# Data Object - VsanObjectIdentity(vim.cluster.VsanObjectIdentity)

Property of
  VsanObjectIdentityAndHealth
Extends
  DynamicData
See also
  VirtualMachine
Since
  vSphere API 5.5

## Data Object Description

Contains various information about the identity of a single vSAN object, including which type it is and any related objects, e.g. a VM.

Properties

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
description* | xsd:string | Description
type | xsd:string | Can be one of: 'vmswap', 'vdisk', 'namespace', 'vmem', 'stats', 'other'
uuid | xsd:string | vSAN UUID of the object
vm* | ManagedObjectReference to a VirtualMachine | Reference to VM this object belongs to. If the API was executed against a host (even if proxied through vCenter) the VM reference will use the MoRef of the host, not that of vCenter. The vmInstanceUuid should be used instead to match to the vCenter MoRef in such cases.
vmInstanceUuid* | xsd:string | Instance UUID of the VM this object belongs to
vmNsObjectUuid* | xsd:string | Name space object UUID of the VM this object belongs to
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="VsanObjectIdentity"> <complexContent> <extension base="vsan:DynamicData"> <sequence> <element name="uuid" type="xsd:string"/> <element name="type" type="xsd:string"/> <element name="vmInstanceUuid" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="vmNsObjectUuid" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="vm" type="vsan:ManagedObjectReference" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="description" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/> </sequence> </extension> </complexContent> </complexType>