Specifications

Administration Guide
232 VMware, Inc.
vmware.vmwVirtMachines
This!group!consists!of!virtual!machine!configuration!information!in!six!tables.
vmTable Contains!information!on!virtual!machines!that!have!been!configured!on!the!
system.!Each!row!provides!information!about!a!particular!virtual!machine.
hbaTable Contains!disk!adapters!seen!by!this!virtual!machine.
Table 7-1. vmware.vmwSystem variables
Name Data type Description
vmwProdName Display!string Product!name.
vmwProdVersi on! Display!string! Product!version.!
vmwProdOID! ObjectID! A!unique!identifier!for!this!product!in!the!VMware!
MIB.!This!ID!is!unique!also!within!versions!of!the!
same!product.
vmwProdBuild Display!string Product!build!number.
Table 7-2. vmTable
Name Data type Description
vmIdx!
(Index!field)
Integer! Dummy!number!for!an!index.!
vmDisplayName! Display!string! Name!by!which!this!virtual!machine!is!displayed.
vmConfigFile! Display!string! Path!to!the!configuration!file!for!this!virtual!
machine.
vmGuestOS! Display!string! Operating!system!running!on!this!virtual!machine.
vmMemSize! Integer! Memory!configured!for!this!virtual!machine!in!MB.
vmState
! Display!string! Virtual!machine!on!or!off.
vmVMID! Integer! If!a!virtual!machine!is!active,!an!ID!is!assigned!to!it!
(like!a!pid).!Not!all!virtual!machines!may!be!active,!
so!this!cannot!be!used!as!the!index.!
vmGuestState! Display!string! Guest!operating!system!on!or!off.
Table 7-3. hbaTable
Name Data type Description
hbaVmIdx!
(Index!field)
Integer! Corresponds!to!the!index!of!the!virtual!machine!in!
vmTable.
hbaIdx!
(Index!field)
Integer! A!correspondence!to!the!order!of!the!SCSI!device!
module!loaded!into!the!VMkernel.!