VMware Inventory Listings Property Reference
Note:Most lists in IT Asset Management only show a selection of the properties in the underlying database. Some columns are displayed by default and others can be displayed using the column chooser control, including any custom properties that you have added. For information on using the column chooser, see Managing Columns in a TableThis page displays the following columns (listed alphabetically). Some columns are displayed by default and others can be displayed through the column chooser. To manage columns and other UI options, see the topics under Managing Columns in a Table.
Property |
Description |
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Application |
The application's name, which may be:
You can edit this on the General tab of the application properties when Local is displayed in the Source column (which means the application was added manually by an operator). |
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Cluster name |
Indicates the vMotion cluster to which the ESX host represented by this row belongs. |
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Cluster Required vSAN Capacity |
The total number of TiBs (Tebibytes) used by vSAN datastores on all hosts belonging to the vMotion cluster represented in this row. |
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Capacity |
Specifies the total number of licenses permitted by a key. For example, a value 2 in this field specifies that you can install two licenses with one key. Not editable. |
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Cores per CPU |
The total number of processor cores per CPU running a VMware application. |
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Evaluation |
Specifies if the installed application is linked only to an evaluation license. Not editable. |
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Evaluation expiry date |
The date when the evaluation version of the license expires. This date may still be displayed for a full license, but only when an associated evaluation period has not yet expired (you may be entitled to increased functionality under the evaluation license). Once the evaluation period is over, the expiry date is no longer shown for full licenses. However, for evaluation licenses:
Not editable. |
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Host required vSAN capacity (TiBs) |
The total number of TiBs (Tebibytes) used by vSAN datastores on the host represented by this row. |
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Installed on |
The name of the VMware host where the application is installed. You may click the device name to navigate to its inventory device properties for more details. This value is only available when vCenter inventory has been returned from the applicable vCenter server. |
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Inventory date |
The date when inventory information was last collected for VMware applications installed on this device. |
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Keys assigned |
Specifies the total number of keys assigned to this application. Not editable. |
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License cost unit |
Specifies the cost unit for a license. The license consumption depends on the cost unit. For example, if the cost unit is server, one license is consumed per server installation and if the license cost unit is cpuPackage, one license is consumed per CPU. Not editable. |
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License key |
The license key consumed by the application. Not editable. |
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License type |
The kind of license, which determines what properties are available for the license, and how compliance is calculated for the license. For details of an individual license type, please see the appropriate entry in Terminology. Editable in the License type field in the Identification tab of the license properties. |
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Managed by |
The name of the vCenter application that is managing this appliance. Tip:This value is blank in the following cases:
Not editable. |
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No of processors |
The total number of processors installed in a physical inventory device, or logical processors assigned to a virtual machine. Populated and (by default) updated by inventory imports, this field in the Hardware tab of the inventory device properties can be overridden with a manually entered value (see Inventory Device Properties / Hardware Tab). Overridden values are no longer updated by incoming inventory. |
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Number of core licenses |
The number of core licenses required as per the total number of processor cores or a minimum of 16 per CPU. |
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vCenter server |
The machine name or IP address of the vCenter computer that is managing this appliance. Tip:This value is blank in the following cases:
Editable in the General tab of the inventory device properties. |
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vCenter version |
The vCenter version number of the vCenter computer managing this appliance. |