vSphere Data Objects for Property Collection

The following table provides an overview of the PropertyCollector data objects. For more detailed descriptions, see the vSphere API Reference.

Data Object	Description
PropertyFilterSpec	Provides access to object and property selection data. A PropertyFilterSpec must have at least one ObjectSpec and one PropertySpec.
ObjectSpec	Identifies the starting object for property collection. An ObjectSpec also identifies additional objects for collection.
TraversalSpec	Identifies the type of object for property collection. It also provides one or more paths for inventory traversal.
SelectionSpec	Acts as a placeholder reference to a TraversalSpec.
PropertySpec	Identifies properties for collection.
View objects	Identify a subset of the vSphere inventory objects.