Virtual Infrastructure Container View APIs

The ContainerView managed object provides a means of monitoring the contents of a single container and, optionally, other containers.

You can use a ContainerView with a PropertyCollector method to retrieve data or receive notification of changes. For information about using views with the PropertyCollector, see the description of ViewManager.

When you invoke the CreateContainerView method, you specify a managed object instance that provides the starting point for object selection. You can use the following managed objects as the basis of a container view:

• Folder
• Datacenter
• ComputeResource
• ResourcePool
• HostSystem

Once you have created the view, the view list always represents the current configuration of the virtual environment and reflects any subsequent changes that occur.