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VirtualSerialPort data object represents a serial port
on a virtual machine.
A virtual serial port uses one of the following backing types to specify
how the virtual machine performs serial port operations.
VirtualSerialPortURIBackingInfo)
supports a connection between the virtual machine and a resource
on the network. The virtual machine can initiate a connection with
the network resource, or it can listen for connections originating
from the network.
VirtualSerialPortPipeBackingInfo)
supports I/O through a named pipe. The pipe connects the virtual machine
to a host application or a virtual machine on the same host.
VirtualSerialPortFileBackingInfo)
supports output through the virtual serial port to a file on the same host.
VirtualSerialPortDeviceBackingInfo)
supports a connection between the virtual machine and a
device that is connected to a physical serial port on the host.
VirtualSerialPortThinPrintBackingInfo)
provides driver-free printing.
When you use network backing, you can also configure a virtual serial port to use a virtual serial port concentrator. The virtual machine initiates a telnet connection with the concentrator, and the concentrator acts as a proxy between the virtual machine and a system on the network. By using a virtual serial port concentrator, you can maintain the connection between the virtual machine and the network resource when a vMotion event moves the virtual machine from one host to another. Without a virtual serial port concentrator, the connection would be lost. For information about using a serial port concentrator, see Using a Proxy with vSphere Virtual Serial Ports.
You can configure a virtual serial port when you create or reconfigure a virtual machine. For example, to create a virtual serial port with network backing, use the following sequence of operations. In this procedure, the virtual serial port uses a proxy and will accept a network connection.
QueryConfigOption method
to determine the backing options that are available on a host.
The method returns a VirtualMachineConfigOption data object.
The virtual machine configuration data includes a list of backing options
(backingOption).
The following pseudocode shows the path to the backing options.
VirtualMachineConfigOption.hardwareOptions.VirtualDeviceOption[].backingOption[]
VirtualSerialPortOption). The array of serial port
backing options can include URI, file, pipe, or device backing options.
CreateVM_Task method
(or the CreateChildVM_Task method)
to create the virtual machine and configure the virtual serial port backing.
Create a VirtualMachineConfigSpec data object and nested
data objects for the method's config parameter.
The following pseudocode shows the resulting path to the backing
information.
VirtualMachineConfigSpec.deviceChange[].device.backing
VirtualSerialPortDeviceBackingOption),
you should also use the QueryConfigTarget
method to determine if a serial device is available before configuring device backing.
Properties
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| yieldOnPoll | xsd:boolean |
Enables CPU yield behavior. If you set yieldOnPoll to true,
the virtual machine will periodically relinquish the processor if its sole task
is polling the virtual serial port. The amount of time it takes to regain
the processor will depend on the degree of other virtual machine activity on the host.
To use this property, the CPU yield option must be supported. (See the
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| Properties inherited from VirtualDevice | ||
| backing, connectable, controllerKey, deviceInfo, key, slotInfo, unitNumber | ||
| Properties inherited from DynamicData | ||
| dynamicProperty, dynamicType | ||
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