# Data Object - VirtualDeviceDeviceBackingOption(vim.vm.device.VirtualDeviceOption.DeviceBackingOption)

Extended by
  VirtualCdromAtapiBackingOption, VirtualCdromPassthroughBackingOption, VirtualCdromRemoteAtapiBackingOption, VirtualDiskRawDiskMappingVer1BackingOption, VirtualDiskRawDiskVer2BackingOption, VirtualEthernetCardLegacyNetworkBackingOption, VirtualEthernetCardNetworkBackingOption, VirtualFloppyDeviceBackingOption, VirtualParallelPortDeviceBackingOption, VirtualPCIPassthroughDeviceBackingOption, VirtualPointingDeviceBackingOption, VirtualSCSIPassthroughDeviceBackingOption, VirtualSerialPortDeviceBackingOption, VirtualSoundCardDeviceBackingOption, VirtualUSBRemoteHostBackingOption, VirtualUSBUSBBackingOption
Extends
  VirtualDeviceBackingOption
See also
  BoolOption

## Data Object Description

The DeviceBackingOption data class contains device-specific backing options.

Properties

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
autoDetectAvailable | BoolOption | Flag to indicate whether the specific instance of this device can be auto-detected on the host instead of having to specify a particular physical device. Since VI API 2.5
Properties inherited from VirtualDeviceBackingOption
type
Properties inherited from DynamicData
None

Show WSDL type definition
<complexType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="VirtualDeviceDeviceBackingOption"> <complexContent> <extension base="vim25:VirtualDeviceBackingOption"> <sequence> <element name="autoDetectAvailable" type="vim25:BoolOption"/> </sequence> </extension> </complexContent> </complexType>