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Managed Object - DatastoreNamespaceManager(vim.DatastoreNamespaceManager)

Property of

ServiceContent

See also

Datacenter, Datastore

Since

vSphere API Release 5.5

Managed Object Description

The DatastoreNamespaceManager managed object exposes APIs for manipulating top-level directories of datastores which do not support the traditional top-level directory creation.
See topLevelDirectoryCreateSupported

Properties

Name	Type	Description
None

Methods

Methods defined in this Managed Object
ConvertNamespacePathToUuidPath, CreateDirectory, DeleteDirectory

ConvertNamespacePathToUuidPath

Convert the namespace path to the namespace UUID path.

Required Privileges

System.View

Since

vSphere API Release 6.5

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the DatastoreNamespaceManager used to make the method call.
datacenter*	ManagedObjectReference to a Datacenter	The datacenter of the namespace path. Needs to be set when making the call to VC; ignored when the call is made to ESX. Since vSphere API Release 6.5
namespaceUrl	xsd:string	Namesapce URL of the form [ds://]/vmfs/volumes/[datastore-uuid]/[directory-name]/... Since vSphere API Release 6.5

*Need not be set

Return Value

Type	Description
xsd:string	The URL path with namespace object UUID, of the form [ds://]/vmfs/volumes/[datastore-uuid]/[directory-uuid]/...

Faults

Type	Description
InvalidDatastore	Thrown if the given datastore is not supported by the DatastoreNamespaceManager
InvalidDatastorePath	Thrown if the given path is not a top-level directory
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

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CreateDirectory

Creates a top-level directory on the given datastore, using the given user display name hint and opaque storage policy.

The optional given display name hint may be used by the underlying storage system for user display purposes, but it may not be relied upon for future directory references.

Clients must use the returned stable path for future directory references.
See DeleteDirectory

Required Privileges

None

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the DatastoreNamespaceManager used to make the method call.
datastore P	ManagedObjectReference to a Datastore	datastore on which to create a top-level directory See DeleteDirectory Since vSphere API Release 5.5
displayName*	xsd:string	display name hint for the directory to create See DeleteDirectory Since vSphere API Release 5.5
policy*	xsd:string	opaque storage policy to associate with the directory See DeleteDirectory Since vSphere API Release 5.5
size*	xsd:long	directory size in MB on vvol/vsan backed object storage. default directory size will be used for vsan backed object storage if not set. See DeleteDirectory Since vSphere API Release 5.5

*Need not be set P Required privilege: Datastore.Config

Return Value

Type	Description
xsd:string	A stable vmfs path which may be used for future reference of the created directory, of the form /vmfs/volumes/[datastore-uuid]/[directory-uuid]

Faults

Type	Description
CannotCreateFile	Thrown if a general system error occurred while creating directory on the datastore See DeleteDirectory
FileAlreadyExists	Thrown if the given directory already exists See DeleteDirectory
InvalidDatastore	Thrown if the given datastore is not supported by the DatastoreNamespaceManage See DeleteDirectory
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

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DeleteDirectory

Deletes the given top-level directory from a datastore.

The top-level directory must be a full path of the form

/vmfs/volumes/[datastore-uuid]/[directory-uuid]

as returned by CreateDirectory.

Requires Datastore.Config privilege on the datastore.

See CreateDirectory

Required Privileges

None

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the DatastoreNamespaceManager used to make the method call.
datacenter* P	ManagedObjectReference to a Datacenter	The datacenter of the datastore path. Needs to be set when making the call to VC; ignored when the call is made to ESX. See CreateDirectory Since vSphere API Release 5.5
datastorePath	xsd:string	Stable vmfs path of the directory to delete. See CreateDirectory Since vSphere API Release 5.5

*Need not be set P Required privilege: System.View

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
FileFault	Thrown if a generic system error happened. See CreateDirectory
FileNotFound	Thrown if the given directory can not be found See CreateDirectory
InvalidDatastore	Thrown if the given datastore is not supported by the DatastoreNamespaceManager See CreateDirectory
InvalidDatastorePath	Thrown if the given path is not a top-level directory See CreateDirectory
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

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