# Enum - DistributedVirtualPortgroupBackingType(vim.dvs.DistributedVirtualPortgroup.BackingType)

Since
  vSphere API 7.0

## Enum Description

The DistributedVirtualPortgroupBackingType enum defines the distributed virtual portgroup backing type.

Enum Constants

Name | Description
--- | ---
nsx | The portgroup is created by NSX manager. For NSX backing type, We only support ephemeral portgroup type. If DistributedVirtualPortgroupPortgroupType is ephemeral, A DistributedVirtualPort will be dynamicly created by NSX when the virtual machine is reconfigured to connect to the portgroup.
standard | The portgroup is created by vCenter.

Show WSDL type definition
<simpleType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vsan="urn:vsan" name="DistributedVirtualPortgroupBackingType"> <restriction base="xsd:string"> <enumeration value="standard"/> <enumeration value="nsx"/> </restriction> </simpleType>