# Managed Object - ManagedEntity

Property of
  AlarmInfo, AlarmState, ComplianceResult, ConflictingConfigurationConfig, ContainerView, DatacenterMismatchArgument, DistributedVirtualSwitchManagerHostContainer, DistributedVirtualSwitchPortConnectee, DistributedVirtualSwitchPortCriteria, DVPortConfigInfo, DVPortConfigSpec, DVPortgroupConfigInfo, DVPortgroupConfigSpec, DvsScopeViolated, EntityBackupConfig, EntityPrivilege, EventFilterSpecByEntity, ExtExtendedProductInfo, Folder, HealthUpdate, HttpNfcLeaseInfo, InvalidFolder, InvalidName, KmipClusterInfo, ManagedEntity, ManagedEntityEventArgument, OvfConsumerOstNode, Permission, Profile, ReplicationInvalidOptions, ResourceConfigSpec, ScheduledTaskInfo, StructuredCustomizations, TaskFilterSpecByEntity, TaskInfo, TaskReasonAlarm, UserPrivilegeResult, VAppCloneSpecResourceMap, VAppEntityConfigInfo, VirtualApp, VirtualAppLinkInfo, VirtualMachine, VmFaultToleranceConfigIssue, VmFaultToleranceConfigIssueWrapper
Parameter to
  AcknowledgeAlarm, AddFilterEntities, AddMonitoredEntities, AreAlarmActionsEnabled, AssociateProfile, CheckCompliance_Task, CheckProfileCompliance_Task, ClearComplianceStatus, CloseInventoryViewFolder, CreateAlarm, CreateContainerView, CreateDescriptor, CreateScheduledTask, DisableAlarm, DissociateProfile, EnableAlarm, EnableAlarmActions, FetchUserPrivilegeOnEntities, FindAssociatedProfile, FindChild, GetAlarm, GetAlarmState, GetDefaultKmsCluster, HasMonitoredEntity, HasPrivilegeOnEntities, HasPrivilegeOnEntity, LogUserEvent, MarkServiceProviderEntities, MoveIntoFolder_Task, MoveIntoResourcePool, OpenInventoryViewFolder, QueryCompatibleHostForExistingDvs, QueryCompatibleHostForNewDvs, QueryComplianceStatus, RemoveEntityPermission, RemoveFilterEntities, RemoveMonitoredEntities, ResetEntityPermissions, RetrieveEntityPermissions, RetrieveEntityScheduledTask, SetDefaultKmsCluster, SetEntityPermissions, SetField, UnmarkServiceProviderEntities, UpdateLinkedChildren
Returned by
  CloseInventoryViewFolder, FindAllByDnsName, FindAllByIp, FindAllByUuid, FindByDnsName, FindByInventoryPath, FindByIp, FindByUuid, FindChild, OpenInventoryViewFolder, QueryFilterEntities, QueryManagedBy, QueryMonitoredEntities, RetrieveServiceProviderEntities
Extended by
  ComputeResource, Datacenter, Datastore, DistributedVirtualSwitch, Folder, HostSystem, Network, ResourcePool, VirtualMachine
Extends
  ExtensibleManagedObject
See also
  AlarmState, CustomFieldValue, Event, ManagedEntityStatus, Permission, Tag, Task
Since
  null

## Managed Object Description

Properties

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
alarmActionsEnabled* P | xsd:boolean | Since vSphere API 4.0
configIssue* | Event[] |
configStatus | ManagedEntityStatus |
customValue* P | CustomFieldValue[] |
declaredAlarmState* P | AlarmState[] |
disabledMethod* | xsd:string[] |
effectiveRole* P | xsd:int[] |
name P | xsd:string |
overallStatus | ManagedEntityStatus |
parent* P | ManagedObjectReference to a ManagedEntity |
permission* | Permission[] |
recentTask* | ManagedObjectReference[] to a Task[] |
tag* P | Tag[] | Since vSphere API 4.0
triggeredAlarmState* P | AlarmState[] |
Properties inherited from ExtensibleManagedObject
availableField, value

*May not be present P Required privilege - see tooltip for details

Methods

Methods defined in this Managed Object
Destroy_Task, Reload, Rename_Task
Methods inherited from ExtensibleManagedObject
setCustomValue

# Destroy_Task

Required Privileges
  When object is ComputeResource - Host.Inventory.RemoveHostFromCluster
  When object is VirtualMachine - VirtualMachine.Inventory.Delete
  When object is VmwareDistributedVirtualSwitch - DVSwitch.Delete
  When object is Network - System.Read
  When object is Datacenter - Datacenter.Delete
  When object is HostSystem - Host.Inventory.RemoveHostFromCluster
  When object is ClusterComputeResource - Host.Inventory.DeleteCluster
  When object is ResourcePool - Resource.DeletePool
  When object is Folder - Folder.Delete
  When object is VirtualApp - VApp.Delete
  When object is StoragePod - Folder.Delete
  When object is Datastore - System.Read
  When object is DistributedVirtualSwitch - DVSwitch.Delete
  When object is DistributedVirtualPortgroup - DVPortgroup.Delete

Parameters

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
_this | ManagedObjectReference | A reference to the ManagedEntity used to make the method call.

Return Value

Type | Description
--- | ---
ManagedObjectReference to a ConverterTask |

Faults

Type | Description
--- | ---
RuntimeFault | Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.
VimFault |

Events

Type
None

# Reload

Required Privileges
  System.Read

Parameters

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
_this | ManagedObjectReference | A reference to the ManagedEntity used to make the method call.

Return Value

Type | Description
--- | ---
None

Faults

Type | Description
--- | ---
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

# Rename_Task

Required Privileges
  When object is VirtualApp - VApp.Rename
  When object is Datastore - Datastore.Rename
  When object is VirtualMachine - VirtualMachine.Config.Rename
  When object is VmwareDistributedVirtualSwitch - DVSwitch.Modify
  When object is Network - System.Read
  When object is Datacenter - Datacenter.Rename
  When object is ClusterComputeResource - Host.Inventory.RenameCluster
  When object is DistributedVirtualSwitch - DVSwitch.Modify
  When object is ResourcePool - Resource.RenamePool
  When object is DistributedVirtualPortgroup - DVPortgroup.Modify
  When object is Folder - Folder.Rename

Parameters

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
_this | ManagedObjectReference | A reference to the ManagedEntity used to make the method call.
newName P | xsd:string | Since null

P Required privilege: newName

Return Value

Type | Description
--- | ---
ManagedObjectReference to a ConverterTask |

Faults

Type | Description
--- | ---
DuplicateName |
InvalidName |
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