Data Object - TaskInfo(vim.TaskInfo)

Property of
Task, TaskEvent, TaskHistoryCollector
Parameter to
PostEvent
Returned by
CreateTask, ReadNextTasks, ReadPreviousTasks
Extends
DynamicData
See also
KeyAnyValue, LocalizableMessage, LocalizedMethodFault, ManagedEntity, Task, TaskInfoState, TaskReason
Since
2.0

Data Object Description

This data object type contains all information about a task. A task represents an operation performed by VirtualCenter or ESX.

Properties

Name Type Description
activationId*xsd:string

The activation Id is a client-provided token to link an API call with a task.

Since vSphere API 6.0
cancelablexsd:boolean

Flag to indicate whether or not the cancel task operation is supported.
cancelledxsd:boolean

Flag to indicate whether or not the client requested cancellation of the task.
changeTag*xsd:string

The user entered tag to identify the operations and their side effects

Since vSphere API 4.0
completeTime*xsd:dateTime

Time stamp when the task was completed (whether success or failure).
description*LocalizableMessage

The description field of the task describes the current phase of operation of the task. For a task that does a single monolithic activity, this will be fixed and unchanging. For tasks that have various substeps, this field will change as the task progresses from one phase to another.

Since vSphere API 4.0
descriptionIdxsd:string

An identifier for this operation. This includes publicly visible internal tasks and is a lookup in the TaskDescription methodInfo data object.
entity*ManagedObjectReference
to a ManagedEntity

Managed entity to which the operation applies.
entityName*xsd:string

The name of the managed entity, locale-specific, retained for the history collector database.
error*LocalizedMethodFault

If the task state is "error", then this property contains the fault code.
eventChainIdxsd:int

Event chain ID that leads to the corresponding events.
keyxsd:string

The unique key for the task.
locked*ManagedObjectReference[]
to a ManagedEntity[]

If the state of the task is "running", then this property is a list of managed entities that the operation has locked, with a shared lock.
name*xsd:string

The name of the operation that created the task. This is not set for internal tasks.
parentTaskKey*xsd:string

Tasks can be created by another task. This shows key of the task spun off this task. This is to track causality between tasks.

Since vSphere API 4.0
progress*xsd:int

If the task state is "running", then this property contains a progress measurement, expressed as percentage completed, from 0 to 100.

If this property is not set, then the command does not report progress.

progressDetails*KeyAnyValue[]

Since 8.0.1.0
queueTimexsd:dateTime

Time stamp when the task was created.
reasonTaskReason

Kind of entity responsible for creating this task.
result*xsd:anyType

If the task state is "success", then this property may be used to hold a return value.
rootTaskKey*xsd:string

Tasks can be created by another task and such creation can go on for multiple levels. This is the key of the task that started the chain of tasks.

Since vSphere API 4.0
startTime*xsd:dateTime

Time stamp when the task started running.
stateTaskInfoState

Runtime status of the task.
taskManagedObjectReference
to a Task

The managed object that represents this task.
Properties inherited from DynamicData
None
*Need not be set
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