Managed Object - CustomizationSpecManager

Property of: ServiceContent
See also: CustomizationSpecInfo, CustomizationSpecItem
Since: null

Managed Object Description

Properties

Name	Type	Description
encryptionKey* P	xsd:byte[]
info* P	CustomizationSpecInfo[]

Name

Type

Description

encryptionKey* P

xsd:byte[]

info* P

CustomizationSpecInfo[]

*May not be presentPRequired privilege - see tooltip for details

Methods

Methods defined in this Managed Object
CheckCustomizationResources, CreateCustomizationSpec, CustomizationSpecItemToXml, DeleteCustomizationSpec, DoesCustomizationSpecExist, DuplicateCustomizationSpec, GetCustomizationSpec, OverwriteCustomizationSpec, RenameCustomizationSpec, XmlToCustomizationSpecItem

CheckCustomizationResources

Required Privileges: System.View

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the CustomizationSpecManager used to make the method call.
guestOs P	xsd:string	*Since* null

Name

Type

Description

_this

ManagedObjectReference

A reference to the CustomizationSpecManager used to make the method call.

guestOs P

xsd:string

Since null

P Required privilege: guestOs

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
CustomizationFault
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.

Events

Type
None

CreateCustomizationSpec

Required Privileges: VirtualMachine.Provisioning.ModifyCustSpecs

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the CustomizationSpecManager used to make the method call.
item P	CustomizationSpecItem	*Since* null

Name

Type

Description

_this

ManagedObjectReference

A reference to the CustomizationSpecManager used to make the method call.

item P

CustomizationSpecItem

Since null

P Required privilege: item

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
AlreadyExists
CustomizationFault
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.

Events

Type
None

CustomizationSpecItemToXml

Required Privileges: System.View

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the CustomizationSpecManager used to make the method call.
item P	CustomizationSpecItem	*Since* null

Name

Type

Description

_this

ManagedObjectReference

A reference to the CustomizationSpecManager used to make the method call.

item P

CustomizationSpecItem

Since null

P Required privilege: item

Return Value

Type	Description
xsd:string

Faults

Type	Description
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.

Events

Type
None

DeleteCustomizationSpec

Required Privileges: VirtualMachine.Provisioning.ModifyCustSpecs

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the CustomizationSpecManager used to make the method call.
name P	xsd:string	*Since* null

Name

Type

Description

_this

ManagedObjectReference

A reference to the CustomizationSpecManager used to make the method call.

name P

xsd:string

Since null

P Required privilege: name

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
NotFound
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.

Events

Type
None

DoesCustomizationSpecExist

Required Privileges: VirtualMachine.Provisioning.ReadCustSpecs

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the CustomizationSpecManager used to make the method call.
name P	xsd:string	*Since* null

Name

Type

Description

_this

ManagedObjectReference

A reference to the CustomizationSpecManager used to make the method call.

name P

xsd:string

Since null

P Required privilege: name

Return Value

Type	Description
xsd:boolean

Faults

Type	Description
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.

Events

Type
None

DuplicateCustomizationSpec

Required Privileges: VirtualMachine.Provisioning.ModifyCustSpecs

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the CustomizationSpecManager used to make the method call.
name P	xsd:string	*Since* null
newName P	xsd:string	*Since* null

Name

Type

Description

_this

ManagedObjectReference

A reference to the CustomizationSpecManager used to make the method call.

name P

xsd:string

Since null

newName P

xsd:string

Since null

PRequired privilege - see tooltip for details

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
AlreadyExists
NotFound
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.

Events

Type
None

GetCustomizationSpec

Required Privileges: VirtualMachine.Provisioning.ReadCustSpecs

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the CustomizationSpecManager used to make the method call.
name P	xsd:string	*Since* null

Name

Type

Description

_this

ManagedObjectReference

A reference to the CustomizationSpecManager used to make the method call.

name P

xsd:string

Since null

P Required privilege: name

Return Value

Type	Description
CustomizationSpecItem

Faults

Type	Description
NotFound
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.

Events

Type
None

OverwriteCustomizationSpec

Required Privileges: VirtualMachine.Provisioning.ModifyCustSpecs

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the CustomizationSpecManager used to make the method call.
item P	CustomizationSpecItem	*Since* null

Name

Type

Description

_this

ManagedObjectReference

A reference to the CustomizationSpecManager used to make the method call.

item P

CustomizationSpecItem

Since null

P Required privilege: item

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
ConcurrentAccess
CustomizationFault
NotFound
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.

Events

Type
None

RenameCustomizationSpec

Required Privileges: VirtualMachine.Provisioning.ModifyCustSpecs

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the CustomizationSpecManager used to make the method call.
name P	xsd:string	*Since* null
newName P	xsd:string	*Since* null

Name

Type

Description

_this

ManagedObjectReference

A reference to the CustomizationSpecManager used to make the method call.

name P

xsd:string

Since null

newName P

xsd:string

Since null

PRequired privilege - see tooltip for details

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
AlreadyExists
NotFound
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.

Events

Type
None

XmlToCustomizationSpecItem

Required Privileges: System.View

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the CustomizationSpecManager used to make the method call.
specItemXml P	xsd:string	*Since* null

Name

Type

Description

_this

ManagedObjectReference

A reference to the CustomizationSpecManager used to make the method call.

specItemXml P

xsd:string

Since null

P Required privilege: specItemXml

Return Value

Type	Description
CustomizationSpecItem

Faults

Type	Description
CustomizationFault
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.

Events

Type
None