Data Object Description

ResourcePool.importVApp

Files can either be new files, in which case the "create" flag will be true, or updates to existing files in VI. The latter is used to support the OVF parentRef mechanism for Disks.

Properties

Name	Type	Description
chunkSize*	xsd:long	The chunksize as specified by the OVF specification. If this attribute is set, the "path" attribute is a prefix to each chunk of the complete file. For example, if chunksize is 2000000000 bytes, the actual files might be: myfile.000000000 (2000000000 bytes) myfile.000000001 (2000000000 bytes) myfile.000000002 (1500000000 bytes)
cimType	xsd:int	The CIM type of the device for which this file provides backing. For example, the value 17 means "Disk drive".
compressionMethod*	xsd:string	The compression method as specified by the OVF specification (for example "gzip" or "bzip2").
create	xsd:boolean	True if the item is not expected to exist in the infrastructure and should therefore be created by the caller (for example using HTTP PUT).
deviceId	xsd:string	Uniquely identifies the device (disk, CD-ROM etc.) within the entity hierarchy. When ResourcePool.importVApp is called to create the VirtualMachines and VirtualApps, it returns a map, device ID -> URL, of where to upload the backing files.
path	xsd:string	The path of the item to upload, relative to the path of the OVF descriptor.
size*	xsd:long	The complete size of the file, if it is specified in the OVF descriptor.
Properties inherited from DynamicData
dynamicProperty, dynamicType

Name

Type

Description

chunkSize*

xsd:long

The chunksize as specified by the OVF specification. If this attribute is set, the "path" attribute is a prefix to each chunk of the complete file. For example, if chunksize is 2000000000 bytes, the actual files might be: myfile.000000000 (2000000000 bytes) myfile.000000001 (2000000000 bytes) myfile.000000002 (1500000000 bytes)

cimType

xsd:int

The CIM type of the device for which this file provides backing.

For example, the value 17 means "Disk drive".

compressionMethod*

xsd:string

The compression method as specified by the OVF specification (for example "gzip" or "bzip2").

create

xsd:boolean

True if the item is not expected to exist in the infrastructure and should therefore be created by the caller (for example using HTTP PUT).

deviceId

xsd:string

Uniquely identifies the device (disk, CD-ROM etc.) within the entity hierarchy.

When ResourcePool.importVApp is called to create the VirtualMachines and VirtualApps, it returns a map, device ID -> URL, of where to upload the backing files.

path

xsd:string

The path of the item to upload, relative to the path of the OVF descriptor.

size*

xsd:long

The complete size of the file, if it is specified in the OVF descriptor.

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="OvfFileItem">
            <complexContent>
               <extension base="vim25:DynamicData">
                  <sequence>
                     <element name="deviceId" type="xsd:string"/>
                     <element name="path" type="xsd:string"/>
                     <element name="compressionMethod" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="chunkSize" type="xsd:long" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="size" type="xsd:long" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="cimType" type="xsd:int"/>
                     <element name="create" type="xsd:boolean"/>
                  </sequence>
               </extension>
            </complexContent>
         </complexType>

Data Object - OvfFileItem

Data Object Description