Data Object Description

Properties

Name	Type	Description
deltaDiskFormat	ChoiceOption	Deprecated. As of vSphere API 5.1, please use deltaDiskFormatsSupported. Delta disk formats supported. Valid values are: redoLogFormat nativeFormat *Since* vSphere API 5.0
deltaDiskFormatsSupported	VirtualDiskDeltaDiskFormatsSupported[]	Delta disk formats supported for each datastore type. *Since* vSphere API 5.1
diskMode	ChoiceOption	The disk mode. Valid disk modes are: persistent independent_persistent independent_nonpersistent See VirtualDiskMode
eagerlyScrub	BoolOption	Flag to indicate if this backing supports eager scrubbing. *Since* vSphere API 4.0
growable	xsd:boolean	Indicates whether or not this disk backing can be extended to larger sizes through a reconfigure operation. If set to true, reconfiguring this virtual disk with a capacityInKB value greater than its current value will grow the disk to the newly specified size.
hotGrowable	xsd:boolean	Indicates whether or not this disk backing can be extended to larger sizes through a reconfigure operation while the virtual machine is powered on. If set to true, reconfiguring this virtual disk with a capacityInKB value greater than its current value will grow the disk to the newly specified size while the virtual machine is powered on. *Since* VI API 2.5
split	BoolOption	Flag to indicate whether or not the host supports allowing the client to select whether or not a disk should be split.
thinProvisioned	BoolOption	Flag to indicate if this backing supports thin-provisioned disks. When creating a thin-provisioned disk (or converting an existing disk to to a thin-provisioned one), both the target datastore and the host accessing it must support thin-provisioning. This flag indicates only the host capability. See perFileThinProvisioningSupported for datastore capability. *Since* vSphere API 4.0
uuid	xsd:boolean	Flag to indicate whether this backing supports disk UUID property. *Since* VI API 2.5
writeThrough	BoolOption	Flag to indicate whether or not the host supports allowing the client to select "writethrough" as a mode for virtual disks. Typically, this is available only for VMware Server Linux hosts.
Properties inherited from VirtualDeviceFileBackingOption
fileNameExtensions
Properties inherited from VirtualDeviceBackingOption
type
Properties inherited from DynamicData
dynamicProperty, dynamicType

Name

Type

Description

deltaDiskFormat

ChoiceOption

Deprecated. As of vSphere API 5.1, please use deltaDiskFormatsSupported.

Delta disk formats supported. Valid values are:

Since vSphere API 5.0

deltaDiskFormatsSupported

VirtualDiskDeltaDiskFormatsSupported[]

Delta disk formats supported for each datastore type.

Since vSphere API 5.1

diskMode

ChoiceOption

The disk mode. Valid disk modes are:

See VirtualDiskMode

eagerlyScrub

BoolOption

Flag to indicate if this backing supports eager scrubbing.

Since vSphere API 4.0

growable

xsd:boolean

Indicates whether or not this disk backing can be extended to larger sizes through a reconfigure operation.

If set to true, reconfiguring this virtual disk with a capacityInKB value greater than its current value will grow the disk to the newly specified size.

hotGrowable

xsd:boolean

Indicates whether or not this disk backing can be extended to larger sizes through a reconfigure operation while the virtual machine is powered on.

If set to true, reconfiguring this virtual disk with a capacityInKB value greater than its current value will grow the disk to the newly specified size while the virtual machine is powered on.

Since VI API 2.5

split

BoolOption

Flag to indicate whether or not the host supports allowing the client to select whether or not a disk should be split.

thinProvisioned

BoolOption

Flag to indicate if this backing supports thin-provisioned disks.

When creating a thin-provisioned disk (or converting an existing disk to to a thin-provisioned one), both the target datastore and the host accessing it must support thin-provisioning. This flag indicates only the host capability. See perFileThinProvisioningSupported for datastore capability.

Since vSphere API 4.0

uuid

xsd:boolean

Flag to indicate whether this backing supports disk UUID property.

Since VI API 2.5

writeThrough

BoolOption

Flag to indicate whether or not the host supports allowing the client to select "writethrough" as a mode for virtual disks. Typically, this is available only for VMware Server Linux hosts.

Properties inherited from VirtualDeviceFileBackingOption

fileNameExtensions

Properties inherited from VirtualDeviceBackingOption

type

Properties inherited from DynamicData

dynamicProperty, dynamicType

Show WSDL type definition

         <complexType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="VirtualDiskFlatVer2BackingOption">
            <complexContent>
               <extension base="vim25:VirtualDeviceFileBackingOption">
                  <sequence>
                     <element name="diskMode" type="vim25:ChoiceOption"/>
                     <element name="split" type="vim25:BoolOption"/>
                     <element name="writeThrough" type="vim25:BoolOption"/>
                     <element name="growable" type="xsd:boolean"/>
                     <element name="hotGrowable" type="xsd:boolean"/>
                     <element name="uuid" type="xsd:boolean"/>
                     <element name="thinProvisioned" type="vim25:BoolOption" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="eagerlyScrub" type="vim25:BoolOption" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="deltaDiskFormat" type="vim25:ChoiceOption" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="deltaDiskFormatsSupported" type="vim25:VirtualDiskDeltaDiskFormatsSupported" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
                  </sequence>
               </extension>
            </complexContent>
         </complexType>

Data Object - VirtualDiskFlatVer2BackingOption

Data Object Description