1. Types
2. vcenter
3. vm
4. hardware
5. parallel

## vcenter vm hardware parallel: backing info

The `backing_info` structure contains information about the physical resource backing a virtual parallel port.

### Representations:

- JSON
- XML

{
"auto_detect": true,
"file": "string",
"host_device": "string",
"type": "FILE"
}
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<ns0:BackingInfo xmlns:ns0="http://vmware.com/vcenter/vm/hardware/parallel" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<auto_detect>true</auto_detect>
<file>string</file>
<type>FILE</type>
<host_device>string</host_device>
</ns0:BackingInfo>

#### Attributes:

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
Required
type | string | Backing type for the virtual parallel port. Defines the valid backing types for a virtual parallel port. Value is one of: FILE: Virtual parallel port is backed by a file. HOST_DEVICE: Virtual parallel port is backed by a device on the host where the virtual machine is running.
Optional
file | string | Path of the file backing the virtual parallel port. Optional. It is only relevant when type has value FILE. This field is optional and it is only relevant when the value of `type` is FILE.
host_device | string | Name of the device backing the virtual parallel port. Optional. It is only relevant when type has value HOST_DEVICE. This field will be unset if `auto_detect` is true and the virtual parallel port is not connected or no suitable device is available on the host.
auto_detect | boolean | Flag indicating whether the virtual parallel port is configured to automatically detect a suitable host device. Optional. It is only relevant when type has value HOST_DEVICE. This field is optional and it is only relevant when the value of `type` is HOST_DEVICE.