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

Property of
  VsanObjectIdentityAndHealth
Extends
  DynamicData
See also
  KeyValue, 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
metadatas* | KeyValue[] | Metadata for the object identity to describe the additional attributes Since vSAN API 7.1
spbmProfileUuid* | xsd:string | UUID of SPBM profile used for the policy of the object when it was applied to vSAN Object. Not set if the object doesn't use an SPBM managed policy. Since vSAN API 7.1
type | xsd:string | Can be one of: 'vmswap', 'vdisk', 'namespace', 'vmem', 'stats', 'other', 'iscsiHome', 'iscsiLun', 'iscsiTarget' and 'fileShare'.
typeExtId* | xsd:string | The vSAN extension object type id. The extension object type will be created by any of persistency service building on top of vSAN Since vSAN API 7.1
uuid | xsd:string | The unique identifier for the object. It's vSAN UUID for the vSAN object or the CNS volume ID if it's CNS object deploying in vSAN direct storage.
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"/> <element name="spbmProfileUuid" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="metadatas" type="vsan:KeyValue" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/> <element name="typeExtId" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/> </sequence> </extension> </complexContent> </complexType>