Managed Object - ResourcePool

Property of: ClusterInitialPlacementAction, ComputeResource, OvfResourceMap, ResourcePool, ResourcePoolEventArgument, StoragePlacementSpec, VAppCloneSpecResourceMap, VirtualMachine, VirtualMachineImportSpec, VirtualMachineRelocateSpec
Parameter to: AddHost_Task, CheckCompatibility_Task, CheckMigrate_Task, CloneVApp_Task, CreateImportSpec, CreateVM_Task, MarkAsVirtualMachine, MigrateVM_Task, MoveHostInto_Task, RecommendHostsForVm, RegisterVM_Task, ValidateMigration
Returned by: CreateResourcePool
Extended by: VirtualApp
Extends: ManagedEntity
See also: ComputeResource, Folder, HostSystem, HttpNfcLease, ImportSpec, ManagedEntity, ResourceConfigOption, ResourceConfigSpec, ResourcePoolRuntimeInfo, ResourcePoolSummary, VAppConfigSpec, VirtualApp, VirtualMachine, VirtualMachineConfigSpec

Managed Object Description

Represents a set of physical resources: a single host, a subset of a host's resources, or resources spanning multiple hosts. Resource pools can be subdivided by creating child resource pools. In order to run, a virtual machine must be associated as a child of a resource pool.

In a parent/child hierarchy of resource pools and virtual machines, the single resource pool that has no parent pool is known as the root resource pool.

Configuration

A resource pool is configured with a set of CPU (in MHz) and memory (in MB) resources. These resources are specified in absolute terms with a resource reservation and a resource limit, along with a shares setting. The shares are used during resource contention, to ensure graceful degradation.

For the root resource pool, the values of the reservation and the limit are set by the system and are not configurable. The reservation and limit are set to the same value, indicating the total amount of resources the system has available to run virtual machines. This is computed as the aggregated CPU and memory resources provided by the set of current available hosts in the parent compute resource minus the overhead of the virtualization layer.

Since the resource pool configuration is absolute (in MHz or MB), the configuration can become invalid when resources are removed. This can happen if a host is removed from the cluster, if a host becomes unavailable, or if a host is placed in maintenance mode. When this happens, the system flags misconfigured resource pools and displays the reservations and limits that are in effect. Further, in a DRS enabled cluster, the tree can be misconfigured if the user bypasses VirtualCenter and powers on VMs directly on the host.

A General Discussion of Resource pool states and admission control There are three states that the resource pool tree can be in: undercommited (green), overcommited (yellow), and inconsistent (red). Depending on the state, different resource pool configuration policies are enforced. The states are described in more detail below:

GREEN (aka undercommitted): We have a tree that is in a good state. Every node has a reservation greater than the sum of the reservations for its children. We have enough capacity at the root to satisfy all the resources reserved by the children. All operations performed on the tree, such as powering on virtual machines, creating new resource pools, or reconfiguring resource settings, will ensure that the above constraints are maintained.
RED (aka. inconsistent): One or more nodes in the tree has children whose reservations are greater than the node is configured to support. For example, i) a resource pool with a fixed reservation has a running virtual machine with a reservation that is higher than the reservation on resource pool itself., or ii) the child reservations are greater than the limit.
In this state, the DRS algorithm is disabled until the resource pool tree's configuration has been brought back into a consistent state. We also restrict the resources that such invalid nodes request from their parents to the configured reservation/limit, in an attempt to isolate the problem to a small subtree. For the rest of the tree, we determine whether the cluster is undercommitted or overcommitted according to the existing rules and perform admission control accordingly.
Note that since all changes to the resource settings are validated on the VirtualCenter server, the system cannot be brought into this state by simply manipulating a cluster resource pool tree through VirtualCenter. It can only happen if a virtual machine gets powered on directly on a host that is part of a DRS cluster.
YELLOW (aka overcommitted): In this state, the tree is consistent internally, but the root resource pool does not have the capacity at to meet the reservation of its children. We can only go from GREEN -> YELLOW if we lose resources at the root. For example, hosts becomes unavailable or is put into maintenance mode. Note that we will always have enough capacity at the root to run all currently powered on VMs. However, we may not be able to satisfy all resource pool reservations in the tree. In this state, the reservation configured for a resource pool is no longer guaranteed, but the limits are still enforced. This provides additional flexibility for bringing the tree back into a consistent state, without risking bringing the tree into a RED state. In more detail:
- Resource Pool The root is considered to have unlimited capacity. You can reserve resources without any check except the requirement that the tree remains consistent. This means that nodes whose parents are all configured with expandable reservations and no limit will have unlimited available resources. However, if there is an ancestor with a fixed reservation or an expandable reservation with a limit somewhere, then the node will be limited by the reservation/limit of the ancestor.
- Virtual Machine Virtual machines are limited by ancestors with a fixed reservation and the capacity at the root.

