Managed Object - ProfileManager

Extended by
ClusterProfileManager, HostProfileManager
See also
ManagedEntity, Profile, ProfileCreateSpec, ProfilePolicyMetadata
Since
vSphere API 4.0


Managed Object Description

Properties

Name Type Description
profile* PManagedObjectReference[]
to a Profile[]


*May not be presentP Required privilege: Profile.View

Methods

Methods defined in this Managed Object
CreateProfile, FindAssociatedProfile, QueryPolicyMetadata

CreateProfile

Required Privileges
Profile.Create

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
_thisManagedObjectReference A reference to the ProfileManager used to make the method call.
createSpec PProfileCreateSpec

Since vSphere API 4.0
P Required privilege: createSpec

Return Value

Type Description
ManagedObjectReference
to a Profile

Faults

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

Events

Type
None



FindAssociatedProfile

Required Privileges
System.View

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
_thisManagedObjectReference A reference to the ProfileManager used to make the method call.
entity PManagedObjectReference
to a ManagedEntity

Since vSphere API 4.0
P Required privilege: entity

Return Value

Type Description
ManagedObjectReference[]
to a Profile[]

Faults

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

Events

Type
None



QueryPolicyMetadata

Required Privileges
System.View

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
_thisManagedObjectReference A reference to the ProfileManager used to make the method call.
policyName* Pxsd:string[]

Since vSphere API 4.0
profile* PManagedObjectReference
to a Profile

Since vSphere API 4.0
*Need not be set PRequired privilege - see tooltip for details

Return Value

Type Description
ProfilePolicyMetadata[]

Faults

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

Events

Type
None