VirtualDiskRawDiskMappingVer1BackingOption

The VirtualDiskOption.RawDiskMappingVer1BackingOption object type contains the available options when backing a virtual disk using a raw device mapping on ESX Server 2.5 or 3.x.

AllOf

This class requires all of the following:

VirtualDeviceDeviceBackingOption

JSON Example

{
    "_typeName": "string",
    "type": "string",
    "autoDetectAvailable": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "valueIsReadonly": false,
        "supported": false,
        "defaultValue": false
    },
    "descriptorFileNameExtensions": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "valueIsReadonly": false,
        "choiceInfo": [
            {
                "_typeName": "string",
                "label": "string",
                "summary": "string",
                "key": "string"
            }
        ],
        "defaultIndex": 0
    },
    "compatibilityMode": {
        "_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
    },
    "uuid": false,
    "virtualDiskFormat": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "valueIsReadonly": false,
        "choiceInfo": [
            {
                "_typeName": "string",
                "label": "string",
                "summary": "string",
                "key": "string"
            }
        ],
        "defaultIndex": 0
    }
}

descriptorFileNameExtensions

Optional

Valid extensions for the filename of the optional raw disk mapping descriptor file.

This is present only for ESX Server 3.x and greater hosts.

compatibilityMode

Required

The supported raw disk mapping compatibility modes.

diskMode

Required

The disk mode.

Valid values are: