# Enum - DeviceNotSupportedReason(vim.fault.DeviceNotSupported.Reason)

Since
  VI API 2.5

## Enum Description

Reasons why a virtual device would not be supported on a host.

Enum Constants

Name | Description
--- | ---
guest | The device is supported by the host in general, but not for the specific guest OS the virtual machine is using.
host | The host does not support this virtual device at all.

Show WSDL type definition
<simpleType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:pbm="urn:pbm" name="DeviceNotSupportedReason"> <restriction base="xsd:string"> <enumeration value="host"/> <enumeration value="guest"/> </restriction> </simpleType>