Data Object Description

Properties

Name	Type	Description
description*	xsd:string	The contents of the Annontation section of the top-level OVF Entity. If unset, any existing annotation on the entity is left unchanged.
exportOption*	xsd:string[]	An optional argument for modifing the export process. The option is used to control what extra information that will be included in the OVF descriptor. To get a list of supported keywords see ovfExportOption. Unknown options will be ignored by the server. *Since* vSphere API 5.1
includeImageFiles*	xsd:boolean	Controls whether attached image files should be included in the descriptor. This applies to image files attached to VirtualCdrom and VirtualFloppy. *Since* vSphere API 4.1
name*	xsd:string	The ovf:id to use for the top-level OVF Entity. If unset, the entity's product name is used if available. Otherwise, the VI entity name is used.
ovfFiles*	OvfFile[]	Contains information about the files of the entity, if they have already been downloaded. Needed to construct the References section of the descriptor. OvfFile is a positive list of files to include in the export. An Empty list will do no filtering.
Properties inherited from DynamicData
dynamicProperty, dynamicType

Name

Type

Description

description*

xsd:string

The contents of the Annontation section of the top-level OVF Entity. If unset, any existing annotation on the entity is left unchanged.

exportOption*

xsd:string[]

An optional argument for modifing the export process. The option is used to control what extra information that will be included in the OVF descriptor.

To get a list of supported keywords see ovfExportOption. Unknown options will be ignored by the server.

Since vSphere API 5.1

includeImageFiles*

xsd:boolean

Controls whether attached image files should be included in the descriptor. This applies to image files attached to VirtualCdrom and VirtualFloppy.

Since vSphere API 4.1

name*

xsd:string

The ovf:id to use for the top-level OVF Entity. If unset, the entity's product name is used if available. Otherwise, the VI entity name is used.

ovfFiles*

OvfFile[]

Contains information about the files of the entity, if they have already been downloaded. Needed to construct the References section of the descriptor.

OvfFile is a positive list of files to include in the export. An Empty list will do no filtering.

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="OvfCreateDescriptorParams">
            <complexContent>
               <extension base="vim25:DynamicData">
                  <sequence>
                     <element name="ovfFiles" type="vim25:OvfFile" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
                     <element name="name" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="description" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="includeImageFiles" type="xsd:boolean" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="exportOption" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
                  </sequence>
               </extension>
            </complexContent>
         </complexType>

Data Object - OvfCreateDescriptorParams

Data Object Description