Destroying a ResourcePool

When a ResourcePool is destroyed, all the virtual machines are reassigned to its parent pool. The root resource pool cannot be destroyed, and invoking destroy on it will throw an InvalidType fault.

Any vApps in the ResourcePool will be moved to the ResourcePool's parent before the pool is destroyed.

The Resource.DeletePool privilege must be held on the pool as well as the parent of the resource pool. Also, the Resource.AssignVMToPool privilege must be held on the resource pool's parent pool and any virtual machines that are reassigned.

Properties

Name	Type	Description
childConfiguration*	ResourceConfigSpec[]	The resource configuration of all direct children (VirtualMachine and ResourcePool) of this resource group.
config	ResourceConfigSpec	Configuration of this resource pool.
owner P	ManagedObjectReference to a ComputeResource	The ComputeResource to which this set of one or more nested resource pools belong.
resourcePool* P	ManagedObjectReference[] to a ResourcePool[]	The set of child resource pools.
runtime	ResourcePoolRuntimeInfo	Runtime information about a resource pool. The ResourcePoolResourceUsage information within ResourcePoolRuntimeInfo can be transiently stale. Use RefreshRuntime method to update the information. In releases after vSphere API 5.0, vSphere Servers might not generate property collector update notifications for this property. To obtain the latest value of the property, you can use PropertyCollector methods RetrievePropertiesEx or WaitForUpdatesEx. If you use the PropertyCollector.WaitForUpdatesEx method, specify an empty string for the version parameter. Any other version value will not produce any property values as no updates are generated.
summary	ResourcePoolSummary	Basic information about a resource pool. In releases after vSphere API 5.0, vSphere Servers might not generate property collector update notifications for this property. To obtain the latest value of the property, you can use PropertyCollector methods RetrievePropertiesEx or WaitForUpdatesEx. If you use the PropertyCollector.WaitForUpdatesEx method, specify an empty string for the version parameter. Any other version value will not produce any property values as no updates are generated.
vm* P	ManagedObjectReference[] to a VirtualMachine[]	The set of virtual machines associated with this resource pool.
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
CreateChildVM_Task, CreateResourcePool, CreateVApp, DestroyChildren, ImportVApp, MoveIntoResourcePool, QueryResourceConfigOption, RefreshRuntime, RegisterChildVM_Task, UpdateChildResourceConfiguration, UpdateConfig
Methods inherited from ManagedEntity
Destroy_Task, Reload, Rename_Task
Methods inherited from ExtensibleManagedObject
setCustomValue

CreateChildVM_Task

Creates a new virtual machine in a vApp container.

This method supports creating a virtual machine directly in a vApp. A virtual machine in a vApp is not associated with a VM folder and therefore cannot be created using the method on a Folder.

This method can only be called directly on a vApp or on a resource pool that is a child of a vApp.

The privilege VirtualMachine.Inventory.Create is required on this entity. Further, if this is a resource pool, the privilege Resource.AssignVMToPool is required. If this is a vApp, the privilege VApp.AssignVM is required.

Depending on the properties of the virtual machine bring created, additional privileges may be required. See CreateVM_Task for a description of these privileges.

