Managed Object - HostSpecificationManager

Property of: ServiceContent
See also: HostSpecification, HostSubSpecification, HostSystem
Since: vSphere API 6.5

Managed Object Description

Properties

Name	Type	Description
None

Methods

Methods defined in this Managed Object
DeleteHostSpecification, DeleteHostSubSpecification, HostSpecGetUpdatedHosts, RetrieveHostSpecification, UpdateHostSpecification, UpdateHostSubSpecification

DeleteHostSpecification

Required Privileges: System.View

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the HostSpecificationManager used to make the method call.
host P	ManagedObjectReference to a HostSystem	*Since* vSphere API 6.5

Name

Type

Description

_this

ManagedObjectReference

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

host P

ManagedObjectReference
to a HostSystem

Since vSphere API 6.5

P Required privilege: host

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
HostSpecificationOperationFailed
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

DeleteHostSubSpecification

Required Privileges: System.View

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the HostSpecificationManager used to make the method call.
host P	ManagedObjectReference to a HostSystem	*Since* vSphere API 6.5
subSpecName P	xsd:string	*Since* vSphere API 6.5

Name

Type

Description

_this

ManagedObjectReference

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

host P

ManagedObjectReference
to a HostSystem

Since vSphere API 6.5

subSpecName P

xsd:string

Since vSphere API 6.5

PRequired privilege - see tooltip for details

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
HostSpecificationOperationFailed
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

HostSpecGetUpdatedHosts

Required Privileges: System.View

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the HostSpecificationManager used to make the method call.
startChangeID* P	xsd:string	*Since* vSphere API 6.5
endChangeID* P	xsd:string	*Since* vSphere API 6.5

Name

Type

Description

_this

ManagedObjectReference

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

startChangeID* P

xsd:string

Since vSphere API 6.5

endChangeID* P

xsd:string

Since vSphere API 6.5

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

Return Value

Type	Description
ManagedObjectReference[] to a HostSystem[]

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

RetrieveHostSpecification

Required Privileges: System.View

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the HostSpecificationManager used to make the method call.
host P	ManagedObjectReference to a HostSystem	*Since* vSphere API 6.5
fromHost P	xsd:boolean	*Since* vSphere API 6.5

Name

Type

Description

_this

ManagedObjectReference

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

host P

ManagedObjectReference
to a HostSystem

Since vSphere API 6.5

fromHost P

xsd:boolean

Since vSphere API 6.5

PRequired privilege - see tooltip for details

Return Value

Type	Description
HostSpecification

Faults

Type	Description
HostSpecificationOperationFailed
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

UpdateHostSpecification

Required Privileges: Profile.Edit

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the HostSpecificationManager used to make the method call.
host P	ManagedObjectReference to a HostSystem	*Since* vSphere API 6.5
hostSpec P	HostSpecification	*Since* vSphere API 6.5

Name

Type

Description

_this

ManagedObjectReference

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

host P

ManagedObjectReference
to a HostSystem

Since vSphere API 6.5

hostSpec P

HostSpecification

Since vSphere API 6.5

PRequired privilege - see tooltip for details

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
HostSpecificationOperationFailed
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

UpdateHostSubSpecification

Required Privileges: Profile.Edit

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the HostSpecificationManager used to make the method call.
host P	ManagedObjectReference to a HostSystem	*Since* vSphere API 6.5
hostSubSpec P	HostSubSpecification	*Since* vSphere API 6.5

Name

Type

Description

_this

ManagedObjectReference

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

host P

ManagedObjectReference
to a HostSystem

Since vSphere API 6.5

hostSubSpec P

HostSubSpecification

Since vSphere API 6.5

PRequired privilege - see tooltip for details

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
HostSpecificationOperationFailed
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