# Fault - EightHostLimitViolated(vim.fault.EightHostLimitViolated)

Extends
  VmConfigFault
Since
  vSphere API 4.0

## Fault Description

Only virtual machines on eight different hosts can have a single virtual disk backing opened for read at once.

This fault occurs when moving or powering on this virtual machine would cause a violation of the above constraint. This only occurs when multiple virtual machines are sharing a single disk backing.

Note that there is no limit on the number of virtual machines who share a disk backings, so long as they are running on eight or fewer hosts.

Properties

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
None
Properties inherited from VmConfigFault
None
Properties inherited from VimFault
None
Properties inherited from MethodFault
faultCause, faultMessage

Show WSDL type definition
<complexType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="EightHostLimitViolated"> <complexContent> <extension base="vim25:VmConfigFault"> <sequence> </sequence> </extension> </complexContent> </complexType>