ServerInventoryItem Data Type

A base class for all server inventory items. Contains properties that are common to all of these items.

Namespace
(Default)
Abstract Type
Subtypes
Network, Region, Cluster, ComputeResource, Datacenter, Datastore, DatastoreBacking, DatastoreCluster, Folder, LoadBalancer, ManagementServer, ResourcePool, RuntimeServer, Stack, UnknownServerInventoryItem, VirtualApp, VirtualMachine
Properties
name data type type namespace min/max occurs description
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

This data type is abstract. The example below may be incomplete. More accurate examples can be found in subtypes pages.
<ServerInventoryItem>
  <reference xsitype="...">
    <displayName>...</displayName>
    <type>...</type>
    <id>...</id>
  </reference>
  <managementServer xsitype="...">
    <displayName>...</displayName>
    <type>...</type>
    <id>...</id>
  </managementServer>
  <connected>...</connected>
  <remoteId>...</remoteId>
  <name>...</name>
  <operationalParent xsitype="...">
    <displayName>...</displayName>
    <type>...</type>
    <id>...</id>
  </operationalParent>
  <deployedParent xsitype="...">
    <displayName>...</displayName>
    <type>...</type>
    <id>...</id>
  </deployedParent>
  <repositoryParent xsitype="...">
    <displayName>...</displayName>
    <type>...</type>
    <id>...</id>
  </repositoryParent>
  <datastoreParent xsitype="...">
    <displayName>...</displayName>
    <type>...</type>
    <id>...</id>
  </datastoreParent>
  <attributes>
    <id>...</id>
    <attribute>
      <name>...</name>
      <description>...</description>
      <targetManagedObjectTypes>...</targetManagedObjectTypes>
      <allowedValues/>
      <portalEditable>...</portalEditable>
      <enumerated>...</enumerated>
      <costItems/>
      <regularExpression>...</regularExpression>
      <validationMessage>...</validationMessage>
      <subList>...</subList>
      <parentId>...</parentId>
      <parentName>...</parentName>
    </attribute>
    <value>...</value>
  </attributes>
  <expiryGroup>
    <name>...</name>
    <description>...</description>
    <targetManagedObjectTypes>...</targetManagedObjectTypes>
    <allowedValues>
      <id>...</id>
      <name>...</name>
      <parentAttributeEnumId>...</parentAttributeEnumId>
      <parentAttributeEnumValue>...</parentAttributeEnumValue>
    </allowedValues>
    <portalEditable>...</portalEditable>
    <enumerated>...</enumerated>
    <costItems>
      <name>...</name>
      <cost>...</cost>
      <costFormula>...</costFormula>
    </costItems>
    <regularExpression>...</regularExpression>
    <validationMessage>...</validationMessage>
    <subList>...</subList>
    <parentId>...</parentId>
    <parentName>...</parentName>
  </expiryGroup>
  <groups>
    <groupType>...</groupType>
    <permanent>...</permanent>
    <name>...</name>
    <description>...</description>
    <targetManagedObjectTypes>...</targetManagedObjectTypes>
    <allowedValues/>
    <portalEditable>...</portalEditable>
    <enumerated>...</enumerated>
    <costItems/>
    <regularExpression>...</regularExpression>
    <validationMessage>...</validationMessage>
    <subList>...</subList>
    <parentId>...</parentId>
    <parentName>...</parentName>
  </groups>
  <managementServerType>...</managementServerType>
  <displayName>...</displayName>
  <type>...</type>
  <id>...</id>
</ServerInventoryItem>