VmHardwareFloppyBackingInfo

The Floppy.BackingInfo structure contains information about the physical resource backing a virtual floppy drive.

Properties

boolean

auto_detect Optional

Flag indicating whether the virtual floppy drive is configured to automatically detect a suitable host device. This field is optional and it is only relevant when the value of Floppy.BackingInfo.type is HOST_DEVICE.

string

host_device Optional

Name of the host device backing the virtual floppy drive.

This field will be unset if Floppy.BackingInfo.auto-detect is true and the virtual floppy drive is not connected or no suitable device is available on the host.

string

image_file Optional

Path of the image file backing the virtual floppy drive. This field is optional and it is only relevant when the value of Floppy.BackingInfo.type is IMAGE_FILE.

VmHardwareFloppyBackingType Enum

type Required

Backing type for the virtual floppy drive.

Possible values are: IMAGE_FILE , HOST_DEVICE , CLIENT_DEVICE

JSON Example

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{
    "type": "enum"
}

{
    "auto_detect": false,
    "host_device": "string",
    "image_file": "string",
    "type": "enum"
}

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VmHardwareFloppyInfo

VmHardwareFloppyBackingInfo

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