DatastoreSummary

The Datastore.Summary structure contains commonly used information about a datastore.


Properties

string
datastore Required

Identifier of the datastore. When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: Datastore. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: Datastore.


string
name Required

Name of the datastore.


type Required

The Datastore.Type enumerated type defines the supported types of vCenter datastores.
VMFS : VMware File System (ESX Server only).
NFS : Network file system v3 (linux & esx servers only).
NFS41 : Network file system v4.1 (linux & esx servers only).
CIFS : Common Internet File System.
VSAN : Virtual SAN (ESX Server only).
VFFS : Flash Read Cache (ESX Server only).
VVOL : vSphere Virtual Volume (ESX Server only).

Possible values are: VMFSNFSNFS41CIFSVSANVFFSVVOL


integer as int64
capacity Optional

Capacity of this datastore, in bytes. The server periodically updates this value.

This field will be unset if the capacity of this datastore is not known.


integer as int64
free_space Optional

Available space of this datastore, in bytes. The server periodically updates this value.

This field will be unset if the available space of this datastore is not known.

JSON Example

{
	"datastore": "string",
	"name": "string",
	"type": "VMFS"
}
Returned By

List Datastore

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