Virtual system management classes

The following are virtualization WMI classes related to virtual machine management.

In this section

Topic Description
Msvm_AffectedJobElement
Represents an association between a job and the managed element that may be affected by its execution.
Msvm_ConcreteJob
Represents a unit of work and is used to track the progress of asynchronous operations.
Msvm_DiskMergeSettingData
Represents the configuration state of the disk merge settings for a virtual machine.
Msvm_ElementSettingData
Associates a managed element with its configuration data.
Msvm_Error
Contains information about the severity, cause, recommended actions, and other data related to the failure of a CIM Operation.
Msvm_HostedDependency
Associates a virtual machine instance with the computer system object that represents the physical, hosting system.
Msvm_HostedService
Associates a service with its hosting computer system.
Msvm_LastAppliedSnapshot
Represents an association between a virtual system and the setting data of the snapshot that was most recently applied to the virtual system.
Msvm_OwningJobElement
Represents an association between a job and the managed element responsible for the creation of the job.
Msvm_ServiceAffectsElement
Associates a virtual machine instance with the management service that controls its state.
Msvm_ServicingSettings
Contains settings used during servicing operations.
Msvm_SettingsDefineState
Associates a virtual machine and its devices with instances of CIM_SettingData that represent the current settings that apply to these objects.
Msvm_SystemExportSettingData
Associates a virtual machine and its export setting data.
Msvm_VirtualSystemExportSettingData
Provides additional information to be used with the ExportSystemDefinition method of the Msvm_VirtualSystemManagementService class.
Msvm_VirtualSystemManagementCapabilities
Describes the capabilities of the associated Msvm_VirtualSystemManagementService.
Msvm_VirtualSystemManagementService
Represents the virtualization service present on a single host system.
Msvm_VirtualSystemManagementServiceSettingData
Represents the settings for the virtualization service present on a single host system.
Msvm_VirtualSystemSnapshotService
Service to create, apply, and destroy snapshots of virtual machines.