Citrix Systems 6 manual VDI Parameters, Vdi

The VDI objects can be listed with the standard object listing command (xe vdi-list), and the parameters manipulated with the standard parameter commands. See the section called “Low-level Parameter Commands” for details.

VDI Parameters

VDIs have the following parameters:

Parameter Name	Description	Type
uuid	the unique identifier/object reference for	read only
	the VDI
name-label	the name of the VDI	read/write
name-description	the description string of the VDI	read/write
allowed-operations	a list of the operations allowed in this state	read only set parameter
current-operations	a list of the operations that are currently in	read only set parameter
	progress on this VDI
sr-uuid	SR in which the VDI resides	read only
vbd-uuids	a list of VBDs that refer to this VDI	read only set parameter
crashdump-uuids	list of crash dumps that refer to this VDI	read only set parameter
virtual-size	size of disk as presented to the VM, in	read only
	bytes. Note that, depending on the storage
	backend type, the size may not be respected
	exactly
physical-utilisation	amount of physical space that the VDI is	read only
	currently taking up on the SR, in bytes
type	type of VDI, for example, System or User	read only
sharable	true if this VDI may be shared	read only
read-only	true if this VDI can only be mounted read-	read only
	only
storage-lock	true if this VDI is locked at the storage level	read only
parent	references the parent VDI, if this VDI is part	read only
	of a chain
missing	true if SR scan operation reported this VDI as	read only
	not present
other-config	additional configuration information for this	read/write map parameter
	VDI
sr-name-label	name of the containing storage repository	read only
location	location information	read only
managed	true if the VDI is managed	read only

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