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ISystemProperties Interface Reference

The ISystemProperties interface represents global properties of the given VirtualBox installation. More...

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Public Member Functions

void getMaxDevicesPerPortForStorageBus (in StorageBus bus,[retval] out unsigned long maxDevicesPerPort)
 Returns the maximum number of devices which can be attached to a port for the given storage bus.
void getMinPortCountForStorageBus (in StorageBus bus,[retval] out unsigned long minPortCount)
 Returns the minimum number of ports the given storage bus supports.
void getMaxPortCountForStorageBus (in StorageBus bus,[retval] out unsigned long maxPortCount)
 Returns the maximum number of ports the given storage bus supports.
void getMaxInstancesOfStorageBus (in StorageBus bus,[retval] out unsigned long maxInstances)
 Returns the maximum number of storage bus instances which can be configured for each VM.
void getDeviceTypesForStorageBus (in StorageBus bus,[retval] out DeviceType[] deviceTypes)
 Returns list of all the supported device types (DeviceType) for the given type of storage bus.

Public Attributes

readonly attribute unsigned long minGuestRAM
 Minimum guest system memory in Megabytes.
readonly attribute unsigned long maxGuestRAM
 Maximum guest system memory in Megabytes.
readonly attribute unsigned long minGuestVRAM
 Minimum guest video memory in Megabytes.
readonly attribute unsigned long maxGuestVRAM
 Maximum guest video memory in Megabytes.
readonly attribute unsigned long minGuestCPUCount
 Minimum CPU count.
readonly attribute unsigned long maxGuestCPUCount
 Maximum CPU count.
readonly attribute unsigned long maxGuestMonitors
 Maximum of monitors which could be connected.
readonly attribute unsigned
long long 
maxVDISize
 Maximum size of a virtual disk image in Megabytes.
readonly attribute unsigned long networkAdapterCount
 Number of network adapters associated with every IMachine instance.
readonly attribute unsigned long serialPortCount
 Number of serial ports associated with every IMachine instance.
readonly attribute unsigned long parallelPortCount
 Number of parallel ports associated with every IMachine instance.
readonly attribute unsigned long maxBootPosition
 Maximum device position in the boot order.
attribute wstring defaultMachineFolder
 Full path to the default directory used to create new or open existing machines when a settings file name contains no path.
attribute wstring defaultHardDiskFolder
 Full path to the default directory used to create new or open existing virtual disks.
readonly attribute IMediumFormat[] mediumFormats
 List of all medium storage formats supported by this VirtualBox installation.
attribute wstring defaultHardDiskFormat
 Identifier of the default medium format used by VirtualBox.
attribute unsigned long long freeDiskSpaceWarning
 Issue a warning if the free disk space is below (or in some disk intensive operation is expected to go below) the given size in Megabytes.
attribute unsigned long freeDiskSpacePercentWarning
 Issue a warning if the free disk space is below (or in some disk intensive operation is expected to go below) the given percentage.
attribute unsigned long long freeDiskSpaceError
 Issue an error if the free disk space is below (or in some disk intensive operation is expected to go below) the given size in Megabytes.
attribute unsigned long freeDiskSpacePercentError
 Issue an error if the free disk space is below (or in some disk intensive operation is expected to go below) the given percentage.
attribute wstring remoteDisplayAuthLibrary
 Library that provides authentication for VRDP clients.
attribute wstring webServiceAuthLibrary
 Library that provides authentication for webservice clients.
attribute unsigned long LogHistoryCount
 This value specifies how many old release log files are kept.
readonly attribute AudioDriverType defaultAudioDriver
 This value hold the default audio driver for the current system.

Detailed Description

The ISystemProperties interface represents global properties of the given VirtualBox installation.

These properties define limits and default values for various attributes and parameters. Most of the properties are read-only, but some can be changed by a user.

Interface ID:
{07C3FFD8-8F59-49CC-B608-53A332E85CC3}

Member Function Documentation

void ISystemProperties::getMaxDevicesPerPortForStorageBus ( in StorageBus  bus,
[retval] out unsigned long  maxDevicesPerPort 
)

Returns the maximum number of devices which can be attached to a port for the given storage bus.

Parameters:
bus The storage bus type to get the value for.
maxDevicesPerPort The maximum number of devices which can eb attached to the port for the given storage bus.
void ISystemProperties::getMinPortCountForStorageBus ( in StorageBus  bus,
[retval] out unsigned long  minPortCount 
)

Returns the minimum number of ports the given storage bus supports.

Parameters:
bus The storage bus type to get the value for.
minPortCount The minimum number of ports for the given storage bus.
void ISystemProperties::getMaxPortCountForStorageBus ( in StorageBus  bus,
[retval] out unsigned long  maxPortCount 
)

Returns the maximum number of ports the given storage bus supports.

Parameters:
bus The storage bus type to get the value for.
maxPortCount The maximum number of ports for the given storage bus.
void ISystemProperties::getMaxInstancesOfStorageBus ( in StorageBus  bus,
[retval] out unsigned long  maxInstances 
)

Returns the maximum number of storage bus instances which can be configured for each VM.

This corresponds to the number of storage controllers one can have.

Parameters:
bus The storage bus type to get the value for.
maxInstances The maximum number of instances for the given storage bus.
void ISystemProperties::getDeviceTypesForStorageBus ( in StorageBus  bus,
[retval] out DeviceType[]  deviceTypes 
)

Returns list of all the supported device types (DeviceType) for the given type of storage bus.

Parameters:
bus The storage bus type to get the value for.
deviceTypes The list of all supported device types for the given storage bus.

