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vcenter vm hardware cdrom: backing spec

The backing_spec structure provides a specification of the physical resource backing a virtual CD-ROM device.

Representations:

{
    "device_access_type": "EMULATION",
    "host_device": "string",
    "iso_file": "string",
    "type": "ISO_FILE"
}
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<ns0:BackingSpec xmlns:ns0="http://vmware.com/vcenter/vm/hardware/cdrom" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <device_access_type>EMULATION</device_access_type>
  <iso_file>string</iso_file>
  <type>ISO_FILE</type>
  <host_device>string</host_device>
</ns0:BackingSpec>

Attributes:

Name Type Description
Required
type string Backing type for the virtual CD-ROM device.

Defines the valid backing types for a virtual CD-ROM device. Value is one of:
ISO_FILE: Virtual CD-ROM device is backed by an ISO file.
HOST_DEVICE: Virtual CD-ROM device is backed by a device on the host where the virtual machine is running.
CLIENT_DEVICE: Virtual CD-ROM device is backed by a device on the client that is connected to the virtual machine console.
Optional
iso_file string Path of the image file that should be used as the virtual CD-ROM device backing.

Optional. It is only relevant when type has value ISO_FILE. This field is optional and it is only relevant when the value of type is ISO_FILE.
host_device string Name of the device that should be used as the virtual CD-ROM device backing.

Optional. It is only relevant when type has value HOST_DEVICE. If unset, the virtual CD-ROM device will be configured to automatically detect a suitable host device.
device_access_type string Access type for the device backing.

Optional. It is only relevant when type has value [HOST_DEVICE, CLIENT_DEVICE]. If unset, defaults to EMULATION.