# Enum - VirtualMachineGuestOsFamily(vim.vm.GuestOsDescriptor.GuestOsFamily)

## Enum Description

Guest operating system family constants.

Enum Constants

Name | Description
--- | ---
darwinGuestFamily | Mac OS operating system Since vSphere API 5.0
linuxGuest | Linux operating system
netwareGuest | Novell Netware
otherGuestFamily | Other operating systems
solarisGuest | Solaris operating system
windowsGuest | Windows operating system

Show WSDL type definition
<simpleType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="VirtualMachineGuestOsFamily"> <restriction base="xsd:string"> <enumeration value="windowsGuest"/> <enumeration value="linuxGuest"/> <enumeration value="netwareGuest"/> <enumeration value="solarisGuest"/> <enumeration value="darwinGuestFamily"/> <enumeration value="otherGuestFamily"/> </restriction> </simpleType>