Data Object Description

Properties

Name	Type	Description
diskProvisioning*	xsd:string	An optional disk provisioning. If set, all the disks in the deployed OVF will have get the same specified disk type (e.g., thin provisioned). The valide values for disk provisioning are: monolithicSparse monolithicFlat twoGbMaxExtentSparse twoGbMaxExtentFlat thin thick sparse flat See VirtualDiskMode *Since* vSphere API 4.1
entityName	xsd:string	The name to set on the entity (more precisely, on the top-level vApp or VM of the entity) as it appears in VI. If empty, the product name is obtained from the ProductSection of the descriptor. If that name is not specified, the ovf:id of the top-level entity is used.
hostSystem*	ManagedObjectReference to a HostSystem	The host to validate the OVF descriptor against, if it cannot be deduced from the resource pool. The privilege System.Read is required on the host.
instantiationOst*	OvfConsumerOstNode	The instantiation OST to configure OVF consumers. This is created by the client from the annotated OST. See OvfConsumer for details. *Since* vSphere API 5.0
ipAllocationPolicy*	xsd:string	The IP allocation policy chosen by the caller. See VAppIPAssignmentInfo.
ipProtocol*	xsd:string	The IP protocol chosen by the caller. See VAppIPAssignmentInfo.
networkMapping*	OvfNetworkMapping[]	The mapping of network identifiers from the descriptor to networks in the VI infrastructure. The privilege Network.Assign is required on all networks in the list.
propertyMapping*	KeyValue[]	The assignment of values to the properties found in the descriptor. If no value is specified for an option, the default value from the descriptor is used.
resourceMapping*	OvfResourceMap[]	The resource configuration for the created vApp. This can be used to distribute a vApp across multiple resource pools (and create linked children). *Since* vSphere API 4.1
Properties inherited from OvfManagerCommonParams
deploymentOption, locale, msgBundle
Properties inherited from DynamicData
dynamicProperty, dynamicType

Name

Type

Description

diskProvisioning*

xsd:string

An optional disk provisioning. If set, all the disks in the deployed OVF will have get the same specified disk type (e.g., thin provisioned). The valide values for disk provisioning are:

See VirtualDiskMode

Since vSphere API 4.1

entityName

xsd:string

The name to set on the entity (more precisely, on the top-level vApp or VM of the entity) as it appears in VI. If empty, the product name is obtained from the ProductSection of the descriptor. If that name is not specified, the ovf:id of the top-level entity is used.

hostSystem*

ManagedObjectReference
to a HostSystem

The host to validate the OVF descriptor against, if it cannot be deduced from the resource pool.

The privilege System.Read is required on the host.

instantiationOst*

OvfConsumerOstNode

The instantiation OST to configure OVF consumers. This is created by the client from the annotated OST. See OvfConsumer for details.

Since vSphere API 5.0

ipAllocationPolicy*

xsd:string

The IP allocation policy chosen by the caller.

See VAppIPAssignmentInfo.

ipProtocol*

xsd:string

The IP protocol chosen by the caller.

See VAppIPAssignmentInfo.

networkMapping*

OvfNetworkMapping[]

The mapping of network identifiers from the descriptor to networks in the VI infrastructure.

The privilege Network.Assign is required on all networks in the list.

propertyMapping*

KeyValue[]

The assignment of values to the properties found in the descriptor. If no value is specified for an option, the default value from the descriptor is used.

resourceMapping*

OvfResourceMap[]

The resource configuration for the created vApp. This can be used to distribute a vApp across multiple resource pools (and create linked children).

Since vSphere API 4.1

Properties inherited from OvfManagerCommonParams

deploymentOption, locale, msgBundle

Properties inherited from DynamicData

dynamicProperty, dynamicType

Need not be set

Show WSDL type definition

         <complexType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="OvfCreateImportSpecParams">
            <complexContent>
               <extension base="vim25:OvfManagerCommonParams">
                  <sequence>
                     <element name="entityName" type="xsd:string"/>
                     <element name="hostSystem" type="vim25:ManagedObjectReference" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="networkMapping" type="vim25:OvfNetworkMapping" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
                     <element name="ipAllocationPolicy" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="ipProtocol" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="propertyMapping" type="vim25:KeyValue" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
                     <element name="resourceMapping" type="vim25:OvfResourceMap" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
                     <element name="diskProvisioning" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="instantiationOst" type="vim25:OvfConsumerOstNode" minOccurs="0"/>
                  </sequence>
               </extension>
            </complexContent>
         </complexType>

Data Object - OvfCreateImportSpecParams

Data Object Description