Data Object - VirtualUSBUSBBackingInfo

Extends

VirtualDeviceDeviceBackingInfo

Since

VI API 2.5

Data Object Description

To identify the USB device, you specify an autoconnect pattern for the deviceName. The virtual machine can connect to the USB device if the ESX server can find a USB device described by the autoconnect pattern. The autoconnect pattern consists of name:value pairs. You can use any combination of the following fields.

• path - USB connection path on the host
• pid - idProduct field in the USB device descriptor
• vid - idVendor field in the USB device descriptor
• hostId - unique ID for the host
• speed - device speed (low, full, or high)

For example, the following pattern identifies a USB device:

    "path:1/3/0 hostId:44\ 45\ 4c\ 43\ 00\ 10\ 54-80\ 35\ ca\ c0\ 4f\ 4d\ 37\ 31"

This pattern identifies the USB device connected to port 1/3/0 on the host with the unique id 0x44454c4c430010548035cac04f4d3731.

Special characters for autoconnect pattern values:

• The name and value are separated by a colon (:).
• Name:value pairs are separated by spaces.
• The escape character is a backslash (\). Use a single backslash to embed a space in a value. Use a double blackslash to embed a single backslash in the value.

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