vcenter vm hardware serial: backing spec

The backing_spec structure provides a specification of the physical resource backing a virtual serial port.

Representations:

{
    "file""string",
    "host_device""string",
    "network_location""http://myurl.com",
    "no_rx_loss"true,
    "pipe""string",
    "proxy""http://myurl.com",
    "type""FILE"
}
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<ns0:BackingSpec xmlns:ns0="http://vmware.com/vcenter/vm/hardware/serial" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <network_location>http://myurl.com</network_location>
  <file>string</file>
  <proxy>http://myurl.com</proxy>
  <type>FILE</type>
  <no_rx_loss>true</no_rx_loss>
  <pipe>string</pipe>
  <host_device>string</host_device>
</ns0:BackingSpec>

Attributes:

Name Type Description
Required
type string Backing type for the virtual serial port.

Defines the valid backing types for a virtual serial port. Value is one of:
FILE: Virtual serial port is backed by a file.
HOST_DEVICE: Virtual serial port is backed by a device on the host where the virtual machine is running.
PIPE_SERVER: Virtual serial port is backed by a named pipe server. The virtual machine will accept a connection from a host application or another virtual machine on the same host. This is useful for capturing debugging information sent through the virtual serial port.
PIPE_CLIENT: Virtual serial port is backed by a named pipe client. The virtual machine will connect to the named pipe provided by a host application or another virtual machine on the same host. This is useful for capturing debugging information sent through the virtual serial port.
NETWORK_SERVER: Virtual serial port is backed by a network server. This backing may be used to create a network-accessible serial port on the virtual machine, accepting a connection from a remote system.
NETWORK_CLIENT: Virtual serial port is backed by a network client. This backing may be used to create a network-accessible serial port on the virtual machine, initiating a connection to a remote system.

Optional
file string Path of the file backing the virtual serial port.

Optional. It is only relevant when type has value FILE. This field is optional and it is only relevant when the value of type is FILE.

host_device string Name of the device backing the virtual serial port.

Optional. It is only relevant when type has value HOST_DEVICE. If unset, the virtual serial port will be configured to automatically detect a suitable host device.

pipe string Name of the pipe backing the virtual serial port.

Optional. It is only relevant when type has value [PIPE_SERVER, PIPE_CLIENT]. This field is optional and it is only relevant when the value of type is one of PIPE_SERVER or PIPE_CLIENT.

no_rx_loss boolean Flag that enables optimized data transfer over the pipe. When the value is true, the host buffers data to prevent data overrun. This allows the virtual machine to read all of the data transferred over the pipe with no data loss.

Optional. It is only relevant when type has value [PIPE_SERVER, PIPE_CLIENT]. If unset, defaults to false.

network_location URI URI specifying the location of the network service backing the virtual serial port.

Optional. It is only relevant when type has value [NETWORK_SERVER, NETWORK_CLIENT]. This field is optional and it is only relevant when the value of type is one of NETWORK_SERVER or NETWORK_CLIENT.

proxy URI Proxy service that provides network access to the network backing. If set, the virtual machine initiates a connection with the proxy service and forwards the traffic to the proxy.

Optional. It is only relevant when type has value [NETWORK_SERVER, NETWORK_CLIENT]. If unset, no proxy service should be used.