Managed Object - Datacenter

Property of: DatacenterEventArgument, DatacenterMismatch, DatacenterMismatchArgument
Parameter to: AllocateIpv4Address, AllocateIpv6Address, ChangeOwner, CopyDatastoreFile_Task, CopyDatastoreFile_Task, CopyVirtualDisk_Task, CopyVirtualDisk_Task, CreateIpPool, CreateVirtualDisk_Task, DefragmentVirtualDisk_Task, DeleteDatastoreFile_Task, DeleteVirtualDisk_Task, DestroyIpPool, EagerZeroVirtualDisk_Task, ExtendVirtualDisk_Task, FindAllByDnsName, FindAllByIp, FindAllByUuid, FindByDatastorePath, FindByDnsName, FindByIp, FindByUuid, InflateVirtualDisk_Task, MakeDirectory, MoveDatastoreFile_Task, MoveDatastoreFile_Task, MoveVirtualDisk_Task, MoveVirtualDisk_Task, QueryIPAllocations, QueryIpPools, QueryVirtualDiskFragmentation, QueryVirtualDiskGeometry, QueryVirtualDiskUuid, ReleaseIpAllocation, SetVirtualDiskUuid, ShrinkVirtualDisk_Task, UpdateIpPool, ZeroFillVirtualDisk_Task
Returned by: CreateDatacenter
Extends: ManagedEntity
See also: ClusterPowerOnVmResult, DatacenterConfigInfo, DatacenterConfigSpec, Datastore, Folder, HostConnectInfo, Network, OptionValue, VirtualMachine, VirtualMachineConfigOptionDescriptor

Managed Object Description

The Datacenter managed object provides the interface to the common container object for hosts, virtual machines, networks, and datastores. These entities must be under a distinct datacenter in the inventory, and datacenters may not be nested under other datacenters.

Every Datacenter has the following set of dedicated folders. These folders are empty until you create entities for the Datacenter.

A folder for VirtualMachine, template, and VirtualApp objects.
A folder for a ComputeResource hierarchy.
A folder for Network, DistributedVirtualSwitch, and DistributedVirtualPortgroup objects.
A folder for Datastore objects.

For a visual representation of the organization of objects in a vCenter hierarchy, see the description of the ServiceInstance object.

Properties

Name	Type	Description
configuration P	DatacenterConfigInfo	Configuration of the datacenter. *Since* vSphere API 5.1
datastore*	ManagedObjectReference[] to a Datastore[]	A collection of references to the datastore objects available in this datacenter.
datastoreFolder P	ManagedObjectReference to a Folder	A reference to the folder hierarchy that contains the datastores for this datacenter. This folder is guaranteed to exist. *Since* vSphere API 4.0
hostFolder P	ManagedObjectReference to a Folder	A reference to the folder hierarchy that contains the compute resources, including hosts and clusters, for this datacenter. This folder is guaranteed to exist.
network*	ManagedObjectReference[] to a Network[]	A collection of references to the network objects available in this datacenter.
networkFolder P	ManagedObjectReference to a Folder	A reference to the folder hierarchy that contains the network entities for this datacenter. The folder can include Network, DistributedVirtualSwitch, and DistributedVirtualPortgroup objects. This folder is guaranteed to exist. *Since* vSphere API 4.0
vmFolder P	ManagedObjectReference to a Folder	A reference to the folder hierarchy that contains VirtualMachine virtual machine templates (identified by the template property, and VirtualApp objects for this datacenter. Note that a VirtualApp that is a child of a ResourcePool may also be visible in this folder. VirtualApp objects can be nested, but only the parent VirtualApp can be visible in the folder. This folder is guaranteed to exist.
Properties inherited from ManagedEntity
alarmActionsEnabled, configIssue, configStatus, customValue, declaredAlarmState, disabledMethod, effectiveRole, name, overallStatus, parent, permission, recentTask, tag, triggeredAlarmState
Properties inherited from ExtensibleManagedObject
availableField, value

*May not be presentP Required privilege: System.View

Methods

Methods defined in this Managed Object
PowerOnMultiVM_Task, QueryConnectionInfo, queryDatacenterConfigOptionDescriptor, ReconfigureDatacenter_Task
Methods inherited from ManagedEntity
Destroy_Task, Reload, Rename_Task
Methods inherited from ExtensibleManagedObject
setCustomValue

PowerOnMultiVM_Task

Powers on multiple virtual machines in a data center. If the virtual machines are suspended, this method resumes execution from the suspend point. The virtual machines can belong to different clusters in the data center.

