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Specify remote host backing as part of the USB device configuration when you create or reconfigure a virtual machine (VirtualMachineConfigSpec.deviceChange.device.backing).
To identify the USB device, you specify an autoconnect pattern for the deviceName. The virtual machine can connect to the USB device if the ESX server can find a USB device described by the autoconnect pattern. The autoconnect pattern consists of name:value pairs. You can use any combination of the following fields.
For example, the following pattern identifies a USB device:
"path:1/3/0 hostId:44\ 45\ 4c\ 43\ 00\ 10\ 54-80\ 35\ ca\ c0\ 4f\ 4d\ 37\ 31"
This pattern identifies the USB device connected to port 1/3/0 on the
host with the unique id 0x44454c4c430010548035cac04f4d3731
.
Special characters for autoconnect pattern values:
Properties
Name | Type | Description |
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hostname | xsd:string |
Name of the ESX host to which the physical USB device is attached
(HostSystem.name).
When you configure remote host backing, hostname must identify
the local host on which the virtual machine is running.
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Properties inherited from VirtualDeviceDeviceBackingInfo | ||
deviceName, useAutoDetect | ||
Properties inherited from VirtualDeviceBackingInfo | ||
None | ||
Properties inherited from DynamicData | ||
None |
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