VirtualMachineGuestOsIdentifier_enum
Guest operating system identifier.
Possible values:
dosGuest: MS-DOS.win31Guest: Windows 3.1win95Guest: Windows 95win98Guest: Windows 98winMeGuest: Windows Millennium EditionwinNTGuest: Windows NT 4win2000ProGuest: Windows 2000 Professionalwin2000ServGuest: Windows 2000 Serverwin2000AdvServGuest: Windows 2000 Advanced ServerwinXPHomeGuest: Windows XP Home EditionwinXPProGuest: Windows XP ProfessionalwinXPPro64Guest: Windows XP Professional Edition (64 bit)winNetWebGuest: Windows Server 2003, Web EditionwinNetStandardGuest: Windows Server 2003, Standard EditionwinNetEnterpriseGuest: Windows Server 2003, Enterprise EditionwinNetDatacenterGuest: Windows Server 2003, Datacenter EditionwinNetBusinessGuest: Windows Small Business Server 2003winNetStandard64Guest: Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (64 bit)winNetEnterprise64Guest: Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (64 bit)winLonghornGuest: Windows LonghornwinLonghorn64Guest: Windows Longhorn (64 bit)winNetDatacenter64Guest: Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition (64 bit)winVistaGuest: Windows VistawinVista64Guest: Windows Vista (64 bit)windows7Guest: Windows 7windows7_64Guest: Windows 7 (64 bit)windows7Server64Guest: Windows Server 2008 R2 (64 bit)windows8Guest: Windows 8windows8_64Guest: Windows 8 (64 bit)windows8Server64Guest: Windows 8 Server (64 bit)windows9Guest: Windows 10windows9_64Guest: Windows 10 (64 bit)windows9Server64Guest: Windows 10 Server (64 bit)windows11_64Guest: Windows 11Since: vSphere API Release 8.0.0.1
windows12_64Guest: Windows 12Since: vSphere API Release 8.0.0.1
windowsHyperVGuest: Windows Hyper-Vwindows2019srv_64Guest: Windows Server 2019windows2019srvNext_64Guest: Windows Server 2022Since: vSphere API Release 7.0.1.0
windows2022srvNext_64Guest: Windows Server 2025Since: vSphere API Release 8.0.0.1
freebsdGuest: FreeBSDfreebsd64Guest: FreeBSD x64freebsd11Guest: FreeBSD 11freebsd11_64Guest: FreeBSD 11 x64freebsd12Guest: FreeBSD 12freebsd12_64Guest: FreeBSD 12 x64freebsd13Guest: FreeBSD 13Since: vSphere API Release 7.0.1.0
freebsd13_64Guest: FreeBSD 13 x64Since: vSphere API Release 7.0.1.0
freebsd14Guest: FreeBSD 14Since: vSphere API Release 8.0.0.1
freebsd14_64Guest: FreeBSD 14 x64Since: vSphere API Release 8.0.0.1
redhatGuest: Red Hat Linux 2.1rhel2Guest: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2rhel3Guest: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3rhel3_64Guest: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (64 bit)rhel4Guest: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4rhel4_64Guest: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (64 bit)rhel5Guest: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5rhel5_64Guest: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (64 bit)rhel6Guest: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6rhel6_64Guest: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (64 bit)rhel7Guest: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7rhel7_64Guest: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (64 bit)rhel8_64Guest: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (64 bit)rhel9_64Guest: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (64 bit)Since: vSphere API Release 7.0.1.0
centosGuest: CentOS 4/5centos64Guest: CentOS 4/5 (64-bit)centos6Guest: CentOS 6centos6_64Guest: CentOS 6 (64-bit)centos7Guest: CentOS 7centos7_64Guest: CentOS 7 (64-bit)centos8_64Guest: CentOS 8 (64-bit)centos9_64Guest: CentOS 9 (64-bit)Since: vSphere API Release 7.0.1.0
oracleLinuxGuest: Oracle Linux 4/5oracleLinux64Guest: Oracle Linux 4/5 (64-bit)oracleLinux6Guest: Oracle 6oracleLinux6_64Guest: Oracle 6 (64-bit)oracleLinux7Guest: Oracle 7oracleLinux7_64Guest: Oracle 7 (64-bit)oracleLinux8_64Guest: Oracle 8 (64-bit)oracleLinux9_64Guest: Oracle 9 (64-bit)Since: vSphere API Release 7.0.1.0
suseGuest: Suse Linuxsuse64Guest: Suse Linux (64 bit)slesGuest: Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9sles64Guest: Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9 (64 bit)sles10Guest: Suse linux Enterprise Server 10sles10_64Guest: Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 (64 bit)sles11Guest: Suse linux Enterprise Server 11sles11_64Guest: Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 (64 bit)sles12Guest: Suse linux Enterprise Server 12sles12_64Guest: Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 (64 bit)sles15_64Guest: Suse Linux Enterprise Server 15 (64 bit)sles16_64Guest: Suse Linux Enterprise Server 16 (64 bit)Since: vSphere API Release 7.0.1.0
