Citrix Systems 6 User Manual

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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 

for details.

VDIs have the following parameters:

uuid

the  unique  identifier/object  reference  for
the VDI

read only

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
progress on this VDI

read only set parameter

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
bytes. Note that, depending on the storage
backend type, the size may not be respected
exactly

read only

physical-utilisation

amount  of  physical  space  that  the  VDI  is
currently taking up on the SR, in bytes

read only

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-
only

read 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
of a chain

read only

missing

true if SR scan operation reported this VDI as
not present

read only

other-config

additional configuration information for this
VDI

read/write map parameter

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