VMware vSphere SDKs and Tools 8.0

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Examining Recent Tasks with TaskManager

To obtain the list of recent tasks, use a
PropertyCollector
 to obtain references to the
TaskManager
 and to all
Task
 objects from the
recentTask
 property of the
TaskManager
.
The following example shows an excerpt from the
TaskList.java
 sample that creates the
ObjectSpec
,
PropertySpec
, and a
TraversalSpec
 to obtain references to all
Task
 objects on the server from the
TaskList
. See also Property Collector.
PropertyFilterSpec Definition to Obtain recentTask Property Values
private PropertyFilterSpec[] createPFSForRecentTasks(ManagedObjectReference taskManagerRef) {
     PropertySpec pSpec = new PropertySpec();
          pSpec.setAll(Boolean.FALSE);
          pSpec.setType("Task");
          pSpec.setPathSet(new String[] {"info.entity", "info.entityName", "info.name",
              "info.state", "info.cancelled", "info.error"});
     ObjectSpec oSpec = new ObjectSpec();
          oSpec.setObj(taskManagerRef);
          oSpec.setSkip(Boolean.FALSE);
     TraversalSpec tSpec = new TraversalSpec();
          tSpec.setType("TaskManager");
          tSpec.setPath("recentTask");
          tSpec.setSkip(Boolean.FALSE);
     oSpec.setSelectSet(new SelectionSpec[]{tSpec});
     PropertyFilterSpec pfSpec = new PropertyFilterSpec();
          pfSpec.setPropSet(new PropertySpec[]{pSpec});
          pfSpec.setObjectSet(new ObjectSpec[]{oSpec});
     return new PropertyFilterSpec[]{pfSpec};
}
For ESXi hosts managed by vCenter Server, use a
TaskHistoryCollector
. See Using a TaskHistoryCollector.

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