Managed Object - OvfManager

Property of: ServiceContent
See also: Datastore, HostSystem, ManagedEntity, OvfCreateDescriptorParams, OvfCreateDescriptorResult, OvfCreateImportSpecParams, OvfCreateImportSpecResult, OvfOptionInfo, OvfParseDescriptorParams, OvfParseDescriptorResult, OvfValidateHostParams, OvfValidateHostResult, ResourcePool
Since: vSphere API 4.0

Managed Object Description

Properties

Name	Type	Description
ovfExportOption* P	OvfOptionInfo[]	*Since* vSphere API 5.1
ovfImportOption* P	OvfOptionInfo[]	*Since* vSphere API 5.1

Name

Type

Description

ovfExportOption* P

OvfOptionInfo[]

Since vSphere API 5.1

ovfImportOption* P

OvfOptionInfo[]

Since vSphere API 5.1

*May not be presentP Required privilege: System.View

Methods

Methods defined in this Managed Object
CreateDescriptor, CreateImportSpec, ParseDescriptor, ValidateHost

CreateDescriptor

Required Privileges: System.View

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

_this

ManagedObjectReference

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

obj P

ManagedObjectReference
to a ManagedEntity

Since vSphere API 4.0

cdp P

OvfCreateDescriptorParams

Since vSphere API 4.0

PRequired privilege - see tooltip for details

Return Value

Type	Description
OvfCreateDescriptorResult

Faults

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

Events

Type
None

CreateImportSpec

Required Privileges: System.View

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the OvfManager used to make the method call.
ovfDescriptor P	xsd:string	*Since* vSphere API 4.0
resourcePool P	ManagedObjectReference to a ResourcePool	*Since* vSphere API 4.0
datastore P	ManagedObjectReference to a Datastore	*Since* vSphere API 4.0
cisp P	OvfCreateImportSpecParams	*Since* vSphere API 4.0

PRequired privilege - see tooltip for details

Return Value

Type	Description
OvfCreateImportSpecResult

Faults

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

Events

Type
None

ParseDescriptor

Required Privileges: System.View

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

_this

ManagedObjectReference

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

ovfDescriptor P

xsd:string

Since vSphere API 4.0

pdp P

OvfParseDescriptorParams

Since vSphere API 4.0

PRequired privilege - see tooltip for details

Return Value

Type	Description
OvfParseDescriptorResult

Faults

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

Events

Type
None

ValidateHost

Required Privileges: System.View

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the OvfManager used to make the method call.
ovfDescriptor P	xsd:string	*Since* vSphere API 4.0
host P	ManagedObjectReference to a HostSystem	*Since* vSphere API 4.0
vhp P	OvfValidateHostParams	*Since* vSphere API 4.0

PRequired privilege - see tooltip for details

Return Value

Type	Description
OvfValidateHostResult

Faults

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

Events

Type
None