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  5. floppy

vcenter vm hardware floppy: backing spec

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

Representation:

{
    "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 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.
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.