Creating Inventory Objects

The Folder managed entity provides methods for creating instances of the following managed entities.

■	Datacenter

■	DistributedVirtualSwitch

■	VirtualMachine

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Cluster

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Folder

When you create these objects, they are automatically created in the folder you invoked the creation method from.

While some managed entities are created through a method on the Folder managed entity, other managed entities are instantiated directly. For example, the HostDatastoreSystem has methods for creating datastores such as CreateNasDatastore and CreateVmfsDatastore.

Important When you create an inventory object, you must stay within the bounds of the host’s capabilities, accessible through the HostSystem.capability property, which is a HostCapability data object. For example, a HostCapability object might have the maxSupportedVMs property specified.