Data Object - HostScsiDisk

Property of: HostDiagnosticPartitionCreateOption, VirtualMachineScsiDiskDeviceInfo
Returned by: QueryAvailableDisksForVmfs
Extends: ScsiLun
See also: HostDiskDimensionsLba

Data Object Description

This data object type describes a SCSI disk. A SCSI disk contains a partition table which can be changed. To change a SCSI disk, use the device name and the partition specification.
See RetrieveDiskPartitionInfo
See UpdateDiskPartitions

Properties

Name	Type	Description
capacity	HostDiskDimensionsLba	The size of SCSI disk using the Logical Block Addressing scheme.
devicePath	xsd:string	The device path of the ScsiDisk. This device path is a file path that can be opened to create partitions on the disk. See RetrieveDiskPartitionInfo See UpdateDiskPartitions
ssd*	xsd:boolean	Indicates whether the ScsiDisk is SSD backed. If unset, the information whether the ScsiDisk is SSD backed is unknown. *Since* vSphere API 5.0
Properties inherited from ScsiLun
alternateName, canonicalName, capabilities, descriptor, displayName, durableName, key, lunType, model, operationalState, queueDepth, revision, scsiLevel, serialNumber, standardInquiry, uuid, vendor, vStorageSupport
Properties inherited from HostDevice
deviceName, deviceType
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="HostScsiDisk">
            <complexContent>
               <extension base="vim25:ScsiLun">
                  <sequence>
                     <element name="capacity" type="vim25:HostDiskDimensionsLba"/>
                     <element name="devicePath" type="xsd:string"/>
                     <element name="ssd" type="xsd:boolean" minOccurs="0"/>
                  </sequence>
               </extension>
            </complexContent>
         </complexType>