in a ovf file we can mention
<Item>
<rasd:AddressOnParent>1</rasd:AddressOnParent>
<rasd:ElementName>Hard Disk 3</rasd:ElementName>
<rasd:HostResource>ovf:/disk/vmdisk3</rasd:HostResource>
<rasd:InstanceID>7</rasd:InstanceID>
<rasd:Parent>2</rasd:Parent>
<rasd:ResourceType>17</rasd:ResourceType>
<vmw:Config ovf:required="false" vmw:key="backing.writeThrough" vmw:value="false"/>
</Item>
can we add the disk type here?