# Data Object - Capability(vim.Capability)

Property of
  ServiceInstance
Extends
  DynamicData
See also
  EVCMode, FeatureEVCMode
Since
  2.0

## Data Object Description

A particular product may or may not support certain features. This data object indicates whether or not a service instance implements these features. This data object type indicates the circumstances under which an operation throws a NotSupported fault.

Support for some features is indicated by the presence or absence of the manager object from the service instance. For example, the AlarmManager manager object indicates collecting alarms is supported. Other features indicate whether or not a given operation on an object throws a NotSupported fault.

Some capabilities depend on the host or virtual machine version. These are specified by using the vim.host.Capability and vim.vm.Capability objects.

Properties

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
clusterPlacementSupported* | xsd:boolean | Since vSphere API 7.0
computePolicyVersion* | xsd:int | Specifies the supported compute policy version. Since vSphere API 6.8.7
configMgmtSupported* | xsd:boolean | Specifies if desired configuration management platform is supported on the cluster. Since 7.0.3.1
ftDrsWithoutEvcSupported* | xsd:boolean | Is DRS supported for Fault Tolerance VMs without enabling EVC. Since vSphere API 6.7
hadcsSupported* | xsd:boolean | Specifies if highly available distributed clustering service is supported. Since vSphere API 7.0.1.1
hciWorkflowSupported* | xsd:boolean | Specifies if the workflow for setting up a HCI cluster is supported. Since vSphere API 6.7.1
hostSeedingSupported* | xsd:boolean | Specifies if host seeding for a cluster is supported. Since vSphere API 7.0.2.0
lifecycleManagementSupported* | xsd:boolean | Specifies if lifecycle management of a Cluster is supported. Since vSphere API 7.0
multiHostSupported | xsd:boolean | Indicates whether or not the service instance supports multiple hosts.
networkBackupAndRestoreSupported* | xsd:boolean | Indicates whether network backup and restore feature is supported. Since vSphere API 5.1
provisioningSupported | xsd:boolean | Indicates whether or not the service instance supports provisioning. For example, the CloneVM_Task operation.
scalableSharesSupported* | xsd:boolean | Specifies if scalable shares for resource pools is supported. Since vSphere API 7.0
supportedEVCGraphicsMode* | FeatureEVCMode[] | All supported Enhanced VMotion Compatibility Graphics modes. Since vSphere API 7.0.1.0
supportedEVCMode* | EVCMode[] | All supported Enhanced VMotion Compatibility modes. Since vSphere API 4.0
userShellAccessSupported | xsd:boolean | Flag indicating whether host user accounts should have the option to be granted shell access Since VI API 2.5
Properties inherited from DynamicData
None

*Need not be set
Show WSDL type definition
<complexType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vsan="urn:vsan" name="Capability"> <complexContent> <extension base="vsan:DynamicData"> <sequence> <element name="provisioningSupported" type="xsd:boolean"/> <element name="multiHostSupported" type="xsd:boolean"/> <element name="userShellAccessSupported" type="xsd:boolean"/> <element name="supportedEVCMode" type="vsan:EVCMode" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/> <element name="supportedEVCGraphicsMode" type="vsan:FeatureEVCMode" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/> <element name="networkBackupAndRestoreSupported" type="xsd:boolean" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="ftDrsWithoutEvcSupported" type="xsd:boolean" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="hciWorkflowSupported" type="xsd:boolean" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="computePolicyVersion" type="xsd:int" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="clusterPlacementSupported" type="xsd:boolean" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="lifecycleManagementSupported" type="xsd:boolean" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="hostSeedingSupported" type="xsd:boolean" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="scalableSharesSupported" type="xsd:boolean" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="hadcsSupported" type="xsd:boolean" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="configMgmtSupported" type="xsd:boolean" minOccurs="0"/> </sequence> </extension> </complexContent> </complexType>