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

## vcenter vm hardware disk: info

The `info` structure contains information about a virtual disk.

### Representations:

- JSON
- XML

{
"backing": {
"type": "VMDK_FILE",
"vmdk_file": "string"
},
"capacity": 1,
"ide": {
"master": true,
"primary": true
},
"label": "string",
"sata": {
"bus": 1,
"unit": 1
},
"scsi": {
"bus": 1,
"unit": 1
},
"type": "IDE"
}
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<ns0:Info xmlns:ns0="http://vmware.com/vcenter/vm/hardware/disk" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<scsi>
<unit>1</unit>
<bus>1</bus>
</scsi>
<ide>
<primary>true</primary>
<master>true</master>
</ide>
<sata>
<unit>1</unit>
<bus>1</bus>
</sata>
<capacity>1</capacity>
<label>string</label>
<type>IDE</type>
<backing>
<vmdk_file>string</vmdk_file>
<type>VMDK_FILE</type>
</backing>
</ns0:Info>

#### Attributes:

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
Required
label | string | Device label.
type | string | Type of host bus adapter to which the device is attached. Defines the valid types of host bus adapters that may be used for attaching a virtual storage device to a virtual machine. Value is one of: IDE: Disk is attached to an IDE adapter. SCSI: Disk is attached to a SCSI adapter. SATA: Disk is attached to a SATA adapter.
backing | backing_info | Physical resource backing for the virtual disk.
Optional
ide | ide_address_info | Address of device attached to a virtual IDE adapter. Optional. It is only relevant when type has value IDE. Workaround for PR1459646.
scsi | scsi_address_info | Address of device attached to a virtual SCSI adapter. Optional. It is only relevant when type has value SCSI. Workaround for PR1459646.
sata | sata_address_info | Address of device attached to a virtual SATA adapter. Optional. It is only relevant when type has value SATA. Workaround for PR1459646.
capacity | long | Capacity of the virtual disk in bytes. Optional. If unset, virtual disk is inaccessible or disk capacity is 0.