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

## vcenter vm hardware: connection update spec

The `connection_update_spec` structure describes the updates to be made to the configuration of a removable virtual device.

### Representations:

- JSON
- XML

{
"allow_guest_control": true,
"start_connected": true
}
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<ns0:ConnectionUpdateSpec xmlns:ns0="http://vmware.com/vcenter/vm/hardware" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<allow_guest_control>true</allow_guest_control>
<start_connected>true</start_connected>
</ns0:ConnectionUpdateSpec>

#### Attributes:

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
Optional
start_connected | boolean | Flag indicating whether the virtual device should be connected whenever the virtual machine is powered on. Optional. If unset, the value is unchanged.
allow_guest_control | boolean | Flag indicating whether the guest can connect and disconnect the device. Optional. If unset, the value is unchanged.