# Data Object - HostDiskPartitionBlockRange(vim.host.DiskPartitionInfo.BlockRange)

Property of
  HostDiskPartitionLayout, VmfsDatastoreMultipleExtentOption, VmfsDatastoreSingleExtentOption
Parameter to
  ComputeDiskPartitionInfoForResize
Extends
  DynamicData
See also
  HostDiskDimensionsLba
Since
  2.0

## Data Object Description

A BlockRange data object type describes a contiguous set of blocks on a disk. A BlockRange may describe either a partition or unpartitioned (primordial) blocks on the disk.

Properties

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
end | HostDiskDimensionsLba | The end block address of the disk range. The block numbers start from zero. The range is inclusive of the end address.
partition* | xsd:int | Partition number. This number is a hint from the server indicating what the partition number for this block range is if the range corresponds to a partition. The partition number should correlate to the one in the partition specification. If sent back to the server, this property is ignored.
start | HostDiskDimensionsLba | The starting block address of the disk range. The block numbers start from zero. The range is inclusive of the end address.
type | xsd:string | The type of data in the partition. See type
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="HostDiskPartitionBlockRange"> <complexContent> <extension base="vsan:DynamicData"> <sequence> <element name="partition" type="xsd:int" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="type" type="xsd:string"/> <element name="start" type="vsan:HostDiskDimensionsLba"/> <element name="end" type="vsan:HostDiskDimensionsLba"/> </sequence> </extension> </complexContent> </complexType>