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Managed Object - ExtensibleManagedObject(vim.ExtensibleManagedObject)

Extended by

Alarm, ClusterEVCManager, HostCpuSchedulerSystem, HostFirewallSystem, HostGraphicsManager, HostMemorySystem, HostNetworkSystem, HostPciPassthruSystem, HostServiceSystem, HostStorageSystem, HostVirtualNicManager, HostVMotionSystem, ManagedEntity, ScheduledTask, Task, VirtualMachineSnapshot

See also

CustomFieldDef, CustomFieldValue

Since

2.0

Managed Object Description

ExtensibleManagedObject provides methods and properties that provide access to custom fields that may be associated with a managed object. Use the CustomFieldsManager to define custom fields. The CustomFieldsManager handles the entire list of custom fields on a server. You can can specify the object type to which a particular custom field applies by setting its managedObjectType. (If you do not set a managed object type for a custom field definition, the field applies to all managed objects.)

Properties

Name	Type	Description
availableField* P	CustomFieldDef[]	List of custom field definitions that are valid for the object's type. The fields are sorted by name. Since VI API 2.5
value* P	CustomFieldValue[]	List of custom field values. Each value uses a key to associate an instance of a CustomFieldStringValue with a custom field definition. Since VI API 2.5

*May not be presentP Required privilege: System.View

Methods

Methods defined in this Managed Object
setCustomValue

setCustomValue

Assigns a value to a custom field. The setCustomValue method requires whichever updatePrivilege is defined as one of the fieldInstancePrivileges for the CustomFieldDef whose value is being changed.

Required Privileges

None

Since

VI API 2.5

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the ExtensibleManagedObject used to make the method call.
key	xsd:string	The name of the field whose value is to be updated. Since VI API 2.5
value	xsd:string	Value to be assigned to the custom field. Since VI API 2.5

Return Value

Type	Description
None

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

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