vSphere Data Objects for
Property Collection
PropertyCollector
data objects are used to specify objects and properties for
the collector to retrieve.Data Object
| Description
|
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PropertyFilterSpec
| Provides access to object and property selection
data. A PropertyFilterSpec
must have at least one ObjectSpec and at least one PropertySpec . |
ObjectSpec
| Identifies the starting object for property
collection, which can be either an inventory object or a view you
created. An ObjectSpec also
identifies the traversal specs used by the property collector. |
PropertySpec
| Identifies object types and their properties for
collection. |
TraversalSpec
| Identifies the objects and paths that can be
traversed to find the objects and properties identified by the
PropertySpec . |
SelectionSpec
| Lists the TraversalSpec objects available at each step of an
inventory traversal. Supports recursive traversal by name. |
View objects
| Use a view to form a set of
starting objects for traversal and collection. |