Required Privileges: VirtualMachine.Inventory.Create
Since: vSphere API 4.0

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the ResourcePool used to make the method call.
config	VirtualMachineConfigSpec	The configuration of the virtual machine hardware.
host*	ManagedObjectReference to a HostSystem	The target host on which the virtual machine will run. This must specify a host that is a member of the ComputeResource indirectly specified by the pool. For a stand-alone host or a cluster with DRS, host can be omitted, and the system selects a default.

*Need not be set

Return Value

Type	Description
ManagedObjectReference to a Task	This method returns a Task object with which to monitor the operation. The info.result property in the Task contains the newly created VirtualMachine upon success.

Faults

Type	Description
FileAlreadyExists	Thrown if the requested cfgPath for the virtual machine's configuration file already exists.
FileFault	Thrown if there is a problem creating the virtual machine on disk. Typically, a more specific subclass, such as NoDiskSpace, will be thrown.
InsufficientResourcesFault	Thrown if this operation would violate a resource usage policy.
InvalidDatastore	Thrown if the operation cannot be performed on the target datastores.
InvalidName	Thrown if the name is not a valid entity name.
NotSupported	Thrown if this resource pool is not a vApp or is a child of a vApp.
OutOfBounds	Thrown if Host.capability.maxSupportedVMs is exceeded.
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.
VmConfigFault	Thrown if the configSpec has incorrect values. Typically, a more specific subclass is thrown.
VmWwnConflict	Thrown if the WWN of the virtual machine has been used by other virtual machines.

Events

Type
None

CreateResourcePool

Creates a new resource pool.

In the ResourceConfigSpec, all values in ResourceAllocationInfo must be supplied; they are not optional.

Any % (percent) character used in this name parameter must be escaped, unless it is used to start an escape sequence. Clients may also escape any other characters in this name parameter.

Required Privileges: Resource.CreatePool

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the ResourcePool used to make the method call.
name	xsd:string
spec	ResourceConfigSpec

Return Value

Type	Description
ManagedObjectReference to a ResourcePool

Faults

Type	Description
DuplicateName	Thrown if this pool already contains an object with the given name.
InsufficientResourcesFault	Thrown if the operation would violate a resource usage policy. Typically, a more specific subclass, such as InsufficientCpuResourcesFault will be thrown.
InvalidArgument	Thrown if the pool specification is invalid.
InvalidName	Thrown if the name is not a valid entity name.
NotSupported	Thrown if the ComputeResource does not support nested resource pools.
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="CreateResourcePool" type="vim25:CreateResourcePoolRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="CreateResourcePoolResponse">
            <complexType>
               <sequence>
                  <element name="returnval" type="vim25:ManagedObjectReference"/>
               </sequence>
            </complexType>
         </element>

CreateVApp

Creates a new vApp container.

Any % (percent) character used in this name parameter must be escaped, unless it is used to start an escape sequence. Clients may also escape any other characters in this name parameter.

Required Privileges: VApp.Create
Since: vSphere API 4.0

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the ResourcePool used to make the method call.
name	xsd:string	The name of the vApp container in the inventory
resSpec	ResourceConfigSpec	The resource configuration for the vApp container (same as for a regular resource pool).
configSpec	VAppConfigSpec	The specification of the vApp specific meta-data.
vmFolder*	ManagedObjectReference to a Folder	The parent folder for the vApp. This must be null if this is a child vApp.

*Need not be set

Return Value

Type	Description
ManagedObjectReference to a VirtualApp	The created vApp object.

Faults

Type	Description
DuplicateName	Thrown if this pool already contains an object with the given name.
InsufficientResourcesFault	Thrown if the operation would violate a resource usage policy. Typically, a more specific subclass, such as InsufficientCpuResourcesFault will be thrown.
InvalidArgument	Thrown if the pool specification is invalid.
InvalidName	Thrown if the name is not a valid entity name.
InvalidState	Thrown if the resource pool does not support the operation in its current state. This will typically be a subclass such as NoActiveHostInCluster.
NotSupported	Thrown if the ComputeResource does not support nested resource pools.
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.
VmConfigFault	or a more specific subclass, if errors are found in the supplied in VApp configuration.

