VmHardwareCdromBackingInfo

The Cdrom.BackingInfo structure contains information about the physical resource backing a virtual CD-ROM device.

Properties

boolean

auto_detect Optional

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.

VmHardwareCdromDeviceAccessType Enum

device_access_type Optional

Access type for the device backing. This field is optional and it is only relevant when the value of Cdrom.BackingInfo.type is one of HOST_DEVICE or CLIENT_DEVICE.

Possible values are: EMULATION , PASSTHRU , PASSTHRU_EXCLUSIVE

string

host_device Optional

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.

string

iso_file Optional

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.

VmHardwareCdromBackingType Enum

type Required

Backing type for the virtual CD-ROM device.

Possible values are: ISO_FILE , HOST_DEVICE , CLIENT_DEVICE

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{
    "type": "enum"
}

{
    "auto_detect": false,
    "device_access_type": "enum",
    "host_device": "string",
    "iso_file": "string",
    "type": "enum"
}

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VmHardwareCdromInfo

VmHardwareCdromBackingInfo

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