- Represents a network accessible by either hosts or virtual machines. This can be a physical network or a logical network, such as a VLAN.Networks are created:
- explicitly when configuring a host.
- automatically when adding a host to VirtualCenter.
- automatically when adding a new virtual machine to a host or to VirtualCenter.
- To configure network access for hosts and virtual machines, use
- `DistributedVirtualSwitch`_
- and
- `DistributedVirtualPortgroup`_
- managed objects.
extends: | vim.ManagedEntity |
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- name (str):
- Name of this network.
- summary (vim.Network.Summary):
- Properties of a network.
- host ([vim.HostSystem]):
- Hosts attached to this network.
- vm ([vim.VirtualMachine]):
- Virtual machines using this network.
- DestroyNetwork():
Removes a network. A network can be removed only if it is not used by any host or virtual machine.
- Privilege:
- Network.Delete
Args:
- Returns:
- None
Raises:
- vim.fault.ResourceInUse:
- if one or more hosts or virtual machines are configured to use the network.