# Managed Object - VsanMassCollector(vim.VsanMassCollector)

See also
  ObjectContent, VsanMassCollectorSpec
Since
  vSAN API 6.6

## Managed Object Description

VsanMassCollector contains a collection of APIs to query vSAN management API's and values of managed object properties. The Managed Entity can be accessed through MOID of vsan-mass-collector through vSAN service at vCenter server side.

Properties

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
None

Methods

Methods defined in this Managed Object
VsanRetrieveProperties

# VsanRetrieveProperties(vsanRetrieveProperties)

Retrieve properties for an object type with specs.

Combined Privileges Required (on vSphere ManagedEntity):

Privileges | Required on
--- | ---
Global.Settings | RootFolder

* The RootFolder entity in above table refers to the vCenter server itself in the vCenter UI
* The ClusterComputeResource entity in above table refers to the cluster which is being operated on

* The Required Privileges section below is not used, please ignore.

Required Privileges
  System.Read

Parameters

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
_this | ManagedObjectReference | A reference to the VsanMassCollector used to make the method call.
massCollectorSpecs | VsanMassCollectorSpec[] | specify a list of objects, properties, constraints for retrieve.

Return Value

Type | Description
--- | ---
ObjectContent[] |

Faults

Type | Description
--- | ---
InvalidArgument |
InvalidProperty |
InvalidType |
ManagedObjectNotFound |
NotFound |
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:vsan="urn:vsan" name="VsanRetrieveProperties" type="vsan:VsanRetrievePropertiesRequestType"/> <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vsan="urn:vsan" name="VsanRetrievePropertiesResponse"> <complexType> <sequence> <element name="returnval" type="vsan:ObjectContent" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/> </sequence> </complexType> </element>