# Data Object - VirtualMachineForkConfigInfo(vim.vm.ForkConfigInfo)

Property of
  VirtualMachineConfigInfo
Extends
  DynamicData
Since
  vSphere API 6.0

## Data Object Description

This data object describes the fork configuration of this virtual machine.

Properties

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
childForkGroupId* | xsd:string | The fork group ID identifies the parent group of which this child VirtualMachine is a child. Applicable for child VirtualMachines only.
childType* | xsd:string | The flag to indicate the fork child type. For a persistent child virtual machine, once it is powered on, it will become a linked clone of its parent and this flag will be set to 'none'. See VirtualMachineForkConfigInfoChildType
parentEnabled* | xsd:boolean | Flag to indicate whether this virtual machine is a parent enabled virtual machine. If this vm is not a parent enabled vm this property will be unset. When set into the vim.vm.ConfigSpec this flag will be ignored.
parentForkGroupId* | xsd:string | The fork group ID identifies the parent group which this VirtualMachine belongs to. Applicable for parent VirtualMachines only. Since vSphere API 6.5
Properties inherited from DynamicData
None

*Need not be set
Show WSDL type definition
<complexType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:pbm="urn:pbm" name="VirtualMachineForkConfigInfo"> <complexContent> <extension base="pbm:DynamicData"> <sequence> <element name="parentEnabled" type="xsd:boolean" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="childForkGroupId" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="parentForkGroupId" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="childType" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/> </sequence> </extension> </complexContent> </complexType>