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NOTE: This data object type and all of its methods are experimental and subject to change in future releases.

Properties

Name	Type	Description
cloneName*	xsd:string	Name for cloned virtual machine.
cloneSpec*	VirtualMachineCloneSpec	Specification for a virtual machine cloning operation.
configSpec*	VirtualMachineConfigSpec	Configuration for the virtual machine.
folder*	ManagedObjectReference to a Folder	The target virtual machine folder for the virtual machine. Note that this is a different folder than the pod(s) that the virtual machine belongs to. The pod mapping represents the storage view of the virtual machine, while the virtual machine folder mapping represents an inventory view of the virtual machine. For manual VM provisioning operations, this is specified implicitly as the object that the CreateVM_Task method is invoked on.
host*	ManagedObjectReference to a HostSystem	The target host for the virtual machine.
podSelectionSpec	StorageDrsPodSelectionSpec	Specification for moving a virtual machine or a set of virtual disks to a different storage pod.
priority*	VirtualMachineMovePriority	Priority of this placement operation.
relocateSpec*	VirtualMachineRelocateSpec	Specification for relocating a virtual machine.
resourcePool*	ManagedObjectReference to a ResourcePool	The resource pool to which this virtual machine should be attached.
type	xsd:string	The storage placement type. The set of possible values is described in StoragePlacementSpecPlacementType
vm*	ManagedObjectReference to a VirtualMachine	The relevant virtual machine.
Properties inherited from DynamicData
dynamicProperty, dynamicType

Name

Type

Description

cloneName*

xsd:string

Name for cloned virtual machine.

cloneSpec*

VirtualMachineCloneSpec

Specification for a virtual machine cloning operation.

configSpec*

VirtualMachineConfigSpec

Configuration for the virtual machine.

folder*

ManagedObjectReference
to a Folder

The target virtual machine folder for the virtual machine. Note that this is a different folder than the pod(s) that the virtual machine belongs to. The pod mapping represents the storage view of the virtual machine, while the virtual machine folder mapping represents an inventory view of the virtual machine. For manual VM provisioning operations, this is specified implicitly as the object that the CreateVM_Task method is invoked on.

host*

ManagedObjectReference
to a HostSystem

The target host for the virtual machine.

podSelectionSpec

StorageDrsPodSelectionSpec

Specification for moving a virtual machine or a set of virtual disks to a different storage pod.

priority*

VirtualMachineMovePriority

Priority of this placement operation.

relocateSpec*

VirtualMachineRelocateSpec

Specification for relocating a virtual machine.

resourcePool*

ManagedObjectReference
to a ResourcePool

The resource pool to which this virtual machine should be attached.

type

xsd:string

The storage placement type. The set of possible values is described in StoragePlacementSpecPlacementType

vm*

ManagedObjectReference
to a VirtualMachine

The relevant virtual machine.

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="StoragePlacementSpec">
            <complexContent>
               <extension base="vim25:DynamicData">
                  <sequence>
                     <element name="type" type="xsd:string"/>
                     <element name="priority" type="vim25:VirtualMachineMovePriority" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="vm" type="vim25:ManagedObjectReference" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="podSelectionSpec" type="vim25:StorageDrsPodSelectionSpec"/>
                     <element name="cloneSpec" type="vim25:VirtualMachineCloneSpec" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="cloneName" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="configSpec" type="vim25:VirtualMachineConfigSpec" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="relocateSpec" type="vim25:VirtualMachineRelocateSpec" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="resourcePool" type="vim25:ManagedObjectReference" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="host" type="vim25:ManagedObjectReference" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="folder" type="vim25:ManagedObjectReference" minOccurs="0"/>
                  </sequence>
               </extension>
            </complexContent>
         </complexType>

Data Object - StoragePlacementSpec

Data Object Description