Enum - OvfCreateImportSpecParamsDiskProvisioningType

Since: vSphere API 4.1

Enum Description

Types of disk provisioning that can be set for the disk in the deployed OVF package.

Enum Constants

Name	Description
flat	Depending on the host type, Flat is mapped to either MonolithicFlat or Thick.
monolithicFlat	Flat VMDK format with embedded descriptor. Data is pre-allocated.
monolithicSparse	Sparse VMDK format with embedded descriptor. Data is not pre-allocated.
sparse	Depending on the host type, Sparse is mapped to either MonolithicSparse or Thin.
thick	Flat VMDK format. Data is pre-allocated.
thin	Sparse VMDK format. Data is not pre-allocated.
twoGbMaxExtentFlat	Flat VMDK format where each extent is limited to 2Gb. Data is pre-allocated.
twoGbMaxExtentSparse	Sparse VMDK format where each extent is limited to 2Gb. Data is not pre-allocated.

Show WSDL type definition

         <simpleType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="OvfCreateImportSpecParamsDiskProvisioningType">
            <restriction base="xsd:string">
               <enumeration value="monolithicSparse"/>
               <enumeration value="monolithicFlat"/>
               <enumeration value="twoGbMaxExtentSparse"/>
               <enumeration value="twoGbMaxExtentFlat"/>
               <enumeration value="thin"/>
               <enumeration value="thick"/>
               <enumeration value="sparse"/>
               <enumeration value="flat"/>
            </restriction>
         </simpleType>