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vcenter vm hardware floppy: create

Adds a virtual floppy drive to the virtual machine.

Request:

HTTP request

POST https://{server}/rest/vcenter/vm/{vm}/hardware/floppy

Path Parameters

Name Type Description
Required
vm string Virtual machine identifier.

Request Body Structure:

{
    "spec": {
        "allow_guest_control": true,
        "backing": {
            "host_device": "string",
            "image_file": "string",
            "type": "IMAGE_FILE"
        },
        "start_connected": true
    }
}
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<ns0:Create-Input xmlns:ns0="http://vmware.com/vcenter/vm/hardware/floppy" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <spec>
    <allow_guest_control>true</allow_guest_control>
    <backing>
      <image_file>string</image_file>
      <type>IMAGE_FILE</type>
      <host_device>string</host_device>
    </backing>
    <start_connected>true</start_connected>
  </spec>
</ns0:Create-Input>

Request Body Parameters:

Name Type Description
bold = required
spec create_spec Specification for the new virtual floppy drive.
spec.backing backing_spec Physical resource backing for the virtual floppy drive.

Optional. If unset, defaults to automatic detection of a suitable host device.
spec.backing.type string Backing type for the virtual floppy drive.

Defines the valid backing types for a virtual floppy drive. Value is one of:
IMAGE_FILE: Virtual floppy drive is backed by an image file.
HOST_DEVICE: Virtual floppy drive is backed by a device on the host where the virtual machine is running.
CLIENT_DEVICE: Virtual floppy drive is backed by a device on the client that is connected to the virtual machine console.
spec.backing.image_file string Path of the image file that should be used as the virtual floppy drive backing.

Optional. It is only relevant when type has value IMAGE_FILE. This field is optional and it is only relevant when the value of type is IMAGE_FILE.
spec.backing.host_device string Name of the device that should be used as the virtual floppy drive backing.

Optional. It is only relevant when type has value HOST_DEVICE. If unset, the virtual floppy drive will be configured to automatically detect a suitable host device.
spec.start_connected boolean Flag indicating whether the virtual device should be connected whenever the virtual machine is powered on.

Optional. Defaults to false if unset.
spec.allow_guest_control boolean Flag indicating whether the guest can connect and disconnect the device.

Optional. Defaults to false if unset.

Response:

HTTP Status Code: 200

Representations:

{
    "value": "obj-103"
}
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<ns0:Create-Result xmlns:ns0="http://vmware.com/vcenter/vm/hardware/floppy" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <value>obj-103</value>
</ns0:Create-Result>

Response Type:

Name Type Description
bold = required
value string Virtual floppy drive identifier.

Errors:

HTTP Status Code Type Description
500 error if the system reported that the floppy device was created but was unable to confirm the creation because the identifier of the new device could not be determined.
404 not_found if the virtual machine is not found.
400 not_allowed_in_current_state if the virtual machine is not powered off.
400 unable_to_allocate_resource if the virtual machine already has the maximum number of supported floppy drives.
400 resource_busy if the virtual machine is busy performing another operation.
400 resource_inaccessible if the virtual machine's configuration state cannot be accessed.
503 service_unavailable if the system is unable to communicate with a service to complete the request.
401 unauthenticated if the user can not be authenticated.
403 unauthorized if the user doesn't have the required privileges.