.. _str: https://docs.python.org/2/library/stdtypes.html .. _vim.Task: ../vim/Task.rst .. _VI API 2.5: ../vim/version.rst#vimversionversion2 .. _vmodl.fault.InvalidArgument: ../vmodl/fault/InvalidArgument.rst .. _vim.ServiceManager.ServiceInfo: ../vim/ServiceManager/ServiceInfo.rst vim.ServiceManager ================== The ServiceManager managed object is a singleton object that is used to present services that are optional and not necessarily formally defined. This directory makes available a list of such services and provides an easy way to locate them. The service being represented can take arbitrary form here and is thus represented by a generic ManagedObject. The expectation is that the client side is knowledgeable of the instance type of the specific service it is interested in using. :since: `VI API 2.5`_ Attributes ---------- service ([`vim.ServiceManager.ServiceInfo`_]): privilege: Global.ServiceManagers The full list of services available in this directory. Methods ------- QueryServiceList(serviceName, location): A query interface that returns a list of services that match certain criteria. Besides a basic service name entry, an arbitrary list of matching locations can also be specified. The location array is assumed to be a list of AND expressions, ie, all locations must match for an entry to be considered a match. Regular expressions are not allowed in the query service. Privilege: Global.ServiceManagers Args: serviceName (`str`_, optional): The name of the service to be located. location (`str`_, optional): The list of location information that needs to match for a service to be considered a match. Returns: [`vim.ServiceManager.ServiceInfo`_]: Raises: `vmodl.fault.InvalidArgument`_: if both serviceName and location are not specified.