Events

Type
None

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="CreateVApp" type="vim25:CreateVAppRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="CreateVAppResponse">
            <complexType>
               <sequence>
                  <element name="returnval" type="vim25:ManagedObjectReference"/>
               </sequence>
            </complexType>
         </element>

DestroyChildren

Removes all child resource pools recursively. All virtual machines and vApps associated with the child resource pools get associated with this resource pool.

Note that resource pools contained in child vApps are not affected.

The privilege checks performed are the following.

Resource.DeletePool privilege must be held on this object and each of it's immediate children to be destroyed.
If VMs are being moved, the privilege Resource.AssignVMToPool must be held on this resource pool as well as on any virtual machines being moved.
If vApps are being moved, the privilege Resource.AssignVAppToPool must be held on this resource pool as well as on any vApps being moved.

Required Privileges: Dynamic - See discussion above

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the ResourcePool 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.

Events

Type
None

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="DestroyChildren" type="vim25:DestroyChildrenRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="DestroyChildrenResponse">
            <complexType/>
         </element>

ImportVApp

Creates a new entity in this resource pool. The import process consists of two steps:

Create the VMs and/or vApps that make up the entity.
Upload virtual disk contents.

In step 1, the client must wait for the server to create all inventory objects. It does that by monitoring the state property on the HttpNfcLease object returned from this call. When the server is done creating objects, the lease will change to the ready state, and step 2 begins. If an error occurs while the server is creating inventory objects, the lease will change to the error state, and the import process is aborted.

In step 2, the client uploads disk contents using the URLs provided in the info property of the lease. The client must call HttpNfcLeaseProgress on the lease periodically to keep the lease alive and report progress to the server. Failure to do so will cause the lease to time out, and the import process will be aborted.

When the client is done uploading disks, it completes the lease by calling HttpNfcLeaseComplete. The client can also abort the import process by calling HttpNfcLeaseAbort.

If the import process fails, is aborted, or times out, all created inventory objects are removed, including all virtual disks.

This operation only works if the folder's childType includes VirtualMachine.

Depending on the properties of the virtual machine bring imported, additional privileges may be required. See CreateVM_Task for a description of these privileges.

Required Privileges: VApp.Import
Since: vSphere API 4.0

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the ResourcePool used to make the method call.
spec	ImportSpec	An ImportSpec describing what to import.
folder* P	ManagedObjectReference to a Folder	The folder to which the entity will be attached.
host*	ManagedObjectReference to a HostSystem	The target host on which the entity will run. This must specify a host that is a member of the ComputeResource indirectly specified by the pool. For a stand-alone host or a cluster with DRS, host can be omitted, and the system selects a default.

*Need not be set P Required privilege: VApp.Import

Return Value

Type	Description
ManagedObjectReference to a HttpNfcLease	A HttpNfcLease object which is used to drive the import session.

Faults

Type	Description
DuplicateName	Thrown if another virtual machine in the same folder already has the specified target name.
FileAlreadyExists	Thrown if the requested cfgPath for the virtual machine's configuration file already exists.
FileFault	Thrown if there is a problem creating the virtual machine on disk. Typically, a more specific subclass, such as NoDiskSpace, will be thrown.
InsufficientResourcesFault	Thrown if this operation would violate a resource usage policy.
InvalidDatastore	Thrown if the operation cannot be performed on the target datastores.
InvalidName	Thrown if the name is not a valid entity name.
NotSupported	Thrown if the virtual machine is being created within a folder whose childType property is not set to "VirtualMachine", a vApp is being imported into a resource pool that does not support nested resource pools, or a virtual machine is being imported into a resource pool and no folder is given.
OutOfBounds	Thrown if Host.capability.maxSupportedVMs is exceeded.
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.
VmConfigFault	Thrown if a VM configSpec has incorrect values. Typically, a more specific subclass is thrown.
VmWwnConflict	Thrown if the WWN of the virtual machine has been used by other virtual machines.

