Data Object Description

Properties

Name	Type	Description
blockSizeMb	xsd:int	Block size of VMFS. Determines maximum file size. The maximum number of blocks is typically fixed with each specific version of VMFS. To increase the maximum size of of a VMFS file, increase the block size. The minimum block size is 1MB.
extent	HostScsiDiskPartition[]	The list of partition names that comprise this disk's VMFS extents.
majorVersion	xsd:int	Major version number of VMFS.
maxBlocks	xsd:int	Maximum number of blocks. Determines maximum file size along with blockSize. See information about the blockSize. In VMFS2, this number is 466,944. In VMFS3, this number is 786,432.
uuid	xsd:string	The universally unique identifier assigned to VMFS.
version	xsd:string	Version string. Contains major and minor version numbers.
vmfsUpgradable	xsd:boolean	Can the filesystem be upgraded to a newer version. See UpgradeVmfs
Properties inherited from HostFileSystemVolume
capacity, name, type
Properties inherited from DynamicData
dynamicProperty, dynamicType

Name

Type

Description

blockSizeMb

xsd:int

Block size of VMFS. Determines maximum file size. The maximum number of blocks is typically fixed with each specific version of VMFS. To increase the maximum size of of a VMFS file, increase the block size.

The minimum block size is 1MB.

extent

HostScsiDiskPartition[]

The list of partition names that comprise this disk's VMFS extents.

majorVersion

xsd:int

Major version number of VMFS.

maxBlocks

xsd:int

Maximum number of blocks. Determines maximum file size along with blockSize. See information about the blockSize.

In VMFS2, this number is 466,944. In VMFS3, this number is 786,432.

uuid

xsd:string

The universally unique identifier assigned to VMFS.

version

xsd:string

Version string. Contains major and minor version numbers.

vmfsUpgradable

xsd:boolean

Can the filesystem be upgraded to a newer version.
See UpgradeVmfs

Properties inherited from HostFileSystemVolume

capacity, name, type

Properties inherited from DynamicData

dynamicProperty, dynamicType

Show WSDL type definition

         <complexType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="HostVmfsVolume">
            <complexContent>
               <extension base="vim25:HostFileSystemVolume">
                  <sequence>
                     <element name="blockSizeMb" type="xsd:int"/>
                     <element name="maxBlocks" type="xsd:int"/>
                     <element name="majorVersion" type="xsd:int"/>
                     <element name="version" type="xsd:string"/>
                     <element name="uuid" type="xsd:string"/>
                     <element name="extent" type="vim25:HostScsiDiskPartition" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
                     <element name="vmfsUpgradable" type="xsd:boolean"/>
                  </sequence>
               </extension>
            </complexContent>
         </complexType>

Data Object - HostVmfsVolume

Data Object Description