nld9Guest: Novell Linux Desktop 9oesGuest: Open Enterprise ServersjdsGuest: Sun Java Desktop SystemmandrakeGuest: Mandrake LinuxmandrivaGuest: Mandriva Linuxmandriva64Guest: Mandriva Linux (64 bit)turboLinuxGuest: TurbolinuxturboLinux64Guest: Turbolinux (64 bit)ubuntuGuest: Ubuntu Linuxubuntu64Guest: Ubuntu Linux (64 bit)debian4Guest: Debian GNU/Linux 4debian4_64Guest: Debian GNU/Linux 4 (64 bit)debian5Guest: Debian GNU/Linux 5debian5_64Guest: Debian GNU/Linux 5 (64 bit)debian6Guest: Debian GNU/Linux 6debian6_64Guest: Debian GNU/Linux 6 (64 bit)debian7Guest: Debian GNU/Linux 7debian7_64Guest: Debian GNU/Linux 7 (64 bit)debian8Guest: Debian GNU/Linux 8debian8_64Guest: Debian GNU/Linux 8 (64 bit)debian9Guest: Debian GNU/Linux 9debian9_64Guest: Debian GNU/Linux 9 (64 bit)debian10Guest: Debian GNU/Linux 10debian10_64Guest: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (64 bit)debian11Guest: Debian GNU/Linux 11debian11_64Guest: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (64 bit)debian12Guest: Debian GNU/Linux 12Since: vSphere API Release 8.0.0.1
debian12_64Guest: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (64 bit)Since: vSphere API Release 8.0.0.1
asianux3Guest: Asianux Server 3asianux3_64Guest: Asianux Server 3 (64 bit)asianux4Guest: Asianux Server 4asianux4_64Guest: Asianux Server 4 (64 bit)asianux5_64Guest: Asianux Server 5 (64 bit)asianux7_64Guest: Asianux Server 7 (64 bit)asianux8_64Guest: Asianux Server 8 (64 bit)asianux9_64Guest: Asianux Server 9 (64 bit)Since: vSphere API Release 7.0.1.0
opensuseGuest: OpenSUSE Linuxopensuse64Guest: OpenSUSE Linux (64 bit)fedoraGuest: Fedora Linuxfedora64Guest: Fedora Linux (64 bit)coreos64Guest: CoreOS Linux (64 bit)vmwarePhoton64Guest: VMware Photon (64 bit)other24xLinuxGuest: Linux 2.4x Kernelother26xLinuxGuest: Linux 2.6x KernelotherLinuxGuest: Linux 2.2x Kernelother3xLinuxGuest: Linux 3.x Kernelother4xLinuxGuest: Linux 4.x Kernelother5xLinuxGuest: Linux 5.x KernelSince: vSphere API Release 7.0.1.0
other6xLinuxGuest: Linux 6.x KernelSince: vSphere API Release 8.0.0.1
genericLinuxGuest: Other Linuxother24xLinux64Guest: Linux 2.4.x Kernel (64 bit)other26xLinux64Guest: Linux 2.6.x Kernel (64 bit)other3xLinux64Guest: Linux 3.x Kernel (64 bit)other4xLinux64Guest: Linux 4.x Kernel (64 bit)other5xLinux64Guest: Linux 5.x Kernel (64 bit)Since: vSphere API Release 7.0.1.0
other6xLinux64Guest: Linux 6.x Kernel (64 bit)Since: vSphere API Release 8.0.0.1
otherLinux64Guest: Linux (64 bit)solaris6Guest: Solaris 6solaris7Guest: Solaris 7solaris8Guest: Solaris 8solaris9Guest: Solaris 9solaris10Guest: Solaris 10 (32 bit)solaris10_64Guest: Solaris 10 (64 bit)solaris11_64Guest: Solaris 11 (64 bit)os2Guest: OS/2eComStationGuest: eComStation 1.xeComStation2Guest: eComStation 2.0netware4Guest: Novell NetWare 4netware5Guest: Novell NetWare 5.1netware6Guest: Novell NetWare 6.xopenServer5Guest: SCO OpenServer 5openServer6Guest: SCO OpenServer 6unixWare7Guest: SCO UnixWare 7darwinGuest: Mac OS 10.5darwin64Guest: Mac OS 10.5 (64 bit)darwin10Guest: Mac OS 10.6darwin10_64Guest: Mac OS 10.6 (64 bit)darwin11Guest: Mac OS 10.7darwin11_64Guest: Mac OS 10.7 (64 bit)darwin12_64Guest: Mac OS 10.8 (64 bit)darwin13_64Guest: Mac OS 10.9 (64 bit)darwin14_64Guest: Mac OS 10.10 (64 bit)darwin15_64Guest: Mac OS 10.11 (64 bit)darwin16_64Guest: Mac OS 10.12 (64 bit)darwin17_64Guest: macOS 10.13 (64 bit)darwin18_64Guest: macOS 10.14 (64 bit)darwin19_64Guest: macOS 10.15 (64 bit)darwin20_64Guest: macOS 11 (64 bit)Since: vSphere API Release 7.0.1.0
darwin21_64Guest: macOS 12 (64 bit)Since: vSphere API Release 7.0.1.0
darwin22_64Guest: macOS 13 (64 bit)Since: vSphere API Release 8.0.0.1
darwin23_64Guest: macOS 14 (64 bit)Since: vSphere API Release 8.0.0.1
vmkernelGuest: VMware ESX 4vmkernel5Guest: VMware ESX 5vmkernel6Guest: VMware ESX 6vmkernel65Guest: VMware ESXi 6.5 AND ESXi 6.7.vmkernel7Guest: VMware ESX 7vmkernel8Guest: VMware ESX 8Since: vSphere API Release 8.0.0.1
amazonlinux2_64Guest: Amazon Linux 2 (64 bit)amazonlinux3_64Guest: Amazon Linux 3 (64 bit)Since: vSphere API Release 7.0.1.0
crxPod1Guest: CRX Pod 1crxSys1Guest: CRX Sys 1Since: vSphere API Release 8.0.3.0
rockylinux_64Guest: Rocky Linux (64-bit)Since: vSphere API Release 8.0.0.1
almalinux_64Guest: AlmaLinux (64-bit)Since: vSphere API Release 8.0.0.1
otherGuest: Other Operating SystemotherGuest64: Other Operating System (64 bit)