# Data Object - DVPortgroupConfigSpec(vim.dvs.DistributedVirtualPortgroup.ConfigSpec)

Property of
  DVPortgroupReconfiguredEvent
Parameter to
  AddDVPortgroup_Task, CreateDVPortgroup_Task, ReconfigureDVPortgroup_Task
Returned by
  DVPortgroupRollback_Task
Extends
  DynamicData
See also
  DistributedVirtualSwitchKeyedOpaqueBlob, DVPortgroupPolicy, DVPortSetting, ManagedEntity
Since
  vSphere API 4.0

## Data Object Description

The DVPortgroupConfigSpec data object contains configuration data for a DistributedVirtualPortgroup. Use the ReconfigureDVPortgroup_Task method to apply the configuration to the portgroup.

Properties

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
autoExpand* | xsd:boolean | If set to true, this property ignores the limit on the number of ports in the portgroup. When a Virtual Machine/Host tries to connect to the portgroup and there are no free ports available in the portgroup, new ports will be automatically added to the portgroup. The flag is currently supported only for static portgroups. Setting this property to true makes the portgroup a potential candidate for auto-shrink. Once the portgroup has auto-expanded then its disconnected ports are likely to be deleted automatically, as a part of auto-shrink step, if there are more than certain number of free ports. If the portgroup never auto-expanded, then it will never lose any free ports. Since vSphere API 5.0
configVersion* | xsd:string | Version string of the configuration that this spec is trying to change. This property is required in reconfiguring a portgroup and should be set to the same value as the configVersion. This property is ignored in creating a portgroup if set.
defaultPortConfig* | DVPortSetting | Default network setting for all the ports in the portgroup.
description* | xsd:string | Description of the portgroup.
name* | xsd:string | Name of the portgroup.
numPorts* | xsd:int | Number of ports in the portgroup. Setting this number larger than the number of existing ports in the portgroup causes new ports to be added to the portgroup to meet the number. Setting this property smaller than the number of existing ports deletes the free ports from the portgroup. If the number cannot be met by deleting free ports, a fault is raised. If new ports are added to the portgroup, they are also added to the switch. For portgroups of type ephemeral this property is ignored.
policy* | DVPortgroupPolicy | Portgroup policy.
portNameFormat* | xsd:string | Format of the name of the ports when ports are created in the portgroup. For details see portNameFormat.
scope* | ManagedObjectReference[] to a ManagedEntity[] | Deprecated. as of vSphere API 5.5 Eligible entities that can connect to the port. See DVPortgroupConfigInfo.scope.
type* | xsd:string | Type of portgroup. See DistributedVirtualPortgroup.DistributedVirtualPortgroupPortgroupType for possible values.
vendorSpecificConfig* | DistributedVirtualSwitchKeyedOpaqueBlob[] | Opaque binary blob that stores vendor specific configuration.
vmVnicNetworkResourcePoolKey* | xsd:string | The key of virtual NIC network resource pool to be associated with a portgroup. Setting this property to "-1", would mean that this portgroup is not associated with any virtual NIC network resource pool. Since vSphere API 6.0
Properties inherited from DynamicData
None

*Need not be set
Show WSDL type definition
<complexType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:sms="urn:sms" name="DVPortgroupConfigSpec"> <complexContent> <extension base="sms:DynamicData"> <sequence> <element name="configVersion" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="name" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="numPorts" type="xsd:int" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="portNameFormat" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="defaultPortConfig" type="sms:DVPortSetting" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="description" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="type" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="scope" type="sms:ManagedObjectReference" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/> <element name="policy" type="sms:DVPortgroupPolicy" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="vendorSpecificConfig" type="sms:DistributedVirtualSwitchKeyedOpaqueBlob" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/> <element name="autoExpand" type="xsd:boolean" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="vmVnicNetworkResourcePoolKey" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/> </sequence> </extension> </complexContent> </complexType>