# Data Object - VirtualDeviceRemoteDeviceBackingInfo(vim.vm.device.VirtualDevice.RemoteDeviceBackingInfo)

Extended by
  VirtualCdromRemoteAtapiBackingInfo, VirtualCdromRemotePassthroughBackingInfo, VirtualFloppyRemoteDeviceBackingInfo, VirtualUSBRemoteClientBackingInfo
Extends
  VirtualDeviceBackingInfo
Since
  2.0

## Data Object Description

`VirtualDeviceRemoteDeviceBackingInfo` is a data object type for information about a remote device backing used by a device in a virtual machine. The primary difference between a remote device backing and a local device backing is that the VirtualCenter server cannot provide a list of remote host devices available for this virtual device backing.

Properties

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
deviceName | xsd:string | The name of the device on the remote system.
useAutoDetect* | xsd:boolean | Indicates whether the device should be auto detected instead of directly specified. If this value is set to TRUE, `deviceName` is ignored. Since VI API 2.5
Properties inherited from VirtualDeviceBackingInfo
None
Properties inherited from DynamicData
None

*Need not be set
Show WSDL type definition
<complexType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vsan="urn:vsan" name="VirtualDeviceRemoteDeviceBackingInfo"> <complexContent> <extension base="vsan:VirtualDeviceBackingInfo"> <sequence> <element name="deviceName" type="xsd:string"/> <element name="useAutoDetect" type="xsd:boolean" minOccurs="0"/> </sequence> </extension> </complexContent> </complexType>