Data Object - VirtualDeviceFileBackingInfo

Extended by: VirtualCdromIsoBackingInfo, VirtualDiskFlatVer1BackingInfo, VirtualDiskFlatVer2BackingInfo, VirtualDiskRawDiskMappingVer1BackingInfo, VirtualDiskSparseVer1BackingInfo, VirtualDiskSparseVer2BackingInfo, VirtualFloppyImageBackingInfo, VirtualParallelPortFileBackingInfo, VirtualSerialPortFileBackingInfo
Extends: VirtualDeviceBackingInfo
See also: Datastore

Data Object Description

VirtualDeviceFileBackingInfo is a data object type for information about file backing for a device in a virtual machine.

Properties

Name	Type	Description
datastore*	ManagedObjectReference to a Datastore	Reference to the datastore managed object where this file is stored. If the file is not located on a datastore, then this reference is null. This is not used for configuration.
fileName	xsd:string	Filename for the host file used in this backing.
Properties inherited from VirtualDeviceBackingInfo
None
Properties inherited from DynamicData
dynamicProperty, dynamicType

*Need not be set
Show WSDL type definition

         <complexType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="VirtualDeviceFileBackingInfo">
            <complexContent>
               <extension base="vim25:VirtualDeviceBackingInfo">
                  <sequence>
                     <element name="fileName" type="xsd:string"/>
                     <element name="datastore" type="vim25:ManagedObjectReference" minOccurs="0"/>
                  </sequence>
               </extension>
            </complexContent>
         </complexType>