Member Data Documentation

readonly attribute unsigned long ISystemProperties::minGuestRAM

Minimum guest system memory in Megabytes.

readonly attribute unsigned long ISystemProperties::maxGuestRAM

Maximum guest system memory in Megabytes.

readonly attribute unsigned long ISystemProperties::minGuestVRAM

Minimum guest video memory in Megabytes.

readonly attribute unsigned long ISystemProperties::maxGuestVRAM

Maximum guest video memory in Megabytes.

readonly attribute unsigned long ISystemProperties::minGuestCPUCount

Minimum CPU count.

readonly attribute unsigned long ISystemProperties::maxGuestCPUCount

Maximum CPU count.

readonly attribute unsigned long ISystemProperties::maxGuestMonitors

Maximum of monitors which could be connected.

readonly attribute unsigned long long ISystemProperties::maxVDISize

Maximum size of a virtual disk image in Megabytes.

readonly attribute unsigned long ISystemProperties::networkAdapterCount

Number of network adapters associated with every IMachine instance.

readonly attribute unsigned long ISystemProperties::serialPortCount

Number of serial ports associated with every IMachine instance.

readonly attribute unsigned long ISystemProperties::parallelPortCount

Number of parallel ports associated with every IMachine instance.

readonly attribute unsigned long ISystemProperties::maxBootPosition

Maximum device position in the boot order.

This value corresponds to the total number of devices a machine can boot from, to make it possible to include all possible devices to the boot list.

See also:
IMachine::setBootOrder

Full path to the default directory used to create new or open existing machines when a settings file name contains no path.

The initial value of this property is <VirtualBox_home>/Machines.

Note:
Setting this property to null or an empty string will restore the initial value.
When settings this property, the specified path can be absolute (full path) or relative to the VirtualBox home directory. When reading this property, a full path is always returned.
The specified path may not exist, it will be created when necessary.
See also:
IVirtualBox::createMachine, IVirtualBox::openMachine

Full path to the default directory used to create new or open existing virtual disks.

This path is used when the storage unit of a hard disk is a regular file in the host's file system and only a file name that contains no path is given.

The initial value of this property is <VirtualBox_home>/HardDisks.

Note:
Setting this property to null or empty string will restore the initial value.
When settings this property, the specified path can be relative to the VirtualBox home directory or absolute. When reading this property, a full path is always returned.
The specified path may not exist, it will be created when necessary.
See also:
IMedium, IVirtualBox::createHardDisk, IVirtualBox::openHardDisk, IMedium::location

List of all medium storage formats supported by this VirtualBox installation.

Keep in mind that the medium format identifier (IMediumFormat::id) used in other API calls like IVirtualBox::createHardDisk to refer to a particular medium format is a case-insensitive string. This means that, for example, all of the following strings:

          "VDI"
          "vdi"
          "VdI"

refer to the same medium format.

Note that the virtual medium framework is backend-based, therefore the list of supported formats depends on what backends are currently installed.

See also:
IMediumFormat,

Identifier of the default medium format used by VirtualBox.

The medium format set by this attribute is used by VirtualBox when the medium format was not specified explicitly. One example is IVirtualBox::createHardDisk with the empty format argument. A more complex example is implicit creation of differencing media when taking a snapshot of a virtual machine: this operation will try to use a format of the parent medium first and if this format does not support differencing media the default format specified by this argument will be used.

The list of supported medium formats may be obtained by the mediumFormats call. Note that the default medium format must have a capability to create differencing media; otherwise operations that create media implicitly may fail unexpectedly.

The initial value of this property is "VDI" in the current version of the VirtualBox product, but may change in the future.

Note:
Setting this property to null or empty string will restore the initial value.
See also:
mediumFormats, IMediumFormat::id, IVirtualBox::createHardDisk
attribute unsigned long long ISystemProperties::freeDiskSpaceWarning

Issue a warning if the free disk space is below (or in some disk intensive operation is expected to go below) the given size in Megabytes.

Issue a warning if the free disk space is below (or in some disk intensive operation is expected to go below) the given percentage.

attribute unsigned long long ISystemProperties::freeDiskSpaceError

Issue an error if the free disk space is below (or in some disk intensive operation is expected to go below) the given size in Megabytes.

Issue an error if the free disk space is below (or in some disk intensive operation is expected to go below) the given percentage.

Library that provides authentication for VRDP clients.

The library is used if a virtual machine's authentication type is set to "external" in the VM RemoteDisplay configuration.

The system library extension (".DLL" or ".so") must be omitted. A full path can be specified; if not, then the library must reside on the system's default library path.

The default value of this property is "VRDPAuth". There is a library of that name in one of the default VirtualBox library directories.

For details about VirtualBox authentication libraries and how to implement them, please refer to the VirtualBox manual.

Note:
Setting this property to null or empty string will restore the initial value.

Library that provides authentication for webservice clients.

The library is used if a virtual machine's authentication type is set to "external" in the VM RemoteDisplay configuration and will be called from within the IWebsessionManager::logon implementation.

As opposed to ISystemProperties::remoteDisplayAuthLibrary, there is no per-VM setting for this, as the webservice is a global resource (if it is running). Only for this setting (for the webservice), setting this value to a literal "null" string disables authentication, meaning that IWebsessionManager::logon will always succeed, no matter what user name and password are supplied.

The initial value of this property is "VRDPAuth", meaning that the webservice will use the same authentication library that is used by default for VBoxVRDP (again, see ISystemProperties::remoteDisplayAuthLibrary). The format and calling convention of authentication libraries is the same for the webservice as it is for VBoxVRDP.

Note:
Setting this property to null or empty string will restore the initial value.
attribute unsigned long ISystemProperties::LogHistoryCount

This value specifies how many old release log files are kept.

This value hold the default audio driver for the current system.