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vcenter vm hardware floppy: backing info

The backing_info structure contains information about the physical resource backing a virtual floppy drive.

Representation:

{
    "auto_detect" : true,
    "image_file" : "string",
    "type" : "IMAGE_FILE",
    "host_device" : "string"
}

Attributes:

Name Type Description
Required
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.
Optional
image_file string Path of the image file backing the virtual floppy drive.

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.
host_device string Name of the host device backing the virtual floppy drive.

Optional. It is only relevant when type has value HOST_DEVICE. This field will be unset if auto_detect is true and the virtual floppy drive is not connected or no suitable device is available on the host.
auto_detect boolean Flag indicating whether the virtual floppy drive is configured to automatically detect a suitable host device.

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