VmHardwareParallelBackingInfo
The Parallel.BackingInfo structure contains information about the physical resource backing a virtual parallel port.
Properties
Flag indicating whether the virtual parallel port is configured to automatically detect a suitable host device. This field is optional and it is only relevant when the value of Parallel.BackingInfo.type is HOST_DEVICE.
Path of the file backing the virtual parallel port. This field is optional and it is only relevant when the value of Parallel.BackingInfo.type is FILE.
Name of the device backing the virtual parallel port.
This field will be unset if Parallel.BackingInfo.auto-detect is true and the virtual parallel port is not connected or no suitable device is available on the host.
The Parallel.BackingType enumerated type defines the valid backing types for a virtual parallel port.
FILE : Virtual parallel port is backed by a file.
HOST_DEVICE : Virtual parallel port is backed by a device on the host where the virtual machine is running.
Possible values are: FILE , HOST_DEVICE
JSON Example
{
"type": "FILE"
}
