Vm_Hardware_Floppy_BackingInfo

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

JSON Example

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

Vm_Hardware_Floppy_BackingType

type

Required

The Floppy.BackingType enumerated type defines the valid backing types for a virtual floppy drive.
IMAGE_FILE : Virtual floppy drive is backed by an image file.
HOST_DEVICE : Virtual floppy drive is backed by a device on the host where the virtual machine is running.
CLIENT_DEVICE : Virtual floppy drive is backed by a device on the client that is connected to the virtual machine console.

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.

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.

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.