# Fault - GuestComponentsOutOfDate(vim.fault.GuestComponentsOutOfDate)

Thrown by
  AcquireCredentialsInGuest, AddGuestAlias, ChangeFileAttributesInGuest, CreateRegistryKeyInGuest, CreateTemporaryDirectoryInGuest, CreateTemporaryFileInGuest, DeleteDirectoryInGuest, DeleteFileInGuest, DeleteRegistryKeyInGuest, DeleteRegistryValueInGuest, InitiateFileTransferFromGuest, InitiateFileTransferToGuest, ListFilesInGuest, ListGuestAliases, ListGuestMappedAliases, ListProcessesInGuest, ListRegistryKeysInGuest, ListRegistryValuesInGuest, MakeDirectoryInGuest, MoveDirectoryInGuest, MoveFileInGuest, ReadEnvironmentVariableInGuest, ReleaseCredentialsInGuest, RemoveGuestAlias, RemoveGuestAliasByCert, SetRegistryValueInGuest, StartProgramInGuest, TerminateProcessInGuest, ValidateCredentialsInGuest
Extends
  GuestOperationsFault
Since
  vSphere API 5.0

## Fault Description

A GuestComponentsOutOfDate exception is thrown when an operation fails because the guest operations agent is out of date and lacks the functionality to execute the operation.

Properties

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
None
Properties inherited from GuestOperationsFault
None
Properties inherited from VimFault
None
Properties inherited from MethodFault
faultCause, faultMessage

Show WSDL type definition
<complexType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:sms="urn:sms" name="GuestComponentsOutOfDate"> <complexContent> <extension base="sms:GuestOperationsFault"> <sequence> </sequence> </extension> </complexContent> </complexType>