Events

Type
None

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="ImportVApp" type="vim25:ImportVAppRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="ImportVAppResponse">
            <complexType>
               <sequence>
                  <element name="returnval" type="vim25:ManagedObjectReference"/>
               </sequence>
            </complexType>
         </element>

MoveIntoResourcePool

Moves a set of resource pools, vApps or virtual machines into this pool. The pools, vApps and virtual machines must be part of the cluster or standalone host that contains this pool.

For each entity being moved, the move is subject to the following privilege checks:

If the object being moved is a ResourcePool, then Resource.MovePool must be held on the pool being moved and it's former parent pool or vApp. If the target is a vApp, the privilege VApp.AssignResourcePool must be held on it. If the target is a ResourcePool, Resource.MovePool must be held on it.
If the object being moved is a VirtualApp, VApp.Move must be held on the vApp being moved and it's former parent pool or vApp. If the target entity is a resource pool, Resource.AssignVAppToPool must be held on the target. If the target is a vApp, the privilege VApp.AssignVApp must be held on the target vApp.
If the object being moved is a VirtualMachine, then if the target is a ResourcePool, Resource.AssignVMToPool is required on the VirtualMachine and the target pool. If the target is a vApp, VApp.AssignVM is required on both the VirtualMachine and the target pool.

This operation is typically used by clients when they implement a drag-and-drop interface to move a set of objects into a folder.

This operation is only transactional with respect to each individual entity. The set of entities is moved sequentially, as specified in the list, and committed one at a time. If a failure is detected, then the method terminates with an exception.

The root resource pool cannot be moved.

Required Privileges: Dynamic - See discussion above

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the ResourcePool used to make the method call.
list	ManagedObjectReference[] to a ManagedEntity[]	A list of ResourcePool and VirtualMachine objects.

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
DuplicateName	Thrown if this pool already contains an object with the given name.
InsufficientResourcesFault	Thrown if the move would violate the resource usage policy. Typically, a more specific subclass, such as InsufficientMemoryResourcesFault.
InvalidArgument	Thrown if an ancestor of this pool is in the list.
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="MoveIntoResourcePool" type="vim25:MoveIntoResourcePoolRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="MoveIntoResourcePoolResponse">
            <complexType/>
         </element>

QueryResourceConfigOption

Get a value range and default values for ResourceConfigSpec.

Required Privileges: Resource.EditPool
Since: vSphere API 4.1

Parameters

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

Return Value

Type	Description
ResourceConfigOption	ResourceConfigOption object.

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="QueryResourceConfigOption" type="vim25:QueryResourceConfigOptionRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="QueryResourceConfigOptionResponse">
            <complexType>
               <sequence>
                  <element name="returnval" type="vim25:ResourceConfigOption"/>
               </sequence>
            </complexType>
         </element>

RefreshRuntime

Refreshes the resource usage data that is available in ResourcePoolRuntimeInfo. The latest runtime resource usage of this resource pool may not be available immediately after operations that alter resource usage, such as powering on a virtual machine. Invoke this method when resource usage may have recently changed, and the most up-to-date value in the ResourcePoolRuntimeInfo is needed.

Required Privileges: System.View
Since: vSphere API 4.1

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the ResourcePool 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.

Events

Type
None

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="RefreshRuntime" type="vim25:RefreshRuntimeRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="RefreshRuntimeResponse">
            <complexType/>
         </element>

RegisterChildVM_Task

Adds an existing virtual machine to this resource pool or vApp.

This operation only works for vApps or resource pools that are children of vApps. To register a VM in a folder, see RegisterVM_Task.

Any % (percent) character used in this name parameter must be escaped, unless it is used to start an escape sequence. Clients may also escape any other characters in this name parameter. In addition to the VirtualMachine.Inventory.Register privilege, it requires System.Read privilege on the datastore that the existing virtual machine resides on.

Required Privileges: VirtualMachine.Inventory.Register
Since: vSphere API 4.0

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the ResourcePool used to make the method call.
path	xsd:string	A datastore path to the virtual machine. If the path ends with ".vmtx", indicating that it refers to a VM template, an InvalidArgument fault is thrown.
name*	xsd:string	The name to be assigned to the virtual machine. If this parameter is not set, the displayName configuration parameter of the virtual machine is used. An entity name must be a non-empty string of less than 80 characters. The slash (/), backslash (\) and percent (%) will be escaped using the URL syntax. For example, %2F.
host*	ManagedObjectReference to a HostSystem	The target host on which the virtual machine will run. This parameter must specify a host that is a member of the ComputeResource to which this resource pool belongs. For a stand-alone host or a cluster with DRS, the parameter can be omitted, and the system selects a default.

