Data Object Description

Properties

Name	Type	Description
cpuFeatureMask*	HostCpuIdInfo[]	Specifies the CPU feature compatibility masks.
family	xsd:string	Family to which this guest operating system belongs.
fullName	xsd:string	Full name of the guest operating system. For example, if the value of "id" is "win2000Pro", then the value of "fullName" is "Windows 2000 Professional".
id	xsd:string	Identifier (short name) for the guest operating system.
recommendedColorDepth	xsd:int	Recommended default color depth for this guest.
recommendedDiskController	xsd:string	Recommended default disk controller type for this guest.
recommendedDiskSizeMB	xsd:int	Recommended default disk size for this guest, in MB.
recommendedEthernetCard*	xsd:string	Recommended default ethernet controller type for this guest.
recommendedMemMB	xsd:int	Recommended default memory size for this guest, in MB.
recommendedSCSIController*	xsd:string	Recommended default SCSI controller type for this guest.
supportedDiskControllerList	xsd:string[]	List of supported disk controller types for this guest.
supportedEthernetCard	xsd:string[]	List of supported ethernet cards for this guest.
supportedMaxCPUs	xsd:int	Maximum number of processors supported for this guest.
supportedMaxMemMB	xsd:int	Maximum memory requirements supported for this guest, in MB.
supportedMinMemMB	xsd:int	Minimum memory requirements supported for this guest, in MB.
supportedNumDisks	xsd:int	Number of disks supported for this guest.
supportsSlaveDisk*	xsd:boolean	Flag to indicate whether or not this guest can support a disk configured as a slave.
supportsWakeOnLan	xsd:boolean	Flag to indicate whether or not this guest can support Wake-on-LAN.
Properties inherited from DynamicData
dynamicProperty, dynamicType

Name

Type

Description

cpuFeatureMask*

HostCpuIdInfo[]

Specifies the CPU feature compatibility masks.

family

xsd:string

Family to which this guest operating system belongs.

fullName

xsd:string

Full name of the guest operating system. For example, if the value of "id" is "win2000Pro", then the value of "fullName" is "Windows 2000 Professional".

xsd:string

Identifier (short name) for the guest operating system.

recommendedColorDepth

xsd:int

Recommended default color depth for this guest.

recommendedDiskController

xsd:string

Recommended default disk controller type for this guest.

recommendedDiskSizeMB

xsd:int

Recommended default disk size for this guest, in MB.

recommendedEthernetCard*

xsd:string

Recommended default ethernet controller type for this guest.

recommendedMemMB

xsd:int

Recommended default memory size for this guest, in MB.

recommendedSCSIController*

xsd:string

Recommended default SCSI controller type for this guest.

supportedDiskControllerList

xsd:string[]

List of supported disk controller types for this guest.

supportedEthernetCard

xsd:string[]

List of supported ethernet cards for this guest.

supportedMaxCPUs

xsd:int

Maximum number of processors supported for this guest.

supportedMaxMemMB

xsd:int

Maximum memory requirements supported for this guest, in MB.

supportedMinMemMB

xsd:int

Minimum memory requirements supported for this guest, in MB.

supportedNumDisks

xsd:int

Number of disks supported for this guest.

supportsSlaveDisk*

xsd:boolean

Flag to indicate whether or not this guest can support a disk configured as a slave.

supportsWakeOnLan

xsd:boolean

Flag to indicate whether or not this guest can support Wake-on-LAN.

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="GuestOsDescriptor">
            <complexContent>
               <extension base="vim25:DynamicData">
                  <sequence>
                     <element name="id" type="xsd:string"/>
                     <element name="family" type="xsd:string"/>
                     <element name="fullName" type="xsd:string"/>
                     <element name="supportedMaxCPUs" type="xsd:int"/>
                     <element name="supportedMinMemMB" type="xsd:int"/>
                     <element name="supportedMaxMemMB" type="xsd:int"/>
                     <element name="recommendedMemMB" type="xsd:int"/>
                     <element name="recommendedColorDepth" type="xsd:int"/>
                     <element name="supportedDiskControllerList" type="xsd:string" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
                     <element name="recommendedSCSIController" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="recommendedDiskController" type="xsd:string"/>
                     <element name="supportedNumDisks" type="xsd:int"/>
                     <element name="recommendedDiskSizeMB" type="xsd:int"/>
                     <element name="supportedEthernetCard" type="xsd:string" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
                     <element name="recommendedEthernetCard" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="supportsSlaveDisk" type="xsd:boolean" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="cpuFeatureMask" type="vim25:HostCpuIdInfo" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
                     <element name="supportsWakeOnLan" type="xsd:boolean"/>
                  </sequence>
               </extension>
            </complexContent>
         </complexType>

Data Object - GuestOsDescriptor

Data Object Description