# Data Object - LocalizedMethodFault(vmodl.LocalizedMethodFault)

Property of
  AlarmEmailFailedEvent, AlarmScriptFailedEvent, AlarmSnmpFailedEvent, ApplyHostProfileConfigurationSpec, BackupBlobReadFailure, BackupBlobWriteFailure, BatchResult, CannotAccessVmConfig, CannotAccessVmDisk, CheckResult, ClusterDrsFaultsFaultsByVm, ClusterEVCManagerCheckResult, ClusterNotAttemptedVmInfo, DisallowedMigrationDeviceAttached, DistributedVirtualSwitchManagerCompatibilityResult, DrsResourceConfigureFailedEvent, DvsApplyOperationFaultFaultOnObject, DvsOperationBulkFaultFaultOnHost, EVCAdmissionFailed, EVCConfigFault, EventEx, FtIssuesOnHost, GenericDrsFault, GuestRegKeyRecordSpec, HbrManagerReplicationVmInfo, HbrManagerVmReplicationCapability, HostConfigFailed, HostDatastoreSystemDatastoreResult, HostDiskConfigurationResult, HostLowLevelProvisioningManagerFileDeleteResult, HostStorageSystemDiskLocatorLedResult, HostStorageSystemScsiLunResult, HostStorageSystemVmfsVolumeResult, HostSyncFailedEvent, HostUnresolvedVmfsResolutionResult, HostVmfsRescanResult, HttpNfcLease, ImportOperationBulkFaultFaultOnImport, IncompatibleHostForFtSecondary, IoFilterHostIssue, IscsiStatus, MethodFault, MigrationEvent, MissingObject, MissingProperty, NoCompatibleHost, OvfCreateDescriptorResult, OvfCreateImportSpecResult, OvfParseDescriptorResult, OvfValidateHostResult, PlacementRankResult, PowerOnFtSecondaryFailed, ScheduledHardwareUpgradeInfo, ScheduledTaskEmailFailedEvent, ScheduledTaskFailedEvent, ScheduledTaskInfo, SnapshotIncompatibleDeviceInVm, TaskInfo, TemplateUpgradeFailedEvent, ToolsConfigInfoToolsLastInstallInfo, UnexpectedFault, UpdateVirtualMachineFilesResultFailedVmFileInfo, VirtualMachineMetadataManagerVmMetadataResult, VmCloneFailedEvent, VmConfigIncompatibleForFaultTolerance, VmConfigIncompatibleForRecordReplay, VmDeployFailedEvent, VmDiskFailedEvent, VmFailedMigrateEvent, VmFailedRelayoutEvent, VmFailedToPowerOffEvent, VmFailedToPowerOnEvent, VmFailedToRebootGuestEvent, VmFailedToResetEvent, VmFailedToShutdownGuestEvent, VmFailedToStandbyGuestEvent, VmFailedToSuspendEvent, VmFailoverFailed, VmFaultToleranceConfigIssueWrapper, VmFaultToleranceOpIssuesList, VmRelocateFailedEvent, VmSecondaryDisabledBySystemEvent, VsanHostDiskMapResult, VsanHostDiskResult, VVolVmConfigFileUpdateResultFailedVmConfigFileInfo
Extends
  DynamicData
See also
  MethodFault

## Data Object Description

A wrapper class used to pass MethodFault data objects over the wire along with a localized display message for the fault.

Properties

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
fault | MethodFault |
localizedMessage* | xsd:string | The localized message that would be sent in the faultstring element of the SOAP Fault. It is optional so that clients are not required to send a localized message to the server, but servers are required to send the localized message to clients.
Properties inherited from DynamicData
None

*Need not be set
Show WSDL type definition
<complexType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="LocalizedMethodFault"> <complexContent> <extension base="vim25:DynamicData"> <sequence> <element name="fault" type="vim25:MethodFault"/> <element name="localizedMessage" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/> </sequence> </extension> </complexContent> </complexType>