1. Operations
2. vcenter
3. vm
4. hardware
5. floppy

## vcenter vm hardware floppy: connect

Connects a virtual floppy drive of a powered-on virtual machine to its backing. Connecting the virtual device makes the backing accessible from the perspective of the guest operating system.

For a powered-off virtual machine, the update operation may be used to configure the virtual floppy drive to start in the connected state when the virtual machine is powered on.

### Request:

#### HTTP request

POST https://{server}/rest/vcenter/vm/{vm}/hardware/floppy/{floppy}/connect

#### Path Parameters

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
Required
vm | string | Virtual machine identifier.
floppy | string | Virtual floppy drive identifier.

### Response:

#### HTTP Status Code: 200

None

#### Errors:

HTTP Status Code | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
500 | error | if the system reports an error while responding to the request.
404 | not_found | if the virtual machine or virtual floppy drive is not found.
400 | already_in_desired_state | if the virtual floppy drive is already connected.
400 | not_allowed_in_current_state | if the virtual machine is not powered on.
400 | resource_busy | if the virtual machine is busy performing another operation.
400 | resource_inaccessible | if the virtual machine's configuration state cannot be accessed.
503 | service_unavailable | if the system is unable to communicate with a service to complete the request.
401 | unauthenticated | if the user can not be authenticated.
403 | unauthorized | if the user doesn't have the required privileges.