1. Types
  2. vcenter
  3. vm
  4. hardware
  5. disk

vcenter vm hardware disk: backing spec

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

Representation:

{
    "type": "VMDK_FILE",
    "vmdk_file": "string"
}

Attributes:

Name Type Description
Required
type string Backing type for the virtual disk.

Defines the valid backing types for a virtual disk. Value is one of:
VMDK_FILE: Virtual disk is backed by a VMDK file.
Optional
vmdk_file string Path of the VMDK file backing the virtual disk.

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