Managed Object - HostVFlashManager(vim.host.VFlashManager)

Property of: HostConfigManager
See also: HostVFlashManagerVFlashCacheConfigSpec, HostVFlashManagerVFlashConfigInfo, HostVFlashManagerVFlashResourceConfigSpec, HostVFlashResourceConfigurationResult, VirtualDiskVFlashCacheConfigInfo
Since: vSphere API 5.5

Managed Object Description

The VFlash Manager object is used to configure vFlash resource and vFlash cache on the ESX host.

Properties

Name	Type	Description
vFlashConfigInfo*	HostVFlashManagerVFlashConfigInfo	Host vFlash configuration information.

*May not be present

Methods

Methods defined in this Managed Object
ConfigureVFlashResourceEx_Task, HostConfigureVFlashResource, HostConfigVFlashCache, HostGetVFlashModuleDefaultConfig, HostRemoveVFlashResource

ConfigureVFlashResourceEx_Task(configureVFlashResourceEx)

Configure vFlash resource on a list of SSD disks. If the host does not have a VFFS volume, host will format the volume first and then extend the volume on the rest of the SSDs; otherwise host will extend the existing VFFS volume on the passed SSDs. Finally host will configure the vFlash resource on the VFFS volume.

It will return HostVFlashResourceConfigurationResult describing success or failure associated with each device.

Required Privileges: Host.Config.Storage

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the HostVFlashManager used to make the method call.
devicePath*	xsd:string[]	An array of device path names that identify disks. See ScsiDisk.

*Need not be set

Return Value

Type	Description
ManagedObjectReference to a SmsTask	This method returns a Task object with which to monitor the operation. The info.result property in the Task contains HostVFlashResourceConfigurationResult describing success or failure associated with each device.

Faults

Type	Description
HostConfigFault	Thrown if batch operation fails on the host. Because the returned VFlashResourceConfigurationResult contains the configuration success or fault for each device, as of vSphere API 5.x, we won't throw fault when batch operation fails.
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

HostConfigureVFlashResource(configureVFlashResource)

Configure vFlash resource on the host by attaching to a backend VFFS volume.

Required Privileges: Host.Config.Storage

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the HostVFlashManager used to make the method call.
spec	HostVFlashManagerVFlashResourceConfigSpec	the vFlash resource specification.

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
HostConfigFault	Thrown if vFlash resource cannot be configured on the host
ResourceInUse	The contained VFFS volume is being used.
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

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:sms="urn:sms" name="HostConfigureVFlashResource" type="sms:HostConfigureVFlashResourceRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:sms="urn:sms" name="HostConfigureVFlashResourceResponse">
            <complexType/>
         </element>

HostConfigVFlashCache(configureHostVFlashCache)

Configurate vFlash cache on the host.

Required Privileges: Host.Config.AdvancedConfig

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the HostVFlashManager used to make the method call.
spec	HostVFlashManagerVFlashCacheConfigSpec	Specification for host cache configuration.

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
HostConfigFault	Thrown if the swap cache cannot be configured on the host.
InaccessibleVFlashSource	vFlash resource is not accessible.
ResourceInUse	The contained VFFS volume is being used.
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

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:sms="urn:sms" name="HostConfigVFlashCache" type="sms:HostConfigVFlashCacheRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:sms="urn:sms" name="HostConfigVFlashCacheResponse">
            <complexType/>
         </element>

HostGetVFlashModuleDefaultConfig(getVFlashModuleDefaultConfig)

Retrieve the default supported configuration for a given vFlash module

Required Privileges: Host.Config.AdvancedConfig

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the HostVFlashManager used to make the method call.
vFlashModule	xsd:string	Name of the vFlash module

Return Value

Type	Description
VirtualDiskVFlashCacheConfigInfo	The supported default vFlash cache configuration

Faults

Type	Description
HostConfigFault	Thrown if the default vFlash module configuration option cannot be retrieved.
NotFound	Thrown if vFlash resource is not configured or the contained VFFS volume cannot be found on the host.
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

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:sms="urn:sms" name="HostGetVFlashModuleDefaultConfig" type="sms:HostGetVFlashModuleDefaultConfigRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:sms="urn:sms" name="HostGetVFlashModuleDefaultConfigResponse">
            <complexType>
               <sequence>
                  <element name="returnval" type="sms:VirtualDiskVFlashCacheConfigInfo"/>
               </sequence>
            </complexType>
         </element>

HostRemoveVFlashResource(removeVFlashResource)

Remove vFlash resource on the host by destroying the contained VFFS volume.

Required Privileges: Host.Config.Storage

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the HostVFlashManager used to make the method call.

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
HostConfigFault	Thrown if vFlash resource or the contained VFFS volume cannot be removed from the host.
NotFound	Thrown if vFlash resource is not configured or the contained VFFS volume cannot be found on the host.
ResourceInUse	The contained VFFS volume is being used.
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

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:sms="urn:sms" name="HostRemoveVFlashResource" type="sms:HostRemoveVFlashResourceRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:sms="urn:sms" name="HostRemoveVFlashResourceResponse">
            <complexType/>
         </element>