VirtualDeviceConfigSpec

The VirtualDeviceSpec data object type encapsulates change specifications for an individual virtual device.

The virtual device being added or modified must be fully specified.

AllOf

This class requires all of the following:

JSON Example

{
    "_typeName": "string",
    "operation": "string",
    "fileOperation": "string",
    "device": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "key": 0,
        "deviceInfo": {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "label": "string",
            "summary": "string"
        },
        "backing": {
            "_typeName": "string"
        },
        "connectable": {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "migrateConnect": "string",
            "startConnected": false,
            "allowGuestControl": false,
            "connected": false,
            "status": "string"
        },
        "slotInfo": {
            "_typeName": "string"
        },
        "controllerKey": 0,
        "unitNumber": 0,
        "numaNode": 0,
        "deviceGroupInfo": {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "groupInstanceKey": 0,
            "sequenceId": 0
        }
    },
    "profile": [
        {
            "_typeName": "string"
        }
    ],
    "backing": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "parent": "VirtualDeviceConfigSpecBackingSpec Object",
        "crypto": {
            "_typeName": "string"
        }
    },
    "filterSpec": [
        {
            "_typeName": "string"
        }
    ],
    "changeMode": "string"
}

operation

Optional

Type of operation being performed on the specified virtual device.

If no operation is specified, the spec. is ignored.

fileOperation

Optional

Type of operation being performed on the backing of the specified virtual device.

If no file operation is specified in the VirtualDeviceSpec, then any backing filenames in the VirtualDevice must refer to files that already exist. The "replace" and "delete" values for this property are only applicable to virtual disk backing files.

device

Required

Device specification, with all necessary properties set.

array of VirtualMachineProfileSpec

profile

Optional

Virtual Device Profile requirement.

Profiles are solution specifics. Storage Profile Based Management(SPBM) is a vSphere server extension. The API users who want to provision VMs using Storage Profiles, need to interact with SPBM service. This is an optional parameter and if user doesn't specify profile, the default behavior will apply.

backing

Optional

BackingInfo configuration options.

Each BackingSpec corresponds to a BackingInfo object. The member backing refers to the device.backing.

array of VirtualMachineBaseIndependentFilterSpec

filterSpec

Optional

List of independent filters VirtualMachineIndependentFilterSpec to configure on the virtual device.

Since: vSphere API Release 7.0.2.1

string

changeMode

Optional