VirtualDiskFlatVer1BackingOption

VirtualDiskFlatVer1BackingOption

This data object type contains the available options when backing a virtual disk using a host file with the flat file format from GSX Server 2.x.

Flat disks are pre-allocated, whereas sparse disks are grown as needed.

AllOf

This class requires all of the following:

VirtualDeviceFileBackingOption

JSON Example

{
    "_typeName": "string",
    "type": "string",
    "fileNameExtensions": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "valueIsReadonly": false,
        "choiceInfo": [
            {
                "_typeName": "string",
                "label": "string",
                "summary": "string",
                "key": "string"
            }
        ],
        "defaultIndex": 0
    },
    "diskMode": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "valueIsReadonly": false,
        "choiceInfo": [
            {
                "_typeName": "string",
                "label": "string",
                "summary": "string",
                "key": "string"
            }
        ],
        "defaultIndex": 0
    },
    "split": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "valueIsReadonly": false,
        "supported": false,
        "defaultValue": false
    },
    "writeThrough": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "valueIsReadonly": false,
        "supported": false,
        "defaultValue": false
    },
    "growable": false
}

diskMode

Required

The disk mode.

Valid disk modes are:

• persistent
• nonpersistent
• undoable
• independent_persistent
• independent_nonpersistent
• append

See also VirtualDiskModeEnum.

split

Required

Flag to indicate whether or not the host supports allowing the client to select whether or not a disk should be split.

writeThrough

Required

Flag to indicate whether or not the host supports allowing the client to select "writethrough" as a mode for virtual disks.

Typically, this is available only for GSX Server Linux hosts.

boolean

growable

Required

Flag to indicate whether this backing can have its size changed.

Property Of

ArrayOfVirtualDiskFlatVer1BackingOption