*Need not be set

Return Value

Type	Description
ManagedObjectReference to a Task	This method returns a Task object with which to monitor the operation. The info.result property in the Task contains the newly registered VirtualMachine upon success.

Faults

Type	Description
AlreadyExists	Thrown if the virtual machine is already registered.
FileFault	Thrown if there is an error accessing the files on disk.
InsufficientResourcesFault	Thrown if this operation would violate a resource usage policy.
InvalidArgument	Thrown if any of the arguments are invalid and a more specific fault type does not apply.
InvalidDatastore	Thrown if the operation cannot be performed on the target datastores.
InvalidName	Thrown if the entity name is invalid.
NotFound	Thrown if the configuration file is not found on the system.
NotSupported	Thrown if the operation is not supported. For example, if the operation is invoked on a resource pool that is unrelated to a vApp.
OutOfBounds	Thrown if the maximum number of VMs has been exceeded.
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.
VmConfigFault	Thrown if the format / configuration of the virtual machine is invalid. Typically, a more specific fault is thrown such as InvalidFormat if the configuration file cannot be read, or InvalidDiskFormat if the disks cannot be read.

Events

Type
None

UpdateChildResourceConfiguration

Changes resource configuration of a set of children of this resource pool. The method allows bulk modifications of the set of the direct children (virtual machines and resource pools).

Bulk modifications are not transactional. Each modification is made individually. If a failure is encountered while applying the changes, then the processing stops, meaning at least one and as many as all of the changes are not applied.

A set can include a subset of the resources. Children that are not mentioned in the list are not changed.

For each ResourceConfigSpec, the following privilege checks apply:

If the ResourceConfigSpec refers to a child resource pool or a child vApp, the privileges required are the same as would be required for calling UpdateConfig on that entity.
If the ResourceConfigSpec refers to a virtual machine, VirtualMachine.Config.Resource must be held on the virtual machine.

Required Privileges: Dynamic - See discussion above

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the ResourcePool used to make the method call.
spec	ResourceConfigSpec[]

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
InsufficientResourcesFault	Thrown if the operation would violate a resource usage policy. Typically, a more specific subclass, such as InsufficientMemoryResourcesFault will be thrown.
InvalidArgument	Thrown if a managed entity that is not a child of this group is included.
InvalidState
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="UpdateChildResourceConfiguration" type="vim25:UpdateChildResourceConfigurationRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="UpdateChildResourceConfigurationResponse">
            <complexType/>
         </element>

UpdateConfig

Updates the configuration of the resource pool.

Any % (percent) character used in this name parameter must be escaped, unless it is used to start an escape sequence. Clients may also escape any other characters in this name parameter.

The privilege checks for this operation are as follows:

If this is a resource pool, the privilege Resource.EditPool is required on this and on the parent pool or vApp.
If this is a vApp, the privilege VApp.ResourceConfig is required on this and on the parent pool or vApp.

Required Privileges: Dynamic - See discussion above

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the ResourcePool used to make the method call.
name*	xsd:string	If set, then the new name of the resource pool.
config*	ResourceConfigSpec	If set, then the new resource allocation for this resource pool.

*Need not be set

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
ConcurrentAccess	Thrown if the changeVersion does not match the server's changeVersion for the configuration.
DuplicateName	Thrown if the name is changed to an already existing name.
InsufficientResourcesFault	Thrown if the pool specification cannot be supported by the parent resource pool or vApp.
InvalidArgument	Thrown if the parameters are out of range, or if the reservationLimit field is set.
InvalidName	Thrown if the name is not a valid entity name.
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="UpdateConfig" type="vim25:UpdateConfigRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="UpdateConfigResponse">
            <complexType/>
         </element>