Managed Object - Profile

Property of: ComplianceResult, InvalidProfileReferenceHost, ProfileEventArgument, ProfileManager
Parameter to: CheckCompliance_Task, ClearComplianceStatus, CreateDefaultProfile, QueryComplianceStatus, QueryExpressionMetadata, QueryHostProfileMetadata, QueryPolicyMetadata, QueryProfileStructure
Returned by: CreateProfile, FindAssociatedProfile
Extended by: ClusterProfile, HostProfile
See also: ComplianceResult, ManagedEntity, ProfileConfigInfo, ProfileDescription
Since: vSphere API 4.0

Managed Object Description

The Profile managed object is the base class for host and cluster profiles.

Properties

Name	Type	Description
complianceStatus	xsd:string	Overall compliance of entities associated with this profile. If one of the entities is out of compliance, the profile is `nonCompliant`. If all entities are in compliance, the profile is `compliant`. If the compliance status of one of the entities is not known, compliance status of the profile is `unknown`. See ComplianceResultStatus.
config	ProfileConfigInfo	Configuration data for the profile.
createdTime	xsd:dateTime	Time at which the profile was created.
description*	ProfileDescription	Deprecated. As of vSphere API 5.0. use RetrieveDescription instead. Localizable description of the profile
entity*	ManagedObjectReference[] to a ManagedEntity[]	List of managed entities associated with the profile.
modifiedTime	xsd:dateTime	Time at which the profile was last modified.
name	xsd:string	Name of the profile.

*May not be present

Methods

Methods defined in this Managed Object
AssociateProfile, CheckProfileCompliance_Task, DestroyProfile, DissociateProfile, ExportProfile, RetrieveDescription

AssociateProfile

Associate a profile with a managed entity. You can check the compliance of entities associated with a profile by calling the CheckProfileCompliance_Task method.

Required Privileges: Profile.Edit

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the Profile used to make the method call.
entity	ManagedObjectReference[] to a ManagedEntity[]	The entity(s) to associate with the profile. If an entity is already associated with the profile, the association is maintained and the vCenter Server does not perform any action.

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
InvalidArgument	Thrown if the association conflicts with existing association.
InvalidType	Thrown if the entity is of an unexpeted type.
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="AssociateProfile" type="vim25:AssociateProfileRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="AssociateProfileResponse">
            <complexType/>
         </element>

CheckProfileCompliance_Task

Check compliance of an entity against a Profile.

Required Privileges: System.View

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the Profile used to make the method call.
entity*	ManagedObjectReference[] to a ManagedEntity[]	If specified, the compliance check is performed on this entity. If the entity is not specified, the vCenter Server runs a compliance check on all the entities associated with the profile. The entity does not have to be associated with the profile.

*Need not be set

Return Value

Type	Description
ManagedObjectReference to a Task	This method returns a Task object with which to monitor the operation.

Faults

Type	Description
InvalidProfileReferenceHost	Thrown if the reference host associated with the profile is incompatible or there is no reference host for the profile.
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.

DestroyProfile

Destroy the profile.

Required Privileges: Profile.Delete

Parameters

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

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="DestroyProfile" type="vim25:DestroyProfileRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="DestroyProfileResponse">
            <complexType/>
         </element>

DissociateProfile

Remove the association between a profile and a managed entity.

Required Privileges: Profile.Edit

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the Profile used to make the method call.
entity*	ManagedObjectReference[] to a ManagedEntity[]	List of entities. The vCenter Server will remove the associations that the profile has with the entities in the list. If unset, the Server removes all the associations that the profile has with any managed entities in the inventory. If the specified entity is not associated with the profile, the Server does not perform any action.

*Need not be set

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
InvalidArgument	Thrown if the dissociation conflicts with existing association.
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="DissociateProfile" type="vim25:DissociateProfileRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="DissociateProfileResponse">
            <complexType/>
         </element>

ExportProfile

Export the profile in a serialized form. To use the serialized string to create a profile, specify a ProfileSerializedCreateSpec when you call the HostProfileManager.CreateProfile method.

Required Privileges: Profile.Export

Parameters

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

Return Value

Type	Description
xsd:string	Serialized form of the profile.

Faults

Type	Description
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="ExportProfile" type="vim25:ExportProfileRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="ExportProfileResponse">
            <complexType>
               <sequence>
                  <element name="returnval" type="xsd:string"/>
               </sequence>
            </complexType>
         </element>

RetrieveDescription

Returns the localizable description for the profile.

Required Privileges: System.View
Since: vSphere API 5.0

Parameters

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

Return Value

Type	Description
ProfileDescription	Profile divided into sections containing element descriptions and messages.

Faults

Type	Description
InvalidProfileReferenceHost	Thrown if the reference host associated with the profile is incompatible or there is no reference host for the profile.
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="RetrieveDescription" type="vim25:RetrieveDescriptionRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="RetrieveDescriptionResponse">
            <complexType>
               <sequence>
                  <element name="returnval" type="vim25:ProfileDescription" minOccurs="0"/>
               </sequence>
            </complexType>
         </element>