="xsd:boolean" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="guestStateChangeSupported" type="xsd:boolean" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="generationInfo" type="vim25:GuestInfoNamespaceGenerationInfo" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
                  </sequence>
               </extension>
            </complexContent>
         </complexType>

Data Object - GuestInfo(vim.vm.GuestInfo)

Data Object Description