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Virtual Machine Resource Kind
The resource kind for a virtual machine is Virtual Machine and the identifier key is VirtualMachine.
A Virtual Machine resource has specific identifier keys.
Table 1-7. Cluster Compute Resource Identifier Keys
Key Part of Uniqueness Default Name (en) Description
VMEntityName No VM Entity Name Name of the virtual machine.
VMEntityObjectID Yes VM Entity Object ID vCenter Server object ID for
the virtual machine, for
example, vm-67.
VMEntityVCID Yes VC ID vCenter Server unique ID.
Datastore Resource Kind
The resource kind for a vCenter Sever datastore is Datastore and the identifier key is Datastore.
A Datastore resource has specific identifier keys.
Table 1-8. Datastore Resource Identifier Keys
Key Part of Uniqueness Default Name (en) Description
VMEntityName No VM Entity Name Name of the datastore.
VMEntityObjectID Yes VM Entity Object ID vCenter Server object ID for
the datastore, for example,
datastore-1.
VMEntityVCID Yes VC ID vCenter Server unique ID.
DataStorePath No Datastore Path For NFS-based datastores, a
string in the format storage-
system-IP-address / path-
to-element-in-storage-
system
.
Compute Resource Kind
The resource kind for a vCenter server compute resource is Compute Resource and the identifier key is
ComputerResource.
A Compute Resource resource has specific identifier keys.
Table 1-9. Compute Resource Identifier Keys
Key Part of Uniqueness Default Name (en) Description
VMEntityName No VM Entity Name Name of the resource.
VMEntityObjectID Yes VM Entity Object ID vCenter Server object ID for
the resource.
VMEntityVCID Yes VC ID vCenter Server unique ID.
World Resource Kind
The
World object is a logical container for all monitored objects. The resource kind for the World object is World
and the identifier key is World.
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