Managed Object - FileManager

Property of: ServiceContent
See also: Datacenter
Since: VI API 2.5

Managed Object Description

Properties

Name	Type	Description
None

Methods

Methods defined in this Managed Object
ChangeOwner, CopyDatastoreFile_Task, DeleteDatastoreFile_Task, MakeDirectory, MoveDatastoreFile_Task

ChangeOwner

Required Privileges: None
Since: vSphere API 4.0

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the FileManager used to make the method call.
name P	xsd:string	*Since* vSphere API 4.0
datacenter* P	ManagedObjectReference to a Datacenter	*Since* vSphere API 4.0
owner P	xsd:string	*Since* vSphere API 4.0

*Need not be set PRequired privilege - see tooltip for details

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

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

Events

Type
None

CopyDatastoreFile_Task

Required Privileges: None

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the FileManager used to make the method call.
sourceName P	xsd:string	*Since* VI API 2.5
sourceDatacenter* P	ManagedObjectReference to a Datacenter	*Since* VI API 2.5
destinationName P	xsd:string	*Since* VI API 2.5
destinationDatacenter* P	ManagedObjectReference to a Datacenter	*Since* VI API 2.5
force* P	xsd:boolean	*Since* VI API 2.5

*Need not be set PRequired privilege - see tooltip for details

Return Value

Type	Description
ManagedObjectReference to a ConverterTask

Faults

Type	Description
FileFault
InvalidDatastore
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

DeleteDatastoreFile_Task

Required Privileges: None

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

_this

ManagedObjectReference

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

name P

xsd:string

Since VI API 2.5

datacenter* P

ManagedObjectReference
to a Datacenter

Since VI API 2.5

*Need not be set PRequired privilege - see tooltip for details

Return Value

Type	Description
ManagedObjectReference to a ConverterTask

Faults

Type	Description
FileFault
InvalidDatastore
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

MakeDirectory

Required Privileges: None

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the FileManager used to make the method call.
name P	xsd:string	*Since* VI API 2.5
datacenter* P	ManagedObjectReference to a Datacenter	*Since* VI API 2.5
createParentDirectories* P	xsd:boolean	*Since* VI API 2.5

*Need not be set PRequired privilege - see tooltip for details

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
FileFault
InvalidDatastore
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

MoveDatastoreFile_Task

Required Privileges: None

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the FileManager used to make the method call.
sourceName P	xsd:string	*Since* VI API 2.5
sourceDatacenter* P	ManagedObjectReference to a Datacenter	*Since* VI API 2.5
destinationName P	xsd:string	*Since* VI API 2.5
destinationDatacenter* P	ManagedObjectReference to a Datacenter	*Since* VI API 2.5
force* P	xsd:boolean	*Since* VI API 2.5

*Need not be set PRequired privilege - see tooltip for details

Return Value

Type	Description
ManagedObjectReference to a ConverterTask

Faults

Type	Description
FileFault
InvalidDatastore
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