DatastoreBacking Data Type

Represents a storage location for virtual machine files. A storage location can be a VMFS volume, a directory on Network Attached Storage, or a local file system path.

Derived from WSDataStore, using the url as the unique key.

This is a V-Commander scoped view of a Datastore, as opposed to the Datacenter-scoped view provided by WSDataStore.

Namespace
(Default)
Available Since
3.1
Properties
name data type type namespace min/max occurs description
accessible string element 0/1 Whether this datastore backing object is currently accessible.
capacity long element 1/1 The capacity of this datastore backing object, in bytes.
datastores list of ManagedObjectReference element 0/unbounded The datastores referencing this backing object.
freeSpace long element 1/1 The free space on this datastore backing object, in bytes.
inInventoryFileSize long element 1/1 The total size of files in the server inventory, in bytes.
lastScanTime long element 1/1 The last time (number of milliseconds since midnight, January 1, 1970 UTC) this datastore backing object was scanned.
otherFileCount int element 1/1 The number of files on this datastore backing object that are not associated with virtual machines.
outOfInventoryFileSize long element 1/1 The total size of all files that are not in the server inventory, in bytes.
storeType DataStoreType element 0/1 The type of datastore backing object; VMFS, NFS, and others.
url string element 0/1 The URL of this storage.
Properties inherited from ServerInventoryItem
attributes list of AppliedAttribute element 0/unbounded A collection of all the custom attributes that have been applied to this server inventory item, along with the applied values.
connected boolean element 1/1 Whether the server inventory item or its appropriate container is connected.
datastoreParent ManagedObjectReference element 0/1 A reference to the parent of the server inventory item in the Datastore view. Not all server inventory items appear in this view. If this value is null, then the object is at the root of the tree provided it can appear in the tree.
deployedParent ManagedObjectReference element 0/1 A reference to the parent of the server inventory item in the Deployed view. Not all server inventory items appear in this view. If this value is null, then the object is at the root of the tree provided it can appear in the tree.
expiryGroup Attribute element 0/1 The expiry group for this server inventory item. This is only applicable for virtual machines and repository images.
groups list of Group element 0/unbounded Gets the groups.
managementServer ManagedObjectReference element 0/1 A reference to the management server that owns this server inventory item.
managementServerType ManagementServerType element 0/1 Gets the management server type.
name string element 0/1 The display name of the server inventory item.
operationalParent ManagedObjectReference element 0/1 A reference to the parent of the server inventory item in the Operational view. Not all server inventory items appear in this view. If this value is null, then the object is at the root of the tree provided it can appear in the tree.
reference ManagedObjectReference element 0/1 A reference to this server inventory item that can be used to uniquely identify the object in a lightweight manner.
remoteId string element 0/1 The remote id of the server inventory item.
repositoryParent ManagedObjectReference element 0/1 A reference to the parent of the server inventory item in the Repository view. Not all server inventory items appear in this view. If this value is null, then the object is at the root of the tree provided it can appear in the tree.
Properties inherited from ManagedObjectReference
displayName string element 0/1 Gets the display name.
id long element 1/1 The unique id of the managed object this refers to.
type ManagedObjectType element 0/1 The type of managed object this refers to.
Properties inherited from supportTemplating
xsitype string attribute 0/1  

Example

<DatastoreBacking>
  <capacity>...</capacity>
  <datastores xsitype="...">
    <displayName>...</displayName>
    <type>...</type>
    <id>...</id>
  </datastores>
  <freeSpace>...</freeSpace>
  <inInventoryFileSize>...</inInventoryFileSize>
  <accessible>...</accessible>
  <lastScanTime>...</lastScanTime>
  <outOfInventoryFileSize>...</outOfInventoryFileSize>
  <storeType>...</storeType>
  <url>...</url>
  <otherFileCount>...</otherFileCount>
  <reference>
    <displayName>...</displayName>
    <type>...</type>
    <id>...</id>
  </reference>
  <managementServer>
    <displayName>...</displayName>
    <type>...</type>
    <id>...</id>
  </managementServer>
  <connected>...</connected>
  <remoteId>...</remoteId>
  <name>...</name>
  <operationalParent>
    <displayName>...</displayName>
    <type>...</type>
    <id>...</id>
  </operationalParent>
  <deployedParent>
    <displayName>...</displayName>
    <type>...</type>
    <id>...</id>
  </deployedParent>
  <repositoryParent>
    <displayName>...</displayName>
    <type>...</type>
    <id>...</id>
  </repositoryParent>
  <datastoreParent>
    <displayName>...</displayName>
    <type>...</type>
    <id>...</id>
  </datastoreParent>
  <attributes>
    <id>...</id>
    <attribute/>
    <value>...</value>
  </attributes>
  <expiryGroup>
    <name>...</name>
    <description>...</description>
    <targetManagedObjectTypes>...</targetManagedObjectTypes>
    <allowedValues/>
    <portalEditable>...</portalEditable>
    <enumerated>...</enumerated>
    <costItems/>
    <regularExpression>...</regularExpression>
    <validationMessage>...</validationMessage>
    <subList>...</subList>
    <parentId>...</parentId>
    <parentName>...</parentName>
  </expiryGroup>
  <groups>
    <groupType>...</groupType>
    <permanent>...</permanent>
  </groups>
  <managementServerType>...</managementServerType>
</DatastoreBacking>