If any virtual machine in the list is manually managed by DRS, or DRS has to migrate any manually managed virtual machine or power on any manually managed host in order to power on these virtual machines, a DRS recommendation will be generated, and the users need to manually apply the recommendation for actually powering on these virtual machines. Otherwise, all the virtual machine will be automatically powered on. The virtual machines on stand alone hosts or DRS disabled will be powered-on on the current host. The DRS automatically managed virtual machines will be powered-on on the recommended hosts.

When powering on a virtual machine in a cluster, the system might do an implicit relocation of the virtual machine to another host.

Required Privileges: System.View
Since: VI API 2.5

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

_this

ManagedObjectReference

A reference to the Datacenter used to make the method call.

vm P

ManagedObjectReference[]
to a VirtualMachine[]

The virtual machines to power on.

option*

OptionValue[]

An array of OptionValue options for this power-on session. The names and values of the options are defined in ClusterPowerOnVmOption.

Since vSphere API 4.1

*Need not be set P Required privilege: VirtualMachine.Interact.PowerOn

Return Value

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

Faults

Type	Description
InvalidArgument	Thrown for unknown option keys or bad values.
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.

Events

Type
None

QueryConnectionInfo

This method provides a way of getting basic information about a host without adding it to a datacenter. Connection wizards typically use this method to show information about a host so a user can confirm a set of changes before applying them.

Required Privileges: System.View

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the Datacenter used to make the method call.
hostname	xsd:string	The target of the query.
port	xsd:int	The port number of the target host. For ESX 2.x this is the authd port (902 by default). For ESX 3.x and above and for VMware Server hosts this is the https port (443 by default). You can specify -1 to have the vCenter Server try the default ports.
username	xsd:string	The name of the user.
password	xsd:string	The password of the user.
sslThumbprint*	xsd:string	The expected SSL thumbprint of the host's certificate *Since* VI API 2.5

*Need not be set

Return Value

Type	Description
HostConnectInfo

Faults

Type	Description
AlreadyConnected	Thrown if the host is already being managed by this server.
HostConnectFault	Thrown if an error occurred when querying about a host. Typically, a more specific subclass, such as AlreadyBeingManaged, is thrown.
InvalidLogin	Thrown if unable to authenticate with the host.
NoHost	Thrown if unable to contact the host.
NotSupported	Thrown if called directly on a host.
NotSupportedHost	Thrown if the software version on the host is not supported.
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.
SSLDisabledFault	Thrown if the host has ssl access disabled
SSLVerifyFault	Thrown if the host certificate could not be authenticated

Events

Type
None

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="QueryConnectionInfo" type="vim25:QueryConnectionInfoRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="QueryConnectionInfoResponse">
            <complexType>
               <sequence>
                  <element name="returnval" type="vim25:HostConnectInfo"/>
               </sequence>
            </complexType>
         </element>

queryDatacenterConfigOptionDescriptor

The list of possible choices for defaultHardwareVersionKey. Descriptors returned by the vCenter implementation do not have host field populated.

Required Privileges: System.View
Since: vSphere API 5.1

Parameters

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

Return Value

Type	Description
VirtualMachineConfigOptionDescriptor[]

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.

Events

Type
None

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="queryDatacenterConfigOptionDescriptor" type="vim25:queryDatacenterConfigOptionDescriptorRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="queryDatacenterConfigOptionDescriptorResponse">
            <complexType>
               <sequence>
                  <element name="returnval" type="vim25:VirtualMachineConfigOptionDescriptor" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
               </sequence>
            </complexType>
         </element>

ReconfigureDatacenter_Task

Change the datacenter configuration.

Required Privileges: Datacenter.Reconfigure
Since: vSphere API 5.1

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the Datacenter used to make the method call.
spec	DatacenterConfigSpec	A set of configuration changes to apply to the datacenter. The specification can be a complete set of changes or a partial set of changes, applied incrementally.
modify	xsd:boolean	Flag to specify whether the specification ("spec") should be applied incrementally. If "modify" is false and the operation succeeds, then the configuration of the datacenter matches the specification exactly; in this case any unset portions of the specification will result in unset or default portions of the configuration.

Return Value

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

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.

Events

Type
None