# Data Object - VirtualDiskRawDiskMappingVer1BackingInfo(vim.vm.device.VirtualDisk.RawDiskMappingVer1BackingInfo)

Property of
  VirtualDiskRawDiskMappingVer1BackingInfo
Extends
  VirtualDeviceFileBackingInfo
See also
Since
  2.0

## Data Object Description

This data object type contains information about backing a virtual disk using a raw device mapping. Supported for ESX Server 2.5 and 3.x.

Properties

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
changeId* | xsd:string | The change ID of the virtual disk for the corresponding snapshot or virtual machine. This can be used to track incremental changes to a virtual disk. See QueryChangedDiskAreas. Since vSphere API 4.0
compatibilityMode* | xsd:string | The compatibility mode of the raw disk mapping (RDM). This must be specified when a new virtual disk with an RDM backing is created. On subsequent virtual machine reconfigurations, this property should be handled as follows, depending on the version of the host: On ESX Server 2.5, the compatibility mode of an RDM backing is a characteristic of the virtual machine's configuration. When reconfiguring a virtual machine that currently uses a virtual disk backed by an RDM, the compatibility mode of that backing may be modified. When reconfiguring a virtual machine to add an existing virtual disk backed by an RDM, the compatibility mode of that backing may be specified. If left unspecified it defaults to "physicalMode". On ESX Server 3.x, the compatibility mode of an RDM backing is a characteristic of the RDM itself. Once the RDM is created, its compatibility mode cannot be changed by reconfiguring the virtual machine. When reconfiguring a virtual machine to add an existing virtual disk backed by an RDM, the compatibility mode of that backing must be left unspecified. See VirtualDiskCompatibilityMode
contentId* | xsd:string | Content ID of the virtual disk file, if available. A content ID indicates the logical contents of the disk backing and its parents. This property is only guaranteed to be up to date if this disk backing is not currently being written to by any virtual machine. The only supported operation is comparing if two content IDs are equal or not. The guarantee provided by the content ID is that if two disk backings have the same content ID and are not currently being written to, then reads issued from the guest operating system to those disk backings will return the same data. Since vSphere API 4.0
deltaDiskFormat* | xsd:string | The format of the delta disk. This field is valid only for a delta disk. See DeltaDiskFormat for the supported formats. The default value used for VM with hardware version 8 and lower is redoLogFormat. The default value used for VM with hardware version 9 and higher is seSparseFormat. nativeFormat is not supported for bask disk of type RawDiskMappingVer1BackingInfo. Since vSphere API 6.7
deltaGrainSize* | xsd:int | Grain size in kB for a delta disk of format type seSparseFormat. The default size is 4 kB. The grain size of Flex-SE delta disks when the base disk is of type RawDiskMappingVer1BackingInfo. The DeltaDiskFormat must also be set to seSparseFormat. Since vSphere API 6.7
deviceName* | xsd:string | The host-specific device the LUN is being accessed through. If the target LUN is not available on the host then it is empty. For example, this could happen if it has accidentally been masked out.
diskMode* | xsd:string | The disk mode. Valid values are: vim.vm.device.VirtualDiskOption.DiskMode#persistent vim.vm.device.VirtualDiskOption.DiskMode#independent_persistent vim.vm.device.VirtualDiskOption.DiskMode#independent_nonpersistent vim.vm.device.VirtualDiskOption.DiskMode#nonpersistent vim.vm.device.VirtualDiskOption.DiskMode#undoable vim.vm.device.VirtualDiskOption.DiskMode#append Disk modes are only supported when the raw disk mapping is using virtual compatibility mode. See VirtualDiskMode
lunUuid* | xsd:string | Unique identifier of the LUN accessed by the raw disk mapping.
parent* | VirtualDiskRawDiskMappingVer1BackingInfo | The parent of this virtual disk file, if this is a delta disk backing. This will be unset if this is not a delta disk backing. A delta disk backing is a way to preserve a virtual disk backing at some point in time. A delta disk backing is a file backing which in turn points to the original virtual disk backing (the parent). After a delta disk backing is added, all writes go to the delta disk backing. All reads first try the delta disk backing and then try the parent backing if needed. A delta disk backing can be added to a disk either implicitly during snapshot operations, or explicitly during create or reconfigure of the virtual machine. Note that the type of the backing is consistent throughout the chain; any new delta disk backing which is added is of the same type as the original disk . Also note that since the parent backing is not being written to, it is possible that the parent backing may be shared among multiple disks belonging to multiple virtual machines. During virtual machine CreateVM_Task and ReconfigVM_Task this property is only checked if the VirtualDeviceConfigSpec specifies an add operation with a create file operation. In this case, a new delta disk backing is created which points to the parent disk backing. Only the fileName property is important; all other properties will be ignored. The parent backing is assumed to exist and will not be recursively created. Only raw disk mappings in virtual compatibility mode can have parents. This property may only be set if deltaDiskBackingsSupported is true. Since vSphere API 4.0
sharing* | xsd:string | The sharing mode of the virtual disk. See VirtualDiskSharing. The default value is no sharing. Since vSphere API 6.0
uuid* | xsd:string | Disk UUID for the virtual disk, if available. Disk UUID is not available if the raw disk mapping is in physical compatibility mode. Since VI API 2.5
Properties inherited from VirtualDeviceFileBackingInfo
backingObjectId, datastore, fileName
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:vslm="urn:vslm" name="VirtualDiskRawDiskMappingVer1BackingInfo"> <complexContent> <extension base="vslm:VirtualDeviceFileBackingInfo"> <sequence> <element name="lunUuid" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="deviceName" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="compatibilityMode" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="diskMode" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="uuid" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="contentId" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="changeId" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="parent" type="vslm:VirtualDiskRawDiskMappingVer1BackingInfo" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="deltaDiskFormat" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="deltaGrainSize" type="xsd:int" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="sharing" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/> </sequence> </extension> </complexContent> </complexType>