Managed Object - EventManager

Property of: ServiceContent
See also: Event, EventArgDesc, EventDescription, EventFilterSpec, EventHistoryCollector, ManagedEntity, TaskInfo
Since: null

Managed Object Description

Properties

Name	Type	Description
description P	EventDescription
latestEvent* P	Event
maxCollector P	xsd:int

Name

Type

Description

description P

EventDescription

latestEvent* P

Event

maxCollector P

xsd:int

*May not be presentP Required privilege: System.View

Methods

Methods defined in this Managed Object
CreateCollectorForEvents, LogUserEvent, PostEvent, QueryEvents, RetrieveArgumentDescription

CreateCollectorForEvents

Required Privileges: System.View

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the EventManager used to make the method call.
filter P	EventFilterSpec	*Since* null

Name

Type

Description

_this

ManagedObjectReference

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

filter P

EventFilterSpec

Since null

P Required privilege: filter

Return Value

Type	Description
ManagedObjectReference to a EventHistoryCollector

Faults

Type	Description
InvalidState
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

LogUserEvent

Required Privileges: None

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the EventManager used to make the method call.
entity P	ManagedObjectReference to a ManagedEntity	*Since* null
msg P	xsd:string	*Since* null

Name

Type

Description

_this

ManagedObjectReference

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

entity P

ManagedObjectReference
to a ManagedEntity

Since null

msg P

xsd:string

Since null

PRequired privilege - see tooltip for details

Return Value

Type	Description
None

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

PostEvent

Required Privileges: Global.LogEvent
Since: VI API 2.5

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the EventManager used to make the method call.
eventToPost P	Event	*Since* VI API 2.5
taskInfo* P	TaskInfo	*Since* VI API 2.5

Name

Type

Description

_this

ManagedObjectReference

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

eventToPost P

Event

Since VI API 2.5

taskInfo* P

TaskInfo

Since VI API 2.5

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

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
InvalidEvent
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

QueryEvents

Required Privileges: System.View

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the EventManager used to make the method call.
filter P	EventFilterSpec	*Since* null

Name

Type

Description

_this

ManagedObjectReference

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

filter P

EventFilterSpec

Since null

P Required privilege: filter

Return Value

Type	Description
Event[]

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

RetrieveArgumentDescription

Required Privileges: System.View
Since: vSphere API 4.0

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the EventManager used to make the method call.
eventTypeId P	xsd:string	*Since* vSphere API 4.0

Name

Type

Description

_this

ManagedObjectReference

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

eventTypeId P

xsd:string

Since vSphere API 4.0

P Required privilege: eventTypeId

Return Value

Type	Description
EventArgDesc[]

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