VmHardwareCdromBackingInfo
The Cdrom.BackingInfo structure contains information about the physical resource backing a virtual CD-ROM device.
Properties
Flag indicating whether the virtual CD-ROM device is configured to automatically detect a suitable host device. This field is optional and it is only relevant when the value of Cdrom.BackingInfo.type is HOST_DEVICE.
The Cdrom.DeviceAccessType enumerated type defines the valid device access types for a physical device packing of a virtual CD-ROM device.
EMULATION : ATAPI or SCSI device emulation.
PASSTHRU : Raw passthru device access.
PASSTHRU_EXCLUSIVE : Raw passthru device access, with exclusive access to the device.
Possible values are: EMULATION , PASSTHRU , PASSTHRU_EXCLUSIVE
Name of the host device backing the virtual CD-ROM device.
This field will be unset if Cdrom.BackingInfo.auto-detect is true and the virtual CD-ROM device is not connected or no suitable device is available on the host.
Path of the image file backing the virtual CD-ROM device. This field is optional and it is only relevant when the value of Cdrom.BackingInfo.type is ISO_FILE.
The Cdrom.BackingType enumerated type defines the valid backing types for a virtual CD-ROM device.
ISO_FILE : Virtual CD-ROM device is backed by an ISO file.
HOST_DEVICE : Virtual CD-ROM device is backed by a device on the host where the virtual machine is running.
CLIENT_DEVICE : Virtual CD-ROM device is backed by a device on the client that is connected to the virtual machine console.
Possible values are: ISO_FILE , HOST_DEVICE , CLIENT_DEVICE
JSON Example
{
"type": "ISO_FILE"
}
