Managed Object - GuestProcessManager

Property of: GuestOperationsManager
See also: GuestAuthentication, GuestProcessInfo, GuestProgramSpec, VirtualMachine
Since: vSphere API 5.0

Managed Object Description

Properties

Name	Type	Description
None

Methods

Methods defined in this Managed Object
ListProcessesInGuest, ReadEnvironmentVariableInGuest, StartProgramInGuest, TerminateProcessInGuest

ListProcessesInGuest

Required Privileges: None

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the GuestProcessManager used to make the method call.
vm P	ManagedObjectReference to a VirtualMachine	*Since* vSphere API 5.0
auth P	GuestAuthentication	*Since* vSphere API 5.0
pids* P	xsd:long[]	*Since* vSphere API 5.0

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

Return Value

Type	Description
GuestProcessInfo[]

Faults

Type	Description
GuestOperationsFault
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

ReadEnvironmentVariableInGuest

Required Privileges: None

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the GuestProcessManager used to make the method call.
vm P	ManagedObjectReference to a VirtualMachine	*Since* vSphere API 5.0
auth P	GuestAuthentication	*Since* vSphere API 5.0
names* P	xsd:string[]	*Since* vSphere API 5.0

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

Return Value

Type	Description
xsd:string[]

Faults

Type	Description
GuestOperationsFault
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

StartProgramInGuest

Required Privileges: None

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the GuestProcessManager used to make the method call.
vm P	ManagedObjectReference to a VirtualMachine	*Since* vSphere API 5.0
auth P	GuestAuthentication	*Since* vSphere API 5.0
spec P	GuestProgramSpec	*Since* vSphere API 5.0

PRequired privilege - see tooltip for details

Return Value

Type	Description
xsd:long

Faults

Type	Description
FileFault
GuestOperationsFault
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

TerminateProcessInGuest

Required Privileges: None

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the GuestProcessManager used to make the method call.
vm P	ManagedObjectReference to a VirtualMachine	*Since* vSphere API 5.0
auth P	GuestAuthentication	*Since* vSphere API 5.0
pid P	xsd:long	*Since* vSphere API 5.0

PRequired privilege - see tooltip for details

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
GuestOperationsFault
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