# Data Object - VirtualDeviceBackingInfo(vim.vm.device.VirtualDevice.BackingInfo)

Property of
  OvfUnknownDeviceBacking, PodDiskLocator, VirtualDevice, VirtualMachineRelocateSpecDiskLocator
Extended by
  VirtualDeviceDeviceBackingInfo, VirtualDeviceFileBackingInfo, VirtualDevicePipeBackingInfo, VirtualDeviceRemoteDeviceBackingInfo, VirtualDeviceURIBackingInfo, VirtualEthernetCardDistributedVirtualPortBackingInfo, VirtualEthernetCardOpaqueNetworkBackingInfo, VirtualPCIPassthroughDvxBackingInfo, VirtualPCIPassthroughPluginBackingInfo, VirtualPrecisionClockSystemClockBackingInfo, VirtualSerialPortThinPrintBackingInfo, VirtualSriovEthernetCardSriovBackingInfo
Extends
  DynamicData
Since
  2.0

## Data Object Description

`VirtualDeviceBackingInfo` is a base data object type for information about the backing of a device in a virtual machine. This base type does not define any properties. It is used as a namespace for general-purpose subtypes. Specific devices are represented by subtypes which define properties for device-specific backing information.

Properties

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
None
Properties inherited from DynamicData
None

Show WSDL type definition
<complexType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="VirtualDeviceBackingInfo"> <complexContent> <extension base="vim25:DynamicData"> <sequence> </sequence> </extension> </complexContent> </complexType>