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Data Object - HostSpecification(vim.profile.host.HostSpecification)

Property of

HostSpecificationUpdateEvent

Parameter to

UpdateHostSpecification

Returned by

RetrieveHostSpecification

Extends

DynamicData

See also

HostSubSpecification, HostSystem

Since

vSphere API Release 6.5

Data Object Description

The host specification data are those needed at host boot time to create and configure virtual devices and host services. The HostSpecification data object contains a collection of host sub specification data. For host sub specification data, see HostSubSpecification for details.

Properties

Name	Type	Description
changeID*	xsd:string	The change ID for querying the host specification data updated in a time period. It has a format of timestamp:change_number, where timestamp is the decimal string of a start time, and change_number is the decimal string of an auto incremented variable counting from the start time.
createdTime	xsd:dateTime	Time at which the host specification was created.
host	ManagedObjectReference to a HostSystem	The host that the spec data belongs to.
lastModified*	xsd:dateTime	Time at which the host specification was last modified. If it isn't set, it is the same as createdTime.
subSpecs*	HostSubSpecification[]	The collection of the host sub specifications. It is optional.
Properties inherited from DynamicData
None

*Need not be set
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