Managed Object - EventHistoryCollector(vim.event.EventHistoryCollector)

Returned by: CreateCollectorForEvents
Extends: HistoryCollector
See also: Event
Since: 2.0

Managed Object Description

EventHistoryCollector provides a mechanism for retrieving historical data and updates when the server appends new events.

Properties

Name	Type	Description
initialized*	xsd:boolean	Indicates whether the LatestPage is initialized. If the delayedInit is {@code false} or unset this property is always true. *Since* vSphere API Release 8.0.3.0
latestPage*	Event[]	The items in the 'viewable latest page'. As new events that match the collector's EventFilterSpec are created, they are added to this page, and the oldest events are removed from the collector to keep the size of the page to that allowed by HistoryCollector#setLatestPageSize. The "oldest event" is the one with the smallest key (event ID). The events in the returned page are unordered. While {@code initialized} is {@code false} this property will remain empty and once the Collector is initialized it will be populated. While {@code initialized} is {@code true} this property is populated immediately.
Properties inherited from HistoryCollector
filter

*May not be present

Methods

Methods defined in this Managed Object
ReadNextEvents, ReadPreviousEvents
Methods inherited from HistoryCollector
DestroyCollector, ResetCollector, RewindCollector, SetCollectorPageSize

ReadNextEvents(readNext)

Reads the 'scrollable view' from the current position. The scrollable position is moved to the next newer page after the read. No item is returned when the end of the collector is reached.

Required Privileges: None

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the EventHistoryCollector used to make the method call.
maxCount	xsd:int	The maximum number of items in the page. *Since* 2.0

Name

Type

Description

_this

ManagedObjectReference

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

maxCount

xsd:int

The maximum number of items in the page.

Since 2.0

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

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:sms="urn:sms" name="ReadNextEvents" type="sms:ReadNextEventsRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:sms="urn:sms" name="ReadNextEventsResponse">
                  <complexType>
                     <sequence>
                        <element name="returnval" type="sms:Event" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
                     </sequence>
                  </complexType>
               </element>

ReadPreviousEvents(readPrev)

Reads the 'scrollable view' from the current position. The scrollable position is moved to the next older page after the read. No item is returned when the head of the collector is reached.

